GoodThingsGuy.com features TAGI
August 17, 2018
A friend sent an email to GoodThingsGuy.com about our initiative yesterday. Shortly thereafter we were contacted by Tyler Vivier and got the exciting news this morning that they featured a story on TAGI! It is so beautiful, well done! Here is a link to the article.
Read moreGuest Speaking at TCF National Annual Gathering
August 17, 2018
The first time Eric was asked to be a guest speaker was in October 2017 at a monthly gathering of The Compassionate Friends. It was an impromptu request and skilled at public talking, Eric didn’t flinch. This time, however, was different. Eric was asked to be a guest speaker at TCF’s Nation Annual Gathering to…
Read moreMediclinic National Distribution
July 6, 2018
As Mediclinic had been instrumental in helping TAGI grow a footprint in the hospital industry when we just started out we approached and reached an agreement with Mediclinic Southern Africa to distribute our Angel Gowns in all of their hospitals across Southern Africa.
Read morePBO Status
June 25, 2018
We were granted Public Benefit Status and the privileges that comes with it, such as tax exemption and the ability to utilize Section 18A certificates. Our registration number is 930061837. Please read the post here on what a mission it was and the road we had to travel to get here!
Read moreOur First Birthday!
June 21, 2018
“365 days later, over 300 Angel Gowns, so many donations, wonderful people and happy memories! TAGI has gone from a one-time-favour to national distribution to international recognition in less than a year! Thank you to everyone of our sponsors, donors, Ambassadors, collection points, advocates, friends, family and every last person that supported, encouraged and loved…
Read moreNetcare National Distribution
May 2, 2018
After approaching three individual Netcare hospitals, Netcare Head Office reached an agreement with TAGI to systematically distribute our Angel Gowns nationwide in all of their hospitals.
Read moreOur First Charity Sewing Day
April 19, 2018
The owners of Sew ‘n Sensations reached out to their clients and offered us their premises to host our first charity sewing event. It was a morning filled with fun and excitement, meeting new people, teaching some skills and enjoying all round good company.
Read moreFollow Up Interview with Radio Disa
April 3, 2018
We were invited back by Radio Disa for a follow up interview, this time we joined Natsha Fick in studio for another live interview. This is our third radio interview in less than 6 months.
Read moreNetcare Joins the TAGI Family
February 8, 2018
Netcare is the second private hospital group to join the TAGI family, with Netcare Kuils River being their first participant. Here we met with Lynn Maritz and she introduced us to some of the other local Netcare hospitals.
Read moreNPO Status
February 7, 2018
We have received formal recognition as a Non Profit Orginasation by the Department of Social Developement with all privileges that comes with it. Our registration number is 203-283 NPO. This is one of our biggest milestones thus far and thank everyone involved!
Read moreFokus SABC2 Takes TAGI to the TV Screens
November 12, 2017
Although Danie Hefers did his recording with us on 19 October already, his beautiful segment on TAGI was broadcasted nationally tonight – giving us our first exposure to television. You can watch a clip of the segment right here.
Read moreChanging From Neutral to Gender Specific
November 1, 2017
Initially when TAGI was founded we decided to keep our Angel Gowns gender neutral, and although it was very successful one question kept emerging: Are the Angel Gowns for girls only? We listened to our market and adjusted accordingly. In November 2018 we restructured our production line and replaced the gender neutral line with the…
Read moreSmile 90.4FM Radio Interview
October 19, 2017
We were hosted on “Guess who’s coming for lunch” by Ewan Strydom after his producer, Christine Wessels, read about us in Die Burger. This was our second radio interview in one week, the first one with provincial coverage.
Read moreTAGI’s Hits the Radio Waves
October 17, 2017
Our first ever interview on the radio was hosted by Reinhard Kotze from Radio Disa. He hosted us live after he read about our article in Die Burger.
Read moreDie Burger Prints Article on TAGI
October 16, 2017
On the morning of 16 October 2017 Die Burger was the first to put TAGI’s article in print – this led to us being featured in newspapers across South Africa.
Read moreNetwork 24 Publishes First Online Article on TAGI
October 15, 2017
Jana Breytenbach was the first to publish an article on TAGI – just in time for the international day representing Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness. Although me and my friends spent a lot of time trying to push our story online as far as possible, this is great formal recognition to see the media reaching…
Read moreMediclinic Joins the TAGI Family
August 25, 2017
Carla Hanekom, Patient Experience Manager at Mediclinic Stellenbosch, was instrumental in helping us understand how to work with the hospital industry. They were the second hospital to join our family, the first Mediclinic, and also the first private hospital.
Read moreTAGI’s First Handover
August 23, 2017
Our founder, Eric Elronde was born at Vredendal Hospital in 1985. Chrismari Elsbury was working at this same hospital when she commissioned her wedding gown through his fashion company, Erikr House, in 2015. Naturally Vredendal Hospital had to be our first beneficiary. It came as a total surprise when we found out that the doctor…
Read moreThe Angel Gown Initiative is Founded
June 21, 2017
What started as a once off favour between Eric Elronde and his friend, Chrismari Elsbury, directly resulted in the founding of The Angel Gown Initiative. A roller-coaster of chance meetings and conversations would soon lead to TAGI becoming a charitable organisation systematically spreading throughout Southern Africa. A more in depth account can be read here.
Read moreTAGI’s First Donation
June 21, 2017
It was Chrismari‘s Facebook post that planted the seed for TAGI’s birth. Her wedding gown was the first donation towards TAGI and a total of 20 Angel Gowns were contributed towards her wedding gown.
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