My friend Moira had a tenant that was busy moving out and told her she’s going to throw her wedding gown away. Moira immediately told Annemie, the tenant, about TAGI and suggested us as an alternative. Annemie was much happier to donate her wedding gown to us knowing it will go to help grieving families. This […]
As Chrizelle Erasmus has made various donations of various kinds, we have decided to create one place where all of the Angel Gown™ garments can be showcased that have been repurposed from her many donations – this album will be updated as we work through the donations.
Marinda is a colleague of one of our Ambassadors, Carla Hanekom. It was after Carla made a post on Facebook, along with photos of her wedding gown she had donated, that Marinda saw it. She pledged her wedding gown to us. A few weeks later Carla told me that the wedding gown arrived by her, […]
Eleanore le Roux is the owner of the bridal studio called Elle’s Bridal Studio, she is also one of our sponsors. She contacted us after our radio interview on Radio Smile FM. She’s a vibrant and inviting individual. We spent some time with her in her studio one afternoon, enjoying some tea and good company. […]
Since Ocotber 2017 we have been working closely with Babette and her team. Through her company, ZingDigit, she has been sponsoring the embroidery of our logos. Aside from that she has made regular donations of ribbons, cottons and other odds we need. We received another batch of logos today, but there was another surprise as […]
Every donation is genuinely appreciated, and when I get to personally collect a donation I can see the memories play back as the donor passes on their special gown to me. Some times we receive donations that stand out from the rest, like the donation we’ll be talking about today in this blog. The donor […]
Christal had been collecting and keeping all manners of off-cut fabrics over several decades. I kid you not, here are fabrics well over 50 years old. Thank you Christal for these many pieces of fabrics! As there are many fabrics to work through we will update the Angel Gown™ album as we go. Thus far […]
This wedding gown came to us via Carla Hanekom. A friend of hers, Jennifer Dunn, came to hear about The Angel Gown™ Initiative. I can’t recall if Carla told her or if she read about it on Carla’s Facebook page. After I collected the wedding gown from Carla I sent Jennifer a WhatsApp message to […]
These precious gowns found their way to us all the way from the Gauteng through our TABI network. Ann is the mother of Jacqui Miller, our TABI partner. The white and black gown is Ann’s wedding gown, and it is quite a unique fabric and style. Don’t be fooled by the “short and small looking” […]
Jacqui is the founder of The Angel Box Initiative and first made contact with us through our Facebook page. As a bereaved mother she had started putting together and Angel Box, which serves as a memorabilia kit for other bereaved mothers of angel babies. She had learned about our initiative and wanted to know if […]