(Re-) Introducing our 2016 Fundraiser!

Angelgownsbyjacki works 100% on donations and volunteer hours.  

The cold, hard facts are that to allow Angelgownsbyjacki to continue to provide service or burial accoutrement to families of preterm babies that become An Angel Too Soon, we need things.

We need donated wedding dresses, donated sewing and embellishment supplies, and sewing machine maintenance, parts and supplies to function. 

We need volunteers to transform the dresses and embellishments into Angel Items, including gowns, caps, blankets, and Wraps.

We need to ship groupings of Angel items to hospitals, birthing centers, and mortuaries to be available to parents of pre-term babies who become An Angel Too Soon. 



There is, and will never be, a cost or fee to the families of the Angelbabies for these items.  Angelgownsbyjacki is careful to ensure that any institution we allow to provide our items to families in need will never, in any way, assess a fee.

A television interview about our mission resulted in a large influx of donated dresses, thus, we have dresses. 

We have a couple volunteers and several that help when they can, thus we have manpower (but can always use more).

All of the Angel items will then need to be shipped to locations that agree to supply them to the families of the Angelbabies. 

Reasonably, we expect to see lots and lots of shipments in our future.  Here is part 1 of our problem.  Normal packaging & shipping expenses for 20 garments is about $50 and expedited shipping is, of course, far more costly but necessary when we notified of a need at the last minute.

Part 2 is that we expect to be able to add additional locations (birthing centers and mortuaries) to our roster and supply them with Angel items now and in the future.  We need more locations.
Part 1 is immediate:  Generous benefactors periodically forward funds to defray shipping costs; however, we have a larger need in anticipation of substantial shipping costs for the dresses currently awaiting their transformation.  

Part 2 generally takes care of itself. 

Back to part 1:  The bottom line is that we are in the necessary, but uncomfortable, position of begging for funds.  I dislike raising funds but I see no other way.

Our 2016 Fundraiser is a first for us and has been happening in bits and spurts for a couple months.   I am very pleased with the response thus far and we have the funds to get two more shipments of Angel items out the door and on their way to birthing centers and we have almost enough for another shipment. 

The process I used to start the fundraiser worked but was both cumbersome and time consuming.  I have changed our Fundraiser process to hopefully make it more efficient for me.  Trust me when I say that I would much rather spend time in the studio sewing then pushing to raise funds.  

I feel it is important that you understand that the items offered in our fundraiser have been purchased at a very discounted amount, handmade, or donated for the purpose of raising funds for Angelgownsbyjacki.   I can not thank our sponsors enough for sending, donating, or making items for our Fundraiser.

Thus, we can not guarantee the items you purchase.  Please be assured, however, that we turn every stone to make sure that items are in excellent condition and are not misrepresented and that any item you purchase will be with that understanding.

By clicking any Fundraiser link in this post, you will be taken to our Angelgownsbyjacki Facebook page and to the 2016 Fundraiser album.  There, you will note additional information and by clicking on any photo, you will be given details of any item and its requested price.  If multiple items are purchased, of course shipping will be combined, but is at buyer's expense unless otherwise stated.  Simply comment under the photo with questions or a wish to purchase.

We sincerely thank our sponsors and you for reviewing and your consideration to support Angelgownsbyjacki.  We ask that you also stop back and look for new items and consider a purchase to support our mission.

Please click HERE to be taken to additional information about the Fundraiser and about the items we are currently offering.

Thank you.
Bless you.