Dress a Girl Around the World

Who do you know in the Sacramento (Roseville) area .... We're having our first Sew Fest this Saturday - March 12th 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday - March 13th  1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.  .... contact me: Sue @ 916-784-6719 

I heard about Dress a Girl 2 weeks ago and I was so touched ... cried when I saw the videos and knew I had to be part of this ... I did something like this when I was 10 yrs old ... making little layettes for children in the Congo for a missionary relative.  I shared with a friend who called immediately when she got my email and said "I'm in!"  ... that started our exciting journey.

I went to a local Goodwill .... asked if I could have a discount ... was first told they couldn't ... but I walked out of there with $50 worth of pillow cases and sheets that were probably $100 according to their tags..... Called my friend Candy and said lets hit another Goodwill ..... we missed "senior discount" day ... however the gal got so excited about what we were sharing with her and I had already made a few dresses to take around and show .. that we walked out that day with at least $200 worth of cases/sheets/curtain material .... and paid $65 .... 

While telling the gal what we were going to be doing ... a gentleman heard us talking and shared he didn't have much money but wanted to be a part of what we were doing and gave us $11.00   we told him that would be dressing about 8 girls .... I went to another thrift store today ... they let me have them for about .30 to .50 each .... I was sharing with the sales gal what had happened at Goodwill and there was a man there with his wife ... as I was walking out he asked if he could give me some money and handed me $20 .... Praise the Lord ..... I'm being blessed before we're even really getting started and know that it is us who will have the greatest blessing.

We now have 115 pillow case washed and ready to go!  My husband is with KLOVE Radio - I sent a dress with him to show at work and he came home tonight with a sack of pillow cases & sheets ... with more to come tomorrow.  (he was funny tonight ... he has a special green pillow case that he travels with and he couldn't find it and came in my office asking, "has my green case already become a dress?"  ... no! )

I'm already blessed to be with a company that has the mission to Nourish Our World, Reliv International and the Reliv Kalogris Foundation where we're feeding over 43,000 children a DAY ... knowing that these little dresses will clothe their little bodies and make them feel loved as we're feeding their body with desperately needed nutrition....I think this is a touch of Heaven. 

 "Have sewing machine will travel!" 

Sue