BRIDES against BREAST CANCER
Where your kind support and wedding dress donations allow us to focus on early detection awareness and misdiagnosis and to reduce the impact of breast cancer on women’s lives and their loved ones.
AS FEATURED IN
our impact
Utilizing mass media efforts in TV and print we attain exposure to millions of women with our messaging and through woman-centric relationship channels we reach tens of thousands more.
BABC has raised over $40M since 1997 from selling 50,000 preowned wedding dresses and today runs on a low overhead operation with most of the funding coming from reselling donated wedding dresses.
We invest our resources into awareness programs. Utilizing donated dresses also helps the environment . We reduce the need to manufacture new dresses and thus reducing environmental impacts as well as using a dress reduces the likely risk it might be sent to a landfill.
an introduction to
Brides Against Breast Cancer
awareness and misdiagnosis
Almost 1 out of 7 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and it’s increasing.
Up to 1 of 4 women are misdiagnosed with most being towards over diagnosed. When a woman identifies cancer at an early stage or corrects a misdiagnosis that initially indicated a more advanced stage, it helps her avoid more intensive and costly treatment options. This reduced impact also helps reduce the impact to their families and their finances.
Advanced treatments tend to be more expensive. Detection awareness can also be a lifesaver if the condition has gone unnoticed for an extended period.
BENEFITS OF DONATING
Your kind gesture can help others in need as well as yourself.
Pay It Forward
Donating a wedding dress so another bride can enjoy it for their special day is an amazing gesture. Gives it a Second Life and helps a charity devoted to helping women.
Reduce Clutter
Open up new space in your closet, attic, store, or showroom by no longer needing to store the dress. It’s a great way to tidy up Marie Kondo style.
Save on Costs
Avoid paying on average $150 to clean a dress (we will accept dress uncleaned) and $250 to preserve your dress. In total, you can save about $400.
Support Recycling
When a donated dress is used, a new dress is not needed to be manufactured and it prevents that dress from likely going to a landfill later.
Support the Cause
You help a charity that is devoted to helping women and receive a 501c3 charity donation receipt which may save you money on taxes.
DONATING FUNDS IS ALSO APPRECIATED AND NEEDED
Any amount is helpful and helps make a difference
OUR MISSION
to help people detect breast cancer earlier and prevent misdiagnosis through early awareness education
since 1997 – where kindly donated dresses help breast cancer causes
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Should You Sell Or Donate Your Wedding Dress?
You made the heartfelt choice to part with your wonderful wedding dress but now you have another choice - sell it or donate it? While your mother’s generation of yesteryear saved their dresses for their daughters, your daughters will act the same. Customs and fashion...
Why should you consider donating your wedding dress
Your "big" day was a great success but now that you are getting settled into your new life you need to decide what to do with your wedding dress! Yes you could keep it for your daughter or niece – if you have the room - but with fast changing wedding fashions that...
BABC promotes National Donate Your Wedding Dress Month + Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Recent brides need to donate their wedding dress within 4 years of their wedding because used dress buyers will only buy dresses that are in fashion. ATLANTA, GA – Brides Against Breast Cancer® (“BABC”) charity, founded in 1997, is promoting its “National...