Thank you for considering gifting your wedding dress! All the dresses are given to a small shop in Trujillo, Peru where local brides-to-be come and pay a small fee to rent a dress for their wedding day. Then they return the dress, it is dry-cleaned and made ready for another bride! The process of opening and working in the bridal shop is helping one of the young women learn how to operate a small business, and the proceeds support the Luz de Vida transition home for young women.
Weddings are expected to be big and elaborate in South America, so many people go into debt for their wedding, or avoid getting married altogether. We want to help couples be able to make a marriage commitment and take away a little bit of the financial burden.
If you have questions about donating your dress, email us at contact@5and2global.org or message us on Facebook. Otherwise, you can go ahead and follow the process below to gift your dress!
Thank you so much for wanting to be a part of this exciting project!
Dress Gifting Process
1. Fill out and submit the dress donation form. We are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit and your donation is tax-deductible!
2. Wrap the dress in a plastic bag, then roll and pack it with any additional accessories you are gifting, along with this completed packing form in the smallest possible box for shipping.
3. Choose whether to drop-off your dress or ship it:
Drop-off Location
25 30 Espresso
400 Princess Anne St.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540)-368-2101 – Mon-Fri: 4:30am-4:00pm Sat: 7:30am-2:30pm
Ship-to Address
Attn: Larry Root
SimVentions, Inc.
100 Riverside Parkway, Suite 123
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
4. Share with others your special choice to gift your dress and tag Five and Two Global Initiatives!
