Dress a Girl November 2nd at BCC

Mark your calendars for the Browncroft Community Church Dress A Girl Around the World service project.  Saturday, November 2nd from 9a-2p at BCC in the Fellowship Hall.  Food provided.  No child care sorry. 

bring your friends, family & groups and spend the day making dresses and dolls for Orphans and children in need here in the states and around the world. 

Bring sewing machine if you have one and some donations items if you can...

thread
face color cotton fabric for doll faces
flannel for dolls
non see through cotton fabric for dresses
elastic 1/4 to 1/2in
pocket fabric
gathered lace
food items to share
cash donations for event supplies

DRESS KIT MAKING NIGHT AT BCC, THURSDAY OCTOBER 24TH FROM 6P-9:30P IN ROOM A12.  HELP MAKE DRESS KITS FOR THE 11/2 EVENT. 

Dress a Girl Event Saturday, August 24th!

Attention all area Givers,

Please join us this Saturday, August 24th in the Browncroft Community Church Fellowship Hall for a Dress a Girl pillow case and Humanitarian doll making event. 

From 9a-2p enjoy a community of DAG fans that love to serve with others in creating beautiful dolls and dresses for Orphans and children in need here in the states and around the world. 

The items we make this Saturday will be blessing children in the Dominican Republic.  Our very own NY state DAG Rep Mary Jo Colligan will be going on a mission trip in December to the DR and will deliver these precious creations. 

Bring a sewing machine if you have one, scissors, family, friends, neighbors,  groups, and needs donation items.

Breakfast and lunch provided.  No child care. 

Items in need:  non see through fabric, extra wide double fold bias tape, 1” white elastic, flannel, gathered lace, cotton face colored fabric, hair colored yarn, 1 quart plastic zip lock bags.

See you there!

Blessings,

Tara

BCC DAG Coordinator

 

MUST SEE VIDEO! BCC Dress a Girl OM Ship Mission Trip to Cambodia 2013

In God We Trust!

Below is the link to the amazing video from our BCC DAG 10,000 dress cambodia mission trip.  Please watch to see how God used Dress a Girl to open the hearts of a Buddhist school!  Amazing!!!!!    

https://vimeo.com/66046020

Thank you to all who participated in BCC VBS this past week!  We make 50 dolls and 50 kits and collected 95 Beanie Babies for Orphans and children here in the states and around the world! 

Way to go team BCC DAG!!!!

XO, Tara

BCC VBS 6th Graders make dolls for Dress a Girl Around the World

Vacation Bible School at Browncroft Community Church is full of life this week!  The 6th grade VBS girls and boys are making Dress a Girl Humanitarian dolls to put in Dress A Girl dress pockets. 

It's the service project for the week and as of Thursday 6/27/13 we have 30 finished dolls and 93 Beanie Babies collected and counting!  The kids are learning how to "STITCH, SEW & SERVE"  

for Orphans here in the states and around the world. 

Way to go 6th graders and DAG table helpers! 

Join us for our next BCC Dress a Girl Dress and Doll making event is Saturday, Augest 24th from 9a-2p. 

Another BCC Dress a Girl event...Mark your Calendars!

Our next Browncroft Community Church Dress A Girl event is Saturday, Aug. 24th from 9a-2p

 so mark your calendars!!!

Items in need for this event.  Please bring:  Sewing machine if you have one (we need sewers!)

Dresses:   Pretty non~see through fabric (must not see your hand through the fabric), extra wide double fold bias tape of any color, 7/8"grosgrain ribbon, 1" elastic

     Dolls:       tan and brown fabric for doll faces, pretty flannels for doll blanket, hair colored yarn, lace, fiber fill, needles from Joann's or sewing store

     Cash donations in the form of:   Joann's and Michael's gift cards if you can't make the event so we can purchase the above items and continue to sew God's best dress!!!

 

News Below...

BCC DAG NEWS: 

*We just shipped over 900 dresses to the OM ship headed to Sri Lanka!!! 

*The dresses we made at the last BCC DAG were sent to school #28 in Rochester for their Kindergarten classes.   Blessing near and far!!!

*We will be making dolls with the BCC VBS 6th graders the week of June 28th!

*Help us  make dress and doll kits...call Tara at 301-3272 to help cut and assemble kits for sewers

HELP US!!! BCC Dress A Girl Event May 4th

Reminder... Browncroft Community Church Dress A Girl Around the World Event 

SERVE...LEARN...SEW...CUT...IRON...DESIGN...MAKE...STITCH...EAT...BLESS

      Saturday, May 4th from 9a-2p in the Fellowship Hall. Help us Dress and Bless a girl here in the states and around theworld...                    

BRING if you can: 

Family, friends, neighbors, groups, sewing machine if you have one,

pinking shears, non see through fabric and pillow cases, extra wide double fold bids tape,

3/4" elastic, 7/8" grosgrain ribbon, Beanie Babies

**Helpers also needed to:  Set up Friday, May 3rd at 12 noon & Tear down Saturday, May 4th at 2pm

********************Dress Sewing learning table,  introducing a new doll,  food provided, 

no child care provided.  For ages 7-107 :),  Kits to take home

DONATION BASKET AT EVENT FOR:  Coupons, gift cards, money for materials

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sponsored by BCC Missions

Pray about our next BCC DAG mission trip...Are you being called to go? 

Pray for the girls receiving our gifts. 

If you know a Missionary in need of DAG dresses please contact us!

 BCC Event Questions?  Tara 585-301-3272, mac@rochester.rr.com

• BCC DAG Coordinator:  Tara Corcimiglia, Facebook:  BCCDressaGirl,  www.inspiredamericangirls.blogspot.com
• NY DAG REP:  Angels of Mercy, Inc. , MaryJo Colligan,  www.angelsofmercyny.org
• National DAG:  Rachel Eggum, www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com

Dress A Girl Dress Quality Control ALERT!

Making dresses at home? Please refer to www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com under the pattern tab and make sure your measurements are correct! AND........
DONATION ITEMS NEEDED FOR NEXT EVENT: elastic,non see through fabric, extra wide double ...fold bias tape and 7/8" grosgrain ribbon, fleece and embroidery thread for the next event. Also introducing a new doll pattern on May 4th so don't miss it!
Join in on the fun...bring the girls and some above items and we'll see you there!
~Tara

 

Find us on Facebook:  BCCDressaGirl

DAG Dresses on there way to the Philippines!

Making dresses and dolls at Feb. 03 BCC DAG event

Shipping out the dresses at Angels of Mercy

 Packed and ready to go to the Philippines

 DAG NY sent 2167 Dress A Girl Dresses to the OM Ship Warehouse and they safely arrived.  From there they will go to the Philippines to dress and Bless 2167 little girls!  Thank you for everyone's hard work in making these precios Dress A Girl Pillow Case dresses for this Mission. 

Another 2000 are needed by June so keep sewing! Next Browncroft Community Church DAG event:  May 4th.  Bring sewing machine if you have one, 7/8" grosgrain ribbon, non see through fabric and pillow cases.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/BCCDressaGirl?fref=ts  BCC DAG: Tara Corcimiglia

http://angelsofmercyny.org/  DAG NY REP and a list of Rochester NY DAG events

http://www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com/  DAG Headquarters

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~Margaret Mead

2013 BCC Dress A Girl Around the World News… 

• BCC DAG Cambodia team leaves February 10^th! Pam Messmer and Diana Sharlow will be in Cambodia on the OM Hope Ship visiting schools, orphanages and villages to help deliver the 13,000 dresses we collected across the nation!  Eight women total across the country will be going on this trip…Including Rachel Eggum who started DAG!  If you’d like to send them off with a DAG hug meet us at the airport on 2/10 at 6:10am.  To see them return the ladies are scheduled to return on Tues. 2/19 at 3:45p.  You can hear their stories at our next BCC DAG event…Thank you Joan for leading this team!

·        BCC Dress a Girl Events scheduled for 2013…MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!  

Join in on the fun making pillow case dresses and dolls for Orphans and underprivileged Children

here in the states and around the world!

March 2^nd

May 4th

August 24th

November 2nd

Browncroft Community Church Fellowship Hall 9am-2pm

Food Provided...For ages 6 and older…No child care provided

PEOPLE NEEDED:  TO HELP SET UP ON 3/1 AT 12P, CLEAN UP ON 3/2 1:30P, SHEPARD A STATION,

WORK AT STATIONS:  CUTTING, SEWING, DOLL MAKING, FASHIONISTA KITS, BIAS MAKING, KITCHEN

*****ITEMS NEEDED:  PILLOW CASES, FABRIC FOR DRESSES, FABRIC TO MAKE BIAS TAPE,  

YARN, 1 “ GROSGRAIN RIBBON, EXTRA WIDE DOUBLE FOLD BIAS TAPE, GIRLS YOUTH T SHIRTS, Beanie Babies

·        BCC DAG presented to the BCC SALT Seniors group.  They learned all about Dress A Girl!  

·        BCC 2^ND GRADE Pioneer Girls learned about dress a girl and made dolls for the dress pockets!  Great job girls!!!

·        BCC 4^th grade Pioneer girls are collecting Beanie Babies at BCC and schools for DAG.  So far 110!!!!  They even have Dewitt school collecting them!  Way to go Girls!  Thank you so much! 

·        Please go to BLOG at www.inspiredamericangirls.blogspot.com for the latest news, event pictures, help needed, recipes and future

BCC DAG event information.  Pass along to those who might be interested in joining us in 2013! 

Blessings and Happy Valentines Day! 

~Tara Corcimiglia

BCC DAG Coordinator

E:    mac@rochester.rr.com

P:    585-301-3272

 Additional DAG information:

BCC Facebook:  BCCDressaGirl

Blog: http://inspiredamericangirls.blogspot.com  BCC DAG EVENT INFO & PICS

DAG NY State Rep:  www.angelsofmercyny.org

DAG National:  www.dressagirlaroundtheworld.com

Supporting church for the above events:  www.browncroft.org Missions Department

BCC Pioneer girls make Dress A Girl Dolls for Orphans

The girls learned about the importance of helping others,

serving and where in the bible God says to do so.

Thank you girls for your hard work and precious hearts!