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Imagine a world where every little girl owned at least one dress, made especially for them. We have

05/31/2026

So happy to get some more photos of the girls! Thank you Viola!

05/30/2026

A team with 141 Impact recently traveled to Uganda. We have been sharing dresses with Amy, Chris and their team for about 10 years and love their ministry! They did things a bit differently this trip and let the girls select clothing items they liked- thus the "non-Dress a Girl" clothing in some of these photos!

I received this note from Amy:

"This was a really challenging trip and the recovery has been slow! I brought two suitcases of shrink bags full of clothes for the girls. I split them into younger girls and older girls, and one of the suitcases never made it, and they were not able to find it. Unfortunately, it was the one for the older girls that had all of the skirts and some of the larger dresses in it. We gave out all of the smaller dresses to the younger girls. I’ll be posting pictures of the clothing they got, but unfortunately, because of the lost suitcase and the rain starting as we handed them out, they weren’t able to change for the pictures. Unfortunately, that means we don’t have a lot of pictures of girls in their dresses. I’m really sorry. There were a lot of things that didn’t go as planned, but we still got to see God do amazing things and we are really grateful! I’m so sorry that the suitcase with the skirts and larger dresses disappeared. This is the first time we have had that happen where we weren’t able to recover the missing bag. I’m really sorry that it had much of your stuff in it. Half of the photos from that day that we thought were backed up were lost. 😞

Again, thank you so much for your generosity!! The girl who got the “special” dark navy dress was so excited!! We are so thankful that we were all able to get home before the Ebola stuff started!"

A wonderful thing about this ministry is that some of the students sponsored over the past ten+ years are now in university and serve with 141 Impact. Amy writes "It is a beautiful thing to see them using their gifts and talents to serve the kids in the village. They have all been in that situation themselves and are such a blessing to us and to all the kids!"

In ministry things happen that aren't in our plans, but hopefully the lost clothing is being used by girls that needed it. The dresses and skirts do have the Dress a Girl label, so we hope they are being blessed by us in an unexpected way.

05/01/2026

We recently sent 103 dresses/skirts and 20 Flat Stellas to Kenya with His Presence Church here in Tucson. I received these messages and wonderful photos from Sandra:

“Look at some of the kiddos that were blessed …giving out the clothes, we were able to bless 3 different communities. 😁🙏🏽♥️
What a blessing it was to bless them. Thank you for making this happen. ♥️🙏🏽🙌🏼.

There were a few that didn’t get pics because we sent some mothers with 1-2 items for their other children at home. But all were so grateful to receive. We sang & they said thank you America. 😊🙏🏽♥️

All the girls with me in the photos got dresses too. Their parents grabbed them & wanted them to wear later time plus we were doing a quick visit so no time to have them put it on for photo.

Beautiful kind people that blessed us with the little they had, open up their homes with so much pride & humility. Was such beautiful mission works for God Glory. 🙏🏽♥️”

She didn’t know if we wanted the photos of the individual girls. We told her we wanted every single one! ❤️👗

04/27/2026

It looks like I got very distracted and forgot to share these photos from a few months ago. I received this from Rene, who also recently shared photos of dresses given out at a dental clinic.

“Here’s an update of some of the dresses that were given away in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. The dresses (skirts) ended up going to some ladies, since 12yrs don’t like wearing dresses 👗. The little girls loved the dresses! “

The name of the group is Elijah’s Project, a non-profit Christian organization based in Yuma. He said the teenagers want to wear pants, so he shared the skirts with the ladies. That works! He also included photos of the animals undergoing procedures, but I hesitated to share lest anyone is squeamish! They were great photos though!

Thanks Rene and Elijah’s Project! We look forward to connecting with you again soon as you do essential work in Mexico!

04/20/2026

I just received these photos from Rene. He lives in Yuma and coordinates outreaches in Mexico. A few months ago he took dresses on a veterinary outreach. This past weekend there was a dental outreach in the outskirts of Mexicali. They have an 8.5’X24’ enclosed trailer with 3 full dental chairs.
I love that they can coordinate Dress a Girl with other needed outreaches!

04/04/2026

After Joyce, our sweet and very productive Flat Stella maker, went to be with the Lord last summer we have not been able to provide the often requested pocket dolls. Thankfully our own Faith has stepped up and is enjoying creating Stellas. Also Cyndi in CA just sent me 27 Stellas. She sent me some several years ago as well. Thank you Faith and Cyndi! I will now be able to include a limited number with some dress distributions. I love seeing the creativity - from bows to buttons to rick rack and lace. Cyndi uses buttons for eyes and embroiders the mouths on some. Faith prefers to draw the faces on with a fabric pen (a Pigma pen is a great option).
If you’d like to try your hand at making Stellas, the original instructions are on the dressagirlaroundtheworld.com website. We have made some changes which may expedite the process (drawing on the facial features, simply ironing in 1/4” on the arms and legs instead of having to turn them, for a few). If you’d like me to email instructions to you or have questions, please email [email protected].

01/13/2026

Recap of Dress a Girl Tucson 2025:
We sent out 5401 dresses, 303 skirts and 170 Flat Stella dolls.
They were sent to Cameroon, Chad, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia and to many other countries in Operation Christmas Child boxes.
So many people are involved in blessing the little ones around the world- from those who sew to those who go! To all who have been involved, from lovingly making the kits and sewing the dresses while praying for the ones who will receive them, those who encourage us with your prayers, financial support, donations of fabric and supplies, go on trips making space in your suitcases for these treasures and place the dresses on the girls - we thank you all for helping us to bless others.

We have had some farewells this year:
Sandy Moore has led the large group at Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene since 2017 and has stepped down from that position. Through her vision and fantastic organizational skills, thousands of dresses have been distributed and an annual Sew-a-Thon takes place. I will miss her friendship and the parking lot meet ups for dresses, but I know she is just a phone call away. I look forward to working with Patty and the 5 other ladies it took to replace her! Sandy is a gem! Well done!
Our sweet Flat Stella maker Joyce went to be with the Lord last summer after making thousands of dolls the past years. We miss her.

We currently have hundreds of dresses and skirts ready to go! If you or anyone you know of is going on a trip and is able to take dresses, please contact me at [email protected].

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