Brides Against Breast Cancer Kamille Laffins Amber Morrison Melissa Nava Jessica Nyquist Kristina Pearson Anne Sullivan

The Organization Mission: to help ensure that people impacted by cancer have the resources and information they need in their battle with cancer Overview an organization (for-profit) that sells wedding gowns and organizes other fundraisers to provide free cancer services, support, and programs to cancer patients and their families

The Organization (Cont.) Center for Building Hope (CBH) Wholly owned affiliate of BABC Making cancer services and information available to everyone free of charge The income from BABC makes it possible for the Center for Building Hope to offer it’s free services 80% of BABC proceeds go to helping cancer patients and providing services for patients, and families.

The Event A typical event hosts guests Each brides brings one guest Nationwide Tour of Gowns 51 shows planned for 2014 An admission ticket costs $30-$40 This includes one guest Additional guests cost $20-$30 Cost depends on show location

The Event (Cont.) Minneapolis Show Low attendance made it difficult to stay busy Tasks Putting dresses away Helping package dresses up Getting them ready for transport Greet brides Assist brides trying on dresses Dressing room assistant Personal Shopper

The Event (Cont.) Packing up dresses for transport Dresses ready for transportation. Retrieved from

The Dresses Dresses cost an average of $ Designer dresses available Money raised goes to BABC An average of 20 dresses are sold each show All dresses are donated by manufacturers, brides, designers, and bridal retailers Veils, tiaras, and jewelry also available Boutique located in Sarasota, FL Show room is 3,500 sq. ft. Prices range from $99 to $3,900 Sizes range from 4-18

The Dresses (Cont.) Maggie Sottero Designer Dress. Retrieved from Designer dress. Retrieved from fashion/20-designer-wedding-dresses.html Dress racks. Retrieved from

The Purpose the Project Raise funds for: offering free cancer support free information to families impacted by cancer donate to local cancer organizations Building breast cancer awareness Building awareness regarding community service Building our RTH Groups’ Teamwork

Vendors Tuxedo Rentals Photography Pure Romance Jewelry Pure Romance Logo. Retrieved from news/cincinnati/pure-romance-acquires-rival- company/ Ralph Lauren Tuxedo Rentals. Retrieved from Bella Wedding Photography. Retrieved from

Other BABC Events Run & Renew Tour of Gowns Wine Women & Shopping Aroos Wedding Show Mile High Celebrity Bar Tending

BABC Statistics In volunteers over 32,000 hours worked Annual funds raised by the Tour of Gowns reaches one million

BABC Following Twitter followers: 1,300+ Facebook fans 10,400+ Viewership of events 225 million+ Televised advertisements 472+

Project Improvements With increased attendance More involved in helping brides find affordable gowns More breast cancer awareness if more brides attended More money raised to support the BABC organization Timing of Event Extremely cold weather deterred attendance

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Personal Volunteering Anne North Memorial Hospital: Chemotherapy Department Amber Fairview Lakes Hospital Wyoming MN: Emergency Room Department Jess Mercy Hospital: Surgical Admissions & Recovery

References About Brides against Breast Cancer. Retrieved April, 2014, from Brides against Breast Cancer Gown Sale. (February, 2014). Fox News. Retrieved from 92/brides-against-breast-cancer-wedding- gown-sale-feb-21-22