SAINTS has its stunning donated designer wedding dress back up for auction to help raise funds for animal welfare sterilisation programmes.
Northriding, South Africa (05 July 2023) – The team at SAINTs Animal Charity run an excellent charity shop that then donates funds to several animal charities. Every now and then, the team get a donation that deserves its own story. In 2022, a donor gave the team a never-been-worn designer wedding dress valued at R17,200, then a stunning Knights Upright Piano and now, the beautifully designed wedding dress is back on auction as it didn’t reach its target last year.
The dress is being auctioned off for R6000.00. It is perfect for a bride or a young lady looking for a matric dance dress. The designer is Viola Chan and the dress is a size 6 but the shop has the dress on a size 10 mannequin and model.
Whoever purchases the dress, will be able to nominate their animal welfare charity of choice and SAINTS will donate the funds towards their sterilisation programme.
You can place your bids online here and find all the relevant terms and conditions too.
How SAINTs Saves Animals
While the acronym means “Supporting Animals In Needy Times”, anyone who knows the organisation agrees that SAINTS is run and supported by people who save, shelter and sterilise animals out of a deep love for them and their ongoing well-being at all times.
SAINTS was founded in 2008 by Vivienne Elliott and her son Jordan. They started small and hosted a book sale to help well-known animal shelter FORA to purchase food for their many shelter animals. They were able to handover over R5 000 to FORA.
They started selling donated goods and using the funds to support animal welfare organisations. It was heartwarming seeing the money raised, go directly towards the animals they loved so dearly.
SAINTS was formalised as a non-profit company (NPC) in 2012 with two co-directors; the SAINTS journey grew from book sales to clothing, ornaments and oddment sales – and much more. In 2012, the SAINTS Charity Shop was opened at North Riding Square, Bellairs Drive, Northriding.
You can check out the online charity shop here or visit them between 10 am and 3 pm at shop 19a, Northriding Square, Cnr Bellairs and Blandford Dr, North Riding.
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