About us
Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Inc. is a not for profit organization run solely by volunteers who donate their time and skills to transform donated wedding attire into small Angel Gowns for babies up to 18 months who have sadly passed away and grown their Angel Wings.
Founded in March 2014, our packages are donated to hospitals, funeral homes & directly to parents Australia wide. Our standard “Angel Gown Package” contains a Gown, Blanket, Nappy, Beanie & Booties as well as a Keepsake. We also provide packages with Wraps for the tiniest Angel Babies.
Although our Angel Gowns are created from donated wedding attire there are still high costs involved in getting them to recipients such as haberdashery supplies and postage therefore, we would like to ask for your help. Please visit the donations page or the volunteer page to learn more.
We are a Registered Charity and Incorporated Association
Since 22nd October 2014, we are a registered charity with the ACNC (ABN: 13 719 487 071) and we are an Incorporated Association in New South Wales under Associations Incorporation Act 2009 (Incorporation No.: INC1401448). We are endorsed by the Australian Tax Office for charity tax concessions and with effect 22 April 2015 we are endorsed by the Australian Tax Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient.
How Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Inc. started…
From our Founder: My name is Sarah McVeigh, I am a mumma of 3 premmie babies and have suffered miscarriages. After having my daughter at 34.5 weeks & son at 27 weeks (now blessed with number 3 who also joined the prem team at 34.5 weeks.) and enduring the long hard road in NICU, I saw how this service was needed and after seeing a beautiful advertisement about a lovely group of ladies in the USA I contacted Michelle who I found on Facebook and asked her if she didn’t mind me continuing their beautiful work here in Australia; she was full of support, sent me patterns and I started to spread the word here in Australia.
Thousands of beautiful women all over Australia have donated their stunning wedding dresses to be transformed into Angel Gowns.
On average, a single wedding dress can make between 12 and 30 Angel Gowns for Angel Babies in Australian Hospitals. Some of the more voluminous designs can provide up to 100 little gowns!
Our Mission
Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Inc. promotes a positive, volunteering experience. To provide parents with the opportunity, to dress their loved ones in a specially crafted outfit for their final journey giving every precious child the angel status they deserve, by means of a gown and attire to make their final day as special as every parent wishes for their little angel.
Our Vision
Angel Gowns for Australian Angel Babies Inc. aims to provide an ongoing, quality volunteer based service that meets the needs of all volunteers involved. We would like to see our service available to all hospitals and funeral homes Australia wide.
Our Values
- We believe volunteering complements, but is not a substitute for paid work
- We are committed to recognizing and encouraging the creative and individual talents of our volunteers
- To provide a dignified and respectful service to bereaved Australian Families free of charge by ensuring hospitals and facilities are adequately supplied with accessible garments
- To ensure the generosity of the Australian community is represented in the production of premium gown production for Australian public use
- We are committed to the development of professional standards of service, which recognize the importance of effective management, which supports voluntary effort
- To respect the decisions made by the Board and honour these decisions