Solving the wedding-dress blues

Q What do I do with a wedding dress that I no longer want?

A Donate it

• Brides Against Breast Cancer is an organization that collects and then sells wedding dresses with proceeds going to grant wishes for women with terminal breast cancer. Visit: bridesagainstbreastcancer.org.

• Local charities such as Arc, Goodwill and others. Operation Glass Slipper in Mendota Heights accepts wedding dresses and formal gowns. Contact Pam at 651-994-7989. For an organization near you that accepts wedding dresses, call 211 in the Twin Cities area, or check with your local United Way Agency.

• Rummage sales at a local church or synagogue can use it for fund-raising.

• High school and college theater programs sometimes appreciate clothing donations, including wedding dresses and formals.

• The local giveaway website www.twincitiesfreemarket.org. You list it online for free, and the person looking for a free gown will pick it up.

• A consignment store such as Brides of France in Minneapolis, 612-823-0500, might sell it for you. Other stores are listed in yellow-page directories.

• The usual online auction sites, such as eBay.

• Newspaper want ads.

Re-use it

• Clean, box and store it so it can be passed onto a relative who might want to use it.

• It can be turned into a costume, or worn by you at an anniversary party.