Dress a Girl around the World is a nondenominational Christian charitable organization under Hope 4 Women International. It is dedicated to bringing dignity to young girls around the world. The organization wants every girl to have at least one new dress. The goal is to let girls know they are worthy of respect, and that they are loved by God.
St. Clement’s, Rancho Cordova, partners with Cordova Baptist Church and other groups to provide these dresses. Parishioners, Sharon Burke-Polana, Debbi Honeycutt, Carolyn Mansell and Elsie Weber are part of the team at St. Clement’s that helps do meticulous repairs to dresses that have been created but might need a bit of fixing up. The organization’s standards are very exacting. Sharon Burke-Polana and Cindi Lacey also create kits with the materials for dresses, which they then deliver to Cordova Baptist for distribution to other groups that will put them together. Sharon also attends a sewing group at Cordova Baptist one time a month.
Dress a Girl is an outreach project that touches many corners of our nation and our world. We are grateful that the women here at St. Clement’s do so much to make so many girls’ dreams a reality. If you are interested in helping with Dress a Girl, please see Sharon Burke-Polana.
