Started May 15, 2014
Welcome to Forever Loved Angel Gowns HOMEPAGE



We are a charity community in Ontario that is looking to help out the parents of infants born too early or still. We transform a donated wedding gown into tiny angel gowns which are delivered to hospitals to be handed out to parents free of charge. Through personal experience we found a need for these gowns. What better way to help parents but to give them one less thing to worry about.

At a time like this any little help is great help. Please, help us to help them with a donation in the form of a donated wedding gown, sewing supplies, gift cards, monetary donation or your seamstress experience.






  Go here to watch the ... Liam & Nathan Memorial Video                                                                   

09/19/18 ..ATTENTION:   PLEASE BE ADVISED WE CANNOT TAKE ANY GOWN DONATIONS RIGHT NOW. Please understand that the donations of wedding gowns are pouring in faster than we can process them. We sincerely appreciate your thought of donation but we ask that you hold onto your gown for now and please check back later to see when we can accept. Thank you so much for your patience and understanding.

10/24/17 ..Sherie and her crew from Forever Loved Angel Gowns were interviewed today by Minna Rhee of Global TV for a spot on their news show. The clip aired today at 5:30 pm. Sherie got lots of support and everyone did a great job at bringing awareness to pregnancy and infant loss as well as to this great charity that is here to help as many grieving families as they can.
GO TO GLOBAL NEWS CLIP

09/23/17 ..DELIVERY.. a delivery was made by Sherie and John to the Brampton's Civic Hospital on Sep. 3, 2017 with one big box and three smaller boxes full or preemie and micro preemie gowns and wraps for little angels. The hospital staff was very glad to recieve them and were thankful to Sherie and her FLAG seamstresses for doing such wonderful work on these gowns. The gowns and wraps will be handed off to parents of infants who will not make it home from the hospital.

02/26/17 ... Let's Talk Mom is a show on Rogers TV on which host Jenny DiPietro welcomes moms to talk about their experiences as a parent. It began with shows airing only in Richmond Hill but has now been made available in the GTA as well. Back in January Sherie was invited to tape one of the episodes about Pregnancy and Infant Loss as well as her start in Forever Loved Angel Gowns.

10/10/16 ... Proclamation has been made for City of Brampton to make
October 15th the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awarness Day Official for the year of 2016. The approval was given by the Mayor for people to gather in front of City Hall and light their candles in memory of their lost babies. The City Hall will be lit up in Blue light for the evening. The time for the gathering would be 7:00 pm.

10/10/16 ... Our first ever fundraiser happened at the Pickering Farmer's Market on October 2nd and it was a reasonable success. It was our first time and frankly we were learning what to do or not to do. Here is a photo from the day. I will post more shortly. It was great meeting and talking to some of our seamstresses. We are glad their enthusiasm for this project continues. In photo are Donna, Rosie, Sherie and Darlene, Janice and Carolyn.
"Happy Thanksgiving" everyone.

08/31/16 ... We have received a generous donation recently to buy sewing notions and shipping supplies. We thank Day & Ross Freight for this wonderful thought. We also recived a donation of ribbon and thread from Fanshawe College fashion dep. Thank you Fanshawe. Thank you Angie for white boxes.

06/12/16 ... Please, NOTE that we are putting a HOLD on taking in gowns. We have a large inventory at the moment that we are trying to get through. Your donations of wedding gowns have been so wonderful that at times it overwhelms us. We would like to keep the gowns in tip top shape so we have to make sure we have ample space to store them. Your understanding is greatly appreciated.     Thank you.

06/12/16 ... SEWING NOTIONS NEEDED - Here are some of our recent Angel Gowns created by our creative seamstresses who put many hours and much effort into their work. We try to use as much decortions from the gowns as we can but other supplimentary decorations are also needed to complete many gowns. We always welcome, ribbon, thread, buttons, clasps, bias tapes and anything else you think suitable. Please, send us an email to find out where you can send your packages. Thank you in advance.





Ontario founder Sherie Vukelic



Sherie's boys - Brandon, the rainbow baby and a preemie and Jaxon, the full term baby. They are now thriving boys of age 6 and 2.



 
See our work

Donated Gowns

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Wedding gowns donated by generous people.

The Process

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Here is the process we use to go from wedding gowns to angel gowns.

Angel Gowns

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We work hard to turn the wedding gowns into tiny angel gowns.

 
Updates:

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Sewing Bee

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A couple of weeks ago some seamstresses got together with Sherie for their first sewing bee in Brampton.

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Let's Talk Mom

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A new show has started called Let's Talk Mom that includes an episode on Pregnancy and Infant Loss featuring Sherie Vukelic and other guests.

1st Ray of Light

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Brampton has joined other cities around Ontario in recognizing October 15 as being the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day.

Brampton Guardian

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Raising awareness for the first Wave of Light on October 15, the day being the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day.

 

Liam & Nathan Video

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A new video has been made recently about the loss of Sherie and John's twins Liam and Nathan. It was very hard to go through these photos and film again but the story needed to be told. We are glad to have this video to keep the memory forever.

Hamilton Spectator

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An articles has been written recently in the Spectator about another group of Angel Gown making ladies called Wee Care Gowns and Forever Loved Angel Gowns was mentioned. We are so glad other groups have started as well who will help many bereaved parents to a gown their angel deserves.

Locked up in Our Love

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There is an article on WN.com that includes a lovely song called Locked up in Our Love by Drago Vukelic, no relation that we know of unless Sherie's dad, also Drago in Croatian has recorded a song when we weren't looking. The lyrics are very touching and the song is worth a listen.

 

Burlington Story

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Heather Albanese sews love into every stitch of the ‘angel gowns’ she creates ... Our wonderful seamstress Heather has been featured on the pages of Inside Halton as a special to the Burlington Post written by Melanie Cummings. From one donated wedding gown Heather usually creates twenty angel gowns of various sizes. Thank you Heather for the work you do.

New Logo

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Recently we've had a contest to find an appropriate logo for Flag cards, letters and photos. We received a few beautiful designs but one stood out to all of us and it was a logo done by Josee Hartrick. She has donated the Jpg file as well as other versions of it for our use. She has also offered any other graphic work we may need done. Thank you Josee for your time and efforts.

Toronto Star

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A new article has just come out in the Toronto Star talking about Forever Loved Angel Gowns and what the good folk there are doing to help out grieving parents. The article was written by staff writer Tara Deschamps

 

Hamilton Spectator

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This article has also appeared in a Hamilton newspaper to bring awarness to infant loss and to let everyone know that it's ok to talk about it and you can also help in doing something worthwhile.

First Delivery

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Recently the very first Angel Gown delivery was made to the Civic Hospital in Brampton. It happened on May 31, 2014. We were excited and a bit nervous about our reception at the hospital but the response was overwhelmingly positive.

Brampton Guardian

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Sherie has also been featured in the Brampton Guardian on June 13, 2014 with a lovely article written by Radhika Panjwani . Click Details to read the story.

 

The Toronto Sun

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Recently Sherie Vukelic was interviewed by journalist Michele Mandel. The article appeared in the Toronto Sun on Sunday May 25, 2014. She did a lovely article about the work we to here at FLAG. Thank you Michele for such a wonderful article. Click Details for a link to read the article.

Voice America

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Sherie has been invited to a radio talk show Family Caregivers Unite hosted by Dr. Gordon Atherley to speak about FLAG and work we are doing to help bereaved parents with angel gowns. The interview is scheduled for July 7, 2014. Click on Details to listen to the show.

Wonderful Post

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Please consider reading this wonderful post on a blog called From Overwhelmed to Organized by Hilda. She wrote about wondering what to do with her wedding gown of sixteen years. She found Forever Loved Angel Gowns and decided to donate her dress. Thank you Hilda for the dress and this wonderful post called Why I Gave Away My Wedding Gown.











 

OCT. 15, 2020

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Words of Comfort:

    "A butterfly lights besides us like a sunbeam and for a brief moment its beauty and glory belong to our world but then it flies on again. Although we wish it could've stayed we feel lucky to have seen it."

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