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Bridal shop offers free gowns to military couples

Sep-26-2004 » Filed Under: Homefront

I thought this was a nice local story - saw it on the news last night.

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By Karen Jowers, Times staff writer

A Seattle-area bridal shop has joined other shops around the country that have offered free wedding gowns to military couples to show their support for those in uniform.

La Belle Mariee Bridal will give away 100 wedding dresses on Sept. 26 to eligible military couples.

The shop, in Kirkland, Wash., will open its doors at 10 a.m., when the first 50 people will be allowed to shop for any dress among 400 in the store, ranging from size 4 to 26, worth an estimated $1,200 each.

Two groups of 25 people will be allowed into the store at a time, and given 90 minutes to shop. The remaining people in line will have a chance to take part in a lottery drawing that will give away another 50 dresses, said Mary Peterson, senior bridal consultant at the shop.

Participants must be present to win, Peterson said. The shop, co-owned by Naval Reserve Cmdr. Stewart Chung, is located at 8433 N.E. 122nd Ave., Kirkland, Wash.

To qualify, the prospective brides or grooms must have deployed on active duty sometime since Sept. 11, 2001, and have a copy of the deployment orders to prove it (that includes National Guard and reserve members called up for deployments), but participants do not have to be on active duty now.


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