With her fiancé Charlie Hauskin overseas in Iraq with the U.S. Military, the last thing Andrea Browning wants to worry about is finding a wedding dress.
Because of Operation Homefront and Alfred Angelo, Browning was able to get what she calls a “vintage wedding dress” free of charge and in time for her March reception.
Hundreds of military brides will able to plan a dream wedding, with a free bridal gown, courtesy of Alfred Angelo and Operation Homefront.
Alfred Angelo provided Operation Homefront of Florida with almost 200 gowns in August to be given to military brides who already have the stress of having their future husbands fighting in the war.
Operation Homefront provides emergency assistance and morale to U.S. troops, to the families they leave behind and to wounded soldiers when they return home. The cause served more than 33,000 military families in 2007.
The gowns donated were of all styles and sizes. Any woman who is in the military or marrying someone from the military can apply for wedding gown free of charge.
Operation Homefront requires proof of military status.
For information about Operation Bridal Gown, go to www.operationhomefront.net/florida.
Alfred Angelo has a store in Boynton Beach at 393 N. Congress Ave.
Read more about this story in the Feb. 3 issue of the Boynton Forum.
Mike Rothman can be reached at mkrothman@tribune.com.