B.C. woman searches for lost wedding dress

Like looking for a needle in a haystack, Olivia Delgado is searching for her wedding dress.

She got married last October, and during a recent move from Surrey to Squamish, her dress was accidentally donated to the Salvation Army.

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“We were clearing out our childhood home, big job, and I guess somehow in the process it ended up getting mixed into the clothing donations,” Delgado told CityNews.

“I spoke to the warehouse manager; he said that because their distribution centre is in all of Canada, it could have ended up at any one of the stores technically in all of Canada, but hopefully just in B.C.”

To add on top of the obvious sentimental value, the dress was also a gift from Delgado’s mother, who passed away before her wedding due to brain cancer.

“This was one of the last things that we did together before she got too sick to go out. We picked out the wedding dress together, and she bought it for me. So, it’s like a piece of her is in that dress, and it’s really important to me that I get it back,” Delgado said.

She is now determined to look through every Salvation Army in the Lower Mainland, from North Vancouver to New Westminster and beyond.

“I did make a Facebook post that has been circulating around online and in some wedding groups; other people have been checking for me, too, which has been a huge help. So, we’re slowly checking boxes off our list, and I’m hoping that it hasn’t been sold yet.”

Delgado says she’s willing to offer a reward if the dress has already been picked up by a bride-to-be.

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