Amanda's Bridal and Fashion owner Mandy Tangney is swapping more than 100 gowns for food to give to Waimate's food bank. A Waimate bridal shop owner is swapping gowns for food in an effort to spin her hard-hit trade over lockdown into a positive for her community. Mandy Tangney, of Amanda’s Bridal and Fashion, is exchanging more than 100 of the dresses she failed to shift after Covid-19 halted the wedding season for non-perishable food, which she will pass on to Waimate’s food bank. “People are going through pretty tough times, so I’m just giving back to my community. “This is about making sure other people are taken care of.”John Bisset/Stuff Tangney will be trading the gowns at the St John Rooms on Shearman St on Saturday.

Source: Stuff July 07, 2020 03:11 UTC