Canadian woman frantically searching for her wedding dress after accidental donation

A woman in Canada is on a desperate search for her wedding dress after it was accidentally donated to the Salvation Army.

The mixup occurred when British Columbia-based Olivia Delgado made the recent move from Surrey to Squamish, according to CityNews.

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

She said that when she spoke to the manager of the warehouse, he told her that because her dress was donated to a distribution center, it could be at any one of the thrift stores in Canada that the Salvation Army operates.

Delgado noted that the gown has a deep sentimental value, since it was a gift from her mother, who passed away due to brain cancer before the wedding, CityNews reported.

“This was one of the last things we did together before she got too sick to go out,” she said about shopping with her mother. “We picked out the 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 also declared her search for the dress on social media, writing in a Facebook post that she’s offering a $300 reward to anyone who purchased it from a thrift store.

“I wish I wasn’t making this post but I am looking for my wedding dress,” she wrote, while sharing wedding photos of herself in the white gown. “I moved recently, and in the midst of clearing out closets, someone accidentally donated my dress to the Salvation Army in Surrey. It would’ve been donated sometime mid-February. The bottom tulle is a bit torn up and dirty from taking photos in the rain, and I’m pretty sure there is a food stain or two, so it should be pretty identifiable. It would have been in a white David’s Bridal bag. It’s a size 10 Melissa Sweet dress.”

Delgado explained the sentimental value and offered the reward before pleading, “I can help you source down the exact dress brand new, whatever you want. I’m really hoping you’d understand how important it is to me that I get this dress back.”

She told CityNews that since making the Facebook post, other people in British Columbia have been helping her search for the dress.

“That’s been a huge help,” she added. “We’re slowly checking boxes off our list, and I’m hoping that it hasn’t been sold yet.”