I'm happy to blog about Wish Upon a Wedding today - the first nonprofit wedding wish granting organization which launched in January of 2010. Read about their first recipient here.

Wish Upon A Wedding was founded in San Francisco, CA, in January of 2010, by a group of wedding and business entrepreneurs and is America’s FIRST nonprofit wedding wish granting organization, producing weddings and civil union ceremonies at destinations across the United States for individuals facing terminal illness, regardless of sexual orientation.

Chapters: Wish Upon A Wedding is now boasting twenty chapters nationwide, headed by some of the industry’s most renowned leaders with plans to expand to over 40 chapters worldwide.

Presidents: Sasha Souza, National President & SF Bay Area President Kevin Covey, LA/Orange County Stella Inserra, New York Ivy Robinson, The Carolinas Eliana Baucicault, Atlanta Mary Alice Sublett, Tennessee Mark Kingsdorf, Philadelphia Saundra Hadley, Indianapolis Heather Hamilton Sims, Houston Shelby Tuck Horton, DC Elisa Delgardio, Orlando Ali Phillips, Chicago Daniela Isabella Ferdico Fagét, Seattle

For more information on how to form additional chapters and how they grant wishes, please visit their website.

signature

If you enjoyed this post, we'd love to read your comment! Also, please consider subscribing to the feed or receiving our articles in your email!

website * Email: juliet@greenorchidevents.com

They say the best wedding favors are the ones that you can eat and the ones that you can use. What about the ones that make you feel like you made a difference? With the holidays approaching, a great favor is a donation on behalf of each guest at your wedding. Green Orchid Events has coordinated many weddings where the Bride and Groom did this and it left you with a warm feeling. You may get stationery made and have them placed at each setting explaining to guests which charity or organization you picked and why it is important to you.

Another way to give back would be to have a toy drive or have guests donate clothes, toiletries, canned food, etc. in place of a wedding gift. This is a extremely touching idea and something your guests will never forget. Below are some local as well as national charities and organizations that could use your help.

America Red Cross

Opportunity Village

Ronald McDonald House

ASPCA

American Cancer Society

Child Haven

Three Square

pinkfavordonation Photo from Jean M