Mr. SE and I couldn't find a favor that made us jump with joy. Food is clearly a plus, but not something you can keep, and I can promise you nobody wants a paperweight/frame/spoon rest/anything with your name and wedding date on it. I promise. We liked the idea of a charitable donation, but had differing ideas about where it should go. American Cancer Society (maternal grandparents) and Alzheimer's (paternal grandfather) were the first things to pop into my mind, but Mr. SE had different causes he wanted to support in relation to his family. After the first weekend in May, there was no doubt where our donation should go: Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. This organization has been out there, boots on the ground, helping to get our city back on it's feet.
Each of our guests will receive a card with the following statement:
"In your honor we have made a donation to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, to help with flood relief"
We think our guests will be honored, and glad that they were part of helping our city get back where it was before. What did you choose to do for favors? Did anybody else do a charitable donation?
12 Wonderful Comments:
I think thats a fabulous idea! Good for you guys!
what a sweet idea!! i think guests will definitely appreciate it, especially because i, for example, forgot to even take my favor at hte last wedding i attended!
I love the idea of charitable donations for favors...very sweet and thoughtful and truly reflects the bride and groom in my opinion.
I wanted a practical favor that the guests would find useful after the wedding and that would incorporate our colors and lifestyles/personalities.
Since I am all about multi-function and practicality and Mr Fix It is obviously a construction guy, I found these cute little keychains that doubled as 5 foot tape measures. My sister designed a cute little label with our graphics and colors on them that read "Love beyond measure." The guests seemed to like them. We had about 180 of them out at place settings and the coordinators only returned about 12 to me so that seems to mean that the majority of the guests took them with them :) Even the guys could throw them in a drawer or glove box and women always seem to need a tape measure in their purse whenever they're out shopping...especially if they're DIY gals :)
That is a wonderful idea!!
That's awesome! We thought about naming our tables after dogs we'd paid adoptions fees for from the shelter, except then I realized if people couldn't afford the adoption fee, they probably couldn't afford the upkeep on a dog either. So we just went with no favors.
(But we do donate lots and love to so I'm super excited by your idea. :) )
I love this idea! We've been planning on candy buffet favors since our engagement trip.
love it!
You have such a cute blog, (which I'm now following : )
I think this is a great idea!
my friends that got married last weekend did the same thing (a charitable org) and they said the guests loved it!!
Love this Sarah! Such a sweet thing to do - everyone will love that you made this choice!!
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We donated as well, I made some magnets and distributed them. My charity was Fisher House Foundation, it's an organization helping wounded soliders and their families. I made marble magnets in red white and blue.
When we visit friends it's always funny to see our little magnets...plus its a good cause. Kudos to you for choosing Second Harvest.
I think if you're going to do favors, donations is the only way to go. We didn't do favors because we were on a really tight budget, and I didn't worry about it for even one second because TRULY, most people leave their favors at the wedding and they go directly to the trash (or if they are really good, someone helping clean up takes them home). I think this is a smart way to do favors, and a charity that everyone will want to support!
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