Wedding Favors to Help a Good Cause!

The new contemporary thing to do for weddings is to have wedding favors that serve more then just a decoration but actually serve to help a worthy cause. Some have chosen to write the charity of their choice, the charity will usually send pins, or bookmarks whatever novelty they have for a donation and these can be tied with lovely white ribbon with a print out card explaining the charity and how the bride and groom felt to donate the money they would have spent on favors to help fund research for a specific disease. Then add the wedding date and so on. These make great favors as your guests can have a small token be it a pin, or bookmark, or magnate and they know that the money was well spent in helping a worthwhile organization. Most wedding favors end up in the garbage or tucked away in a closet soon forgotten as people lament that they can only have so many knick knacks.

Another idea is for the couple that has it all. There are a growing number of couples that no longer marry young and are financially stable when they do tie the knot. Most couples now a days have had steady careers before marriage, a place of their own and so on and are not often in need of money or house hold appliances and such. So an idea if you find yourself planning a wedding and know that money and gifts are unnecessary perhaps your guests would be willing to donate to a set charity.

Indicate on your wedding invitations that instead of you receiving gifts or monetary funds you have chosen one or more charities (try not to chose more than three to keep things simple) provide the list in your invitations. You ask that whatever monetary gift your guest feel to bring please bring it in a cheque form addressed to the charity of your choice. Or they may chose from a list of three that you have chosen.

Example

If you chose three charitiessend the cheques to the appropriate charity. Most charities receiving cheques will supply a tax deduction to the individuals as well as a thank you note for their generosity.

This is a very fulfilling way to include a good cause into your wedding, whether it be through wedding favors or through monetary gifts for charities. It's helping a worthy cause and at the end of the day it is something you can feel good about. A wedding is a happy occasion and nothing is happier then helping those in need.

-The Aids Foundation

www.aids.org (please make cheques out to aids.org)

-The Breast Cancer

http://www.cbcf.org/en-US/home.aspx (make cheques out to: the Canadian breast cancer foundation.)

-The lupus Foundation

www.lupus.org (please make cheques out to: the lupus foundation of America)

You would ask that your guest pick a charity of their choice from your list above and address the cheques to the said charity. Provide a web site for each charity so that your guests can look them up and make a decision on which they would like to contribute to. Also so they are aware of where their money is going. Also in brackets tell them exactly who/ what organization to make cheques out to, so that you avoid confusion.

Then at the wedding have a box for all your guests to deposit their cards or envelopes into. After go through each envelope and send the cheqeues to the appropriate charities. Most charities will send the individuals a tax receipt and a thank you note for their generosity. These are some great ways to help a worth cause, weddings are a happy time and nothing is happier then helping out those in need.