WISH UPON A WEDDING
This amazing organization provides couples, who face terminal illness or serious life-altering circumstances, with the resources to plan their very own wedding.
Wish's motto is 'based on the concept that two people in love should never be denied the chance to marry their soul mate' and was originally inspired, by Liz Guthrie, the founder and executive director, when she was producing a large scale wedding giveaway in San Francisco in 2009. Over 350 couples entered the contest, however, one couple in particular stood out to her (and the winners via public voting) - Vanessa Muza Teskey, who was battling Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and her fiance, an officer in the US Air Force who was deployed overseas.
Seeing so many couples in need, and so many vendors willing to give their time and services, Liz - who was a wedding planner, with a background in nonprofit work - decided to combine the two and Wish Upon A Wedding was officially launched in January of 2010.
If you are in a position of being able to give back, wont you help!
Donations can be made through the PayPal button on their website (scroll to the bottom of the page).
If you are a New Jersey wedding vendor, be a wish granter, and fill out the form here.
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