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JNMWineBride
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Wedding Date:
9/30/2006 12:00 PM
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Donations as Wedding Favors
Anyone have any good ideas as to how to present donation wedding favors?
I'm thinking of offering a donation option in the response card...let the guest choose between 3 charities that we've chosen...and then customize thier placecards with their choice somehow.
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Posted 11/29/05 2:10 PM 
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johnsae
MARRIED!!!!
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Wedding Date:
5/6/2006 5:00 PM
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Capitale
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Posted by JNMWineBride
Anyone have any good ideas as to how to present donation wedding favors?
I'm thinking of offering a donation option in the response card...let the guest choose between 3 charities that we've chosen...and then customize thier placecards with their choice somehow.
that's a great idea about letting the guests choose with charity to donate to! it will give you extra work, but it's a nice, thoughtful gesture!
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Posted 11/29/05 2:12 PM
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carlsbride
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Member since 8/05 1594 total posts
Wedding Date:
2/11/2006 11:00 AM
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Westbury Manor 10+++
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Our donation is in honor of my Dad so we will have a photo and message on the placecard table, explaining that in lieu of favors, a donation has been made.
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Posted 11/29/05 2:13 PM
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kissy27
Sweet Memories
Member since 4/04 10934 total posts
Wedding Date:
3/31/2006 4:00 PM
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Floral Terrace
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Our donation is in memory of my grandparents...I made up scrolls with their pictures & a poem...We are attaching them to a box filled with Dove chocolate
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Posted 11/29/05 2:18 PM
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mtdr1106
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Wedding Date:
11/11/2006 12:00 AM
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leonards - A++
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
i donated to st.jude - for no other reason but that my heart breaks to think of sick children - they sent me a really nice scroll which i am going to leave on their plates.
what are the 3 charities you chose?
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Posted 11/29/05 2:34 PM
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JNMWineBride
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Wedding Date:
9/30/2006 12:00 PM
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A North Fork Vineyard
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Posted by mtdr1106
i donated to st.jude - for no other reason but that my heart breaks to think of sick children - they sent me a really nice scroll which i am going to leave on their plates.
what are the 3 charities you chose?
We're pretty sure we're going with Make-a-Wish, and two that are in honor of our parents (diseases/disorders they've had - and thankfully survived)
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Posted 11/29/05 2:52 PM
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Laura&Phil
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Wedding Date:
2/25/2006 10:30 AM
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Fox Hollow A++
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
It's very nice but a lot of work. Plus, since there are 3 and 2 are personal choices that matter to you and FH you may want to donate evenly to all 3. FH and I thought about it but I didn't want guests to go empty handed and it started to get costly so we're making a small donation on our own. I love the idea tho!
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Posted 11/29/05 3:15 PM
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Nina
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Wedding Date:
9/3/2007 2:00 PM
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Russo's on the Bay
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
great idea , very thoughtful
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Posted 11/29/05 3:47 PM
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eroxgirl
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Wedding Date:
6/19/2004 12:00 PM
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Westbury Manor
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
We did 2 donations, each to charities for diseases that have taken people close to us. At first I was going to do individual scrolls, but that became too much for me to deal with, so we just printed out a nice poem explaining our donations and put it on display near our head table in a frame.
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Posted 11/29/05 4:17 PM
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Ang&Rich
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Wedding Date:
9/18/2005 3:00 PM
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Fox Hollow
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
We donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I love your idea but maybe instead of including it in the response you could put a card at each placesetting at the wedding and have the guest choose. Then afterwards you can make your donation and include a card with the thank you to let them know.
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Posted 11/29/05 4:24 PM
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Beth1210
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Wedding Date:
12/10/2005 7:30 PM
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Flowerfield
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
I just picked on charity near and dear to us
and had simple cards printed and attached to a cookie baked my my FMIL
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Posted 11/29/05 4:27 PM
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JNMWineBride
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Wedding Date:
9/30/2006 12:00 PM
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A North Fork Vineyard
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Posted by Ang&Rich
We donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. I love your idea but maybe instead of including it in the response you could put a card at each placesetting at the wedding and have the guest choose. Then afterwards you can make your donation and include a card with the thank you to let them know.
I like that idea a lot!
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Posted 11/29/05 5:12 PM
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JNMWineBride
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Wedding Date:
9/30/2006 12:00 PM
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A North Fork Vineyard
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Posted by Beth1210
I just picked on charity near and dear to us
and had simple cards printed and attached to a cookie baked my my FMIL
Nice idea!
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Posted 11/29/05 5:13 PM
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ccraz
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8/20/2006 6:00 PM
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Land's End
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Great ideas ladies! One question though, how do you begin to go about making a donation? Also, do they usually provide scrolls or something once you make a donation? TIA
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Posted 11/29/05 6:01 PM
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JNMWineBride
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9/30/2006 12:00 PM
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
Posted by ccraz
Great ideas ladies! One question though, how do you begin to go about making a donation? Also, do they usually provide scrolls or something once you make a donation? TIA
You can look at the websites of the charities you're interested in and make donations online by CC. One of my friends donated to a children's charity - I forget which one - but they did provide pre-printed sheets of paper that we turned into scrolls tied with ribbon. From what I understand they were really nice to deal with.
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Posted 11/29/05 6:06 PM
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ncd623
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8/13/2006 12:00 AM
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
I think save yourself the work of letting them choose and pick something close to your heart and print up a nice card for the table
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Posted 11/29/05 9:32 PM
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DMcK
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Wedding Date:
5/13/2005 7:00 PM
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Westbury Manor
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Re: Donations as Wedding Favors
We donated to St. Jude Children's Hospital as our favor, and to let the guests know, we made bookmarks. They came out nicely and it was a good way of letting them know.
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Posted 12/2/05 8:19 AM
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