Donation instead of a traditional favor

Donation instead of a traditional favor

Anyone doing this??? And if so, how are you going to go about telling your guests....??

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nice idea i would be interested in how to go about it as well- thnks!

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I think it's a great idea. You can make a nice notecard with info on the charity and that in liew of a favor you made a donation. Many will appreciate it and you can't go wrong with charity! You can also thank them for coming on the card as well! It's a lot better than something they may never use.

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I really want to do this...one of my friends did it and I havent gotten a chance to talk to her....I'll try and look more into it or if anyone else had ideas, and will let you know!!!

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We are doing a donation instead of the favor. We will be making a donation to one of the Virginia Tech funds. FH went there and is a die hard fan of the school. We will let everyone know during the reception by putting something on each plate on top of the menu with a saying and the VT logo.

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We are planning on doing this but not sure which organization yet... prob the ASPCA becuase we both love animals. I was planning on putting a card at everyone's place setting explaining what the organization is and how a donation was made in the guests name.....

I also like the idea of a tangible gift so someone posted this on the BHB yesterday
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Nice and simple i could prob make them too i figure each guest can get one and well there ya go

HTH

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At my best friends wedding they made a donation and they typed up a few words about the organization that they donated to in lieu of favors and put it in a nice frame at each table. It looked nice

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i am. we're tying notes to gerber daisies that we're buying in bulk from costco expaining that a donation was made and placing one for each guest on the tables in the dining room.

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The daisies...thats really nice!!!! I love that!!

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We are pretty much sure that we are going to do a donation as a favor. I think I will make up my own cards and maybe put some chocolate or cds with the donation card

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The daisies...thats really nice!!!! I love that!!

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thanks it's really just an excuse to have more flowers on the tables

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We're doing donations the Leukemia and Lymphoma society since our wedding day will be the two-year anniversary of me being diagnosed with lymphoma.

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yes we are having cards made to match our table #'s that will say it

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We are doing this. We made a donation to the American Cancer Society. They sent us 4'x5' notecards to put at each place setting. There were lots of choices for wording, colors, and shapes of the notecards.. HTH!

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We are doing this as well. I think we will place a card at each setting. Both of our grandmothers passed away from cancer so are donating to the american cancer society. FH is a fireman so he wants to also donate to the a 9//11 widows fund.

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I was thinking of doing this also. My mother thinks it is a bad idea because people expect a favor. I think it is such a nice gesture because so many times you get a little trinket favor and you never use it, this way your money is going to something good.

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I am a teacher who works with children with Autism and I am thinking of donating to Autism Speaks or another charity. This is def something that needs alot of money for research and a cure. it is really getting crazy with the number of diagnoses'