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.
johnsae
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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!
carlsbride
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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.
kissy27
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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
mtdr1106
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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?
JNMWineBride
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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)
Laura&Phil
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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!
Nina
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great idea , very thoughtful
eroxgirl
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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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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.
Beth1210
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I just picked on charity near and dear to us
and had simple cards printed and attached to a cookie baked my my FMIL
JNMWineBride
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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!
JNMWineBride
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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!
ccraz
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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
JNMWineBride
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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.
ncd623
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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
DMcK
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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.
sophisticat13
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Ladies...this post is very old....!!
MrsCtoB
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We are doing a donation in memory of FH's grandfather and uncle and my college roommate.
We are putting a little saying in the menu to let everyone know.
