I heard about this news story on the radio this morning...
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/minnesota-couple-donates-wedding-dinner-budget-to-haiti-011910
"MAPLE GROVE, Minn. - A Maple Grove, Minnesota couple is donating 25 percent of their wedding budget, reserved for dinner at their June reception, to the victims of the Haiti earthquake......Bogen said the fact people were suffering in Haiti while she planned an elaborate party triggered her to donate the $2,500 budgeted for dinner to the earthquake victims. What will guests eat? Maybe peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. ...."
Not getting married? Or eloping? There are other ways to send money to Haiti, such as the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
2 comments:
What a great idea. I just hope all the donations go where they're supposed to.
I am a little leary of charities where the money goes to make people rich. With the Red Cross, the CEO is pulling one million every two years from the charity. The rich getting richer.
I've known other charities where the people at the top, often rich, get less rich. i.e. they give, instead of take. Still. the Red Cross is ranked very highly in other aspects that charity watchdogs look for.
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