Liz Guthrie, founder of Wish Upon a Wedding, emailed me earlier this week and asked me to share their current fund raising event with you all. I was more than thrilled to share as I love this organization and this event is pretty incredible. If you aren’t familiar, Wish Upon A Wedding is an organization that grants wedding wishes to deserving couples. By that I mean, the couples are generally facing a life threatening or serious illness and a wedding not to mention paying for it, isn’t generally on their list of priorities. However even a cancer diagnosis doesn’t mean people don’t want to have a wedding, in fact it may become even more important for this dream to come true while it still can. Wish Upon a Wedding works with vendors all over the country who volunteer their time and service to create dream weddings. WUW also wants the ability to fly family and friends to the weddings so that they are as special as can be for the couple involved. For that reason they are hosting an auction of high-end wedding goods and services, where couples can score a great deal and give back at the same time! A win-win if you ask me.
Here is just one story to pull on your heart strings a bit and show the need that exists, From Founder Liz Guthrie:
“One of our couples is going to be granted a wedding soon in Ohio. The bride is currently undergoing chemotherapy, due to a variety of terminal illnesses she battles and the groom is a lymphoma cancer survivor. We are disheartened that his parents cannot afford airfare from California to attend the wedding.” Guthrie continues, “Wish Upon a Wedding must secure enough funding (or donated miles) to secure airline tickets for every single Wish we grant, so that it is fair to all Recipients. It’s the only way we can ensure these families will be brought together in such situations.”
So what can you bid on? Let me give you a little preview…
A gorgeous ring pillow from Emici Bridal. Value: $250, Starting Bid: $59
A cake stand from Sarah’s Stands. Value: $160. Starting Bid: $50.
Custom Invitation Suite from Sweet Pea Print. Value: $1,500 Starting Bid: $150
Those are just a few of the literally hundreds of items you can bid on. Other items include photography packages, cakes, videography, musicians, florists, etc.
Vendors can get involved too as some items include tickets to wedding conferences and private sessions with some of the top wedding professionals in the country.
Bidding begins today and goes until the end of October! Head on over to see what items might be on your list of wedding must-haves!
