Weddingbee Blog

Am writing to ask if you in your wedding experience/expertise have come across something like this idea my fiance and I have cooked up. Quick sketch: it’s a foundation we’re setting up on the event of our wedding and asking people give to in lieu of gifts to us.

Our belief: we’ve led extraordinarily privileged lives and are very grateful for the many opportunities and institutions our families and friends have helped us access. (We’d like to pay special tribute to our parents for all they’ve made possible for us.) And our hope is that this small foundation is a means through which we as couple can, with your help, support the things we care about on an ongoing basis and in an impactful way. Likely recipients of grants every year might include public health efforts, education initiatives, local cultural organizations, and greenspace initiatives.

I’ve seen couples ask people to give to charities of their choosing in lieu of gifts, but not something that will live on and would be very curious to hear if you’ve seen anything like it in all your readings and Web-wanderings about wedding practices and ideas. Any pointers to similar efforts, if you’ve seen them, would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

H