Today I was reading Portland’s Animal Aid website. Animal Aid is a small non-profit group that rescues and shelters homeless cats and dogs. In their volunteer section, there is a great story about a six year old girl who choose to receive donations for the shelter instead of traditional gifts for her birthday.
This got me doing a bit of research, and brought me to the I Do Foundation. There are so many options for doing a little bit of good for a charity as part of your wedding plans! They have a registry where your guests can donate to a charity of your choice. This can be used as your only registry or combined with a traditional one.
If you are just starting out, and really do have your hopes set on a new coffee pot and other essential goodies, you can do both. There is a whole list of stores that will donate a portion of your registry sales to your choice of charity. Traveler’s Joy a honeymoon registry site also participates in this program. A third option is to give your wedding guests a charity donation as a favor. You can even nominate your personal favorite non-profit group to receive the donation.
Wedding gifts are fun, can be sentimental and are definitely deserved as part of your celebration! I think giving a donation is a great option though because some people don’t need another blender, or would just like to share their guests’ generosity with others.