FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Worcester Group Forms To Donate
Weddings To The Health-Challenged
WORCESTER, Massachusetts (September 6,
2012) – Six local small businesses that provide wedding services in Worcester County have banded together to create an
organization called “Worcester Weddings
With Heart.” The aim of the group
is to provide an avenue for local engaged couples challenged by serious illness
or extraordinary financial hardship to obtain wedding services at drastically reduced
cost.
The
brainchild of local wedding vendors Vickie and Chris Wakeen, Wakeen Photography (Grafton)
and Carrianne Allen, Bugaboo
Confections (W. Brookfield), Worcester
Weddings With Heart is somewhat modeled after the nationally-recognized
501(c)3 organization Wish Upon a Wedding
(WUW), but with some major differences.
“We are not a registered
non-profit 501(c)3 charity, nor do we require that an inquiring couple have a
terminal diagnosis, (though they may) as
WUW does. Carrianne and I were sharing
wedding business stories one day, and realized we both wanted to find a way to
give back to the community that we love, having grown up here and worked here,
meeting some amazing clientele along the way,” stated Wakeen. “There
are so many approved vendors for the W.U.W. Boston Chapter, Wakeen Photography
being one of them, that the opportunity for us to be THE volunteer photographer
for their charity wedding is greatly reduced, and we were anxious to give back
right away. So we figured, why not do
this right in our own backyard, so to speak.”
“As a creator of cakes for weddings and
special events, I don’t often get to meet the other professionals involved with
a couple’s wedding, so this is a great way to accomplish that while employing
my craft to help others.”, said Ms. Allen of Bugaboo Confections. “We
also wanted this to be about the smaller, boutique-style businesses that may be
overlooked by couples researching wedding vendors in our area.”
Worcester County professionals also involved with the
endeavor include Nancy and Judy Whalen of Creative Papers, Ltd. (Shrewsbury), Jeffrey Robert Salon in Worcester, Virginia Orlando and Candace Atchue of Seed To Stem Botanicals (Worcester),
and Kevin Whitney of DJ Kevin Whitney (W. Boylston).
The group
will announce the recipients of their first charitable wedding this month,
which is planned for September, 2013. The
criteria for applying for consideration of the 2014 Wedding Giveaway will also
be detailed upon this year’s announcement.
Opportunities exist for additional small business volunteers from Worcester County in the areas of bridal couture,
accessories, men’s wear, wedding day transportation, and videography services.
Media Contacts:
Vickie
Harding-Wakeen Nancy Whalen
(774) 279-6782 (508)
925-5377
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