Charitable Donation instead of Favors

tzimmerman1

My FI and I have talked recently and love the idea of donating to two charities instead of purchasing wedding favors, we are still going to have a candy bar along with our cake and cupcakes but feel that wedding favors are often money wasted. We have picked the Wounded Warrior Project and Susan G. Komen as our charities of choice and would donate the money in our weddings name.

Now here is my question, we are planning on putting a small cork board with the information for both charities of choice to let our guest know what they stand for and how they help the communities. Do we put a box for our guest to donate to either organization if they like, or do we just keep it to my FI and I donating on our own?

J&K10910

Eek.  No, I wouldn't put a box for guests to donate.  If they're interested, they're quite capable in finding out how to donate on their own.  I don't even know that I'd put up a cork board, especially since at least one of your charities is fairly controversial.

amymaysa

I would not put out boxes for guests to donate money. If they wish to donate to a charity, they will.

achiduck

Ditto everything Milkduds said.

Asking guests to open their wallets at your wedding, even it if it is for charity, is rude.

redheadfsu

MilkDuds is wise.

skippylouwho

I don't think weddings or any of the pre-wedding parties & events should be fund-raisers - for anything.

Simply Fated

Favors are supposed to be from the couple for the guest. So why would you be expecting the guests to donate to your favorite charities as a favor? That makes no sense. Take the money and donate it to the guests favorite charities. There, THAT'S a favor.