I know this topic has been done over and over on this board, but I want to get a few opinions. My FI's grandfather just passed away recently. He suffered from Alzheimers disease. I was thinking of doing a small favor, something edible like candy, and having a note that a donation is being made to the Alzheimer Foundation of America. We're not doing in in leui of favors, just a way to honor and remember FI's grandfather.
Re: Charitable donation (family connected)
Make the donation. It's a nice thing to do. But it really doesn't have a thing....not a single thing to do with the fact that you're getting married. So why the need to announce it to guests?
Make the donation privately, just as you do any other charitable donation. Don't announce it to your wedding guests.
Then give your guests the candy you were going to give them as their favor. And have a lovely wedding.
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A small single mention in the program or with a memorial candle to your grandfather at the guestbook table doesn't bother me personally, but it will bother some, so you just have to decide if it's worth that to you. However, I think plastering an announcement about a donation on each favor or each table is completely attention-grabby to the point that it makes me feel like the Bride and Groom are trying to say "look what awesome people we are" and that pretty much overshadows any of the actual sentiment that you're wanting to convey.
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