Got Wedding Stuff -- 2/17/2010

Yesterday, I met with Pam Vitale at Country Club of the North to discuss the details for the next "Got Wedding Stuff" event, which will be held at CCN on 2/17/2010 from 5 to 9 p.m.

We anticipate roughly 100 vendors will be exhibiting at the bridal cocktail, so you can chat with them and learn more about their services. The event will feel like a wedding cocktail reception. A fashion show will showcase the latest and greatest in bridal attire. A silent auction, which will be loaded with generous gift certificates from local wedding vendors off their services, and lightly used wedding items such as dresses, jewelry, shoes, centerpieces, favors, unity candles, guest books, garters, and other accessories, will be at the event for all brides. (At the last event, more than $50,000 worth of items were donated! A bride won a $1000 brand new wedding dress for $50!) We're also planning to have other games and activities, such as a dollar dance with a local celebrity, to add fun to the festivities.

Cost will be $5 per person and includes one drink ticket for those over the age of 21. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Lupus Foundation and all brides will certainly benefit from the fabulous deals at the auction! Lightly used wedding items and gift certificates may be pledged on the website and dropped off on 2/16 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and on 2/17 by 3 p.m. All donations to the silent auction are tax deductible. (Gift certificates only may be dropped off to Your Dream Day before 12/31 for a 2009 tax donation.) We'll get the items up as they are pledged and dropped off, so check the site regularly in the weeks and days leading up to the event. We encourage brides with lightly used items left from their own weddings to donate them to this event!

This event will be presented in sponsorship with Your Dream Day, Country Club of the North, Finch Rental and Party Pleasers. (We are still tying down the details for the fashion show, and PSAs with the local television media. Radio ads will start running in February.) If you are a vendor and interested in exhibiting or donating to the event, please call me and we'll get you signed up.