I haven't posted for quite a while, but I look in on the Café quite often. I see many posts in the general forum that are about complaints or bad issues; so, I thought a happy story would fit in nicely.
My daughter's wedding was planned for Charlotte, South Carolina, this coming Saturday. A year and a half of planning had gone into her Charleston wedding, which was to take place at a beautiful country club, with the ceremony taking place, at sunset, under a large tree, along a scenic river. Now, along comes news of hurricane Matthew, and she was in tears for several days. Then, yesterday, the governor orders an evacuation of the area.
Yesterday was a mad dash to try to figure out what to do. 250 guests were coming, from as far away as California, Texas, Massachusetts, and overseas in Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland and England. My wife and I live 3 hours from Charleston, and my daughter and her fiancé live in Cincinnati, some 10 or 11 hours away.
I think that everyone we have ever met has called to ask how they could help. Venues and caterers near our home have bent over backwards trying to help us. The only venue in town big enough to handle a reception of that size, is a private club, that is very expensive for non-members. They offered to waive all fees and rental costs, and charge us only for the catering.
A high school, holding a 25th class reunion, in one of the facility's function rooms, voted unanimously to do a last minute move of their reunion, saying that they did not want to get in the way of a bride and groom dancing at their wedding.
A local TV station, on hearing how people had helped so much in getting this wedding put on in only days, has called to say that they want to send a news crew to the wedding, to do a story about our home town came together to help this couple have their wedding.
There is no way to even list all of the people who have pitched in to help. Though my daughter will be missing many of the activities that had been planned for the wedding, it never could have made her as happy as she is now, as a result of all of the love and help that she has received from friends and strangers, to turn a bad situation into an amazing happening.
I apologize for the lengthy post.
My daughter's wedding was planned for Charlotte, South Carolina, this coming Saturday. A year and a half of planning had gone into her Charleston wedding, which was to take place at a beautiful country club, with the ceremony taking place, at sunset, under a large tree, along a scenic river. Now, along comes news of hurricane Matthew, and she was in tears for several days. Then, yesterday, the governor orders an evacuation of the area.
Yesterday was a mad dash to try to figure out what to do. 250 guests were coming, from as far away as California, Texas, Massachusetts, and overseas in Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland and England. My wife and I live 3 hours from Charleston, and my daughter and her fiancé live in Cincinnati, some 10 or 11 hours away.
I think that everyone we have ever met has called to ask how they could help. Venues and caterers near our home have bent over backwards trying to help us. The only venue in town big enough to handle a reception of that size, is a private club, that is very expensive for non-members. They offered to waive all fees and rental costs, and charge us only for the catering.
A high school, holding a 25th class reunion, in one of the facility's function rooms, voted unanimously to do a last minute move of their reunion, saying that they did not want to get in the way of a bride and groom dancing at their wedding.
A local TV station, on hearing how people had helped so much in getting this wedding put on in only days, has called to say that they want to send a news crew to the wedding, to do a story about our home town came together to help this couple have their wedding.
There is no way to even list all of the people who have pitched in to help. Though my daughter will be missing many of the activities that had been planned for the wedding, it never could have made her as happy as she is now, as a result of all of the love and help that she has received from friends and strangers, to turn a bad situation into an amazing happening.
I apologize for the lengthy post.
