Instead of getting wedding presents, a newly married couple asked friends and relatives to make donations to the Safe Darfur Coalition.
The organization encouraged them to write about their experience on its blog.
Jacob and Miriam Hodesh, a Savannah, Ga. couple, raised $20,000 for the organization.
“Some people didn’t understand why two white Jewish kids from the Midwest would suggest donations be made to their black African sisters and brothers many miles away,” writes the Hodeshes. “Our answer was that we are all brothers and sisters.”
Many charities are making it easy for couples to support charity as part of their wedding celebrations. To learn more, read The Chronicle’s article
