Jilted bride turns wedding into charity

[deadparrot]

VERGENNES, Vt. - A woman who learned six weeks before her wedding that her fiance was cheating on her is turning her would-be reception into a charity benefit.

"I'm really just trying to turn it around and make something positive out of it," said Kyle Paxman.

Paxman, 29, had planned to celebrate her nuptials at the Basin Harbor Club on Lake Champlain on Saturday. When she found out about her fiance, she called off the 180-guest wedding and the four-year relationship.

She and her mother canceled the band, photographer and florist, but learned they would not be reimbursed for the reception and block of rooms they had reserved. So they turned the reception into a benefit for the Vermont Children's Aid Society and CARE USA, an international relief organization that aims to combat poverty by empowering women.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/brf_jilted_bride_benefit

[ZombieNixon]

1. Good for her.

She could have been vindictive about it, but she chose to turn it around and do some good. :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Good illustration of "living well is the best revenge"

Finding out about the infidelity of one's s.o. is exceedingly painful, but she has turned the pain into a benefit for someone else, and as time goes by, she'll realize that she's better off without the creep.

[AussieDave]

3. Three cheers for this woman - I hope she finds someone better

There's hope for this world yet.......

[xmas74]

4. There was a woman somewhere on the West Coast

who did something similar.

Seems like her wedding was in a few days when she cancelled. She couldn't get a refund on anything so she and her family invited some of the residents of a homeless shelter to the event instead and donated all the leftovers to the shelter.

[Missy Vixen]

7. I'm thrilled to introduce the lovely Katie Hosking of Everett, WA

This story was in the Seattle Times a little over a year ago and shortly after the hoopla surrounding the "Runaway Bride". I hope that Katie, if she hasn't already, will find someone that deserves her to spend her life with.

Julie
edited for egregious spelling error

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=webbride29&date=20050629&query=bride%2C+reception%2C+homeless+shelter

Everett bride calls off wedding, throws party for the homeless

The Associated Press


>EVERETT — A young woman decided to call off her wedding 12 days before the event and her parents knew they'd be stuck with the bill, so they decided to have a party anyway and invited the homeless.

Residents of the Interfaith Family Shelter, housed in a former convent across from Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church where the wedding had been scheduled, attended the bash thrown by Katie Hosking, 22, a medical assistant at the Everett Clinic, and her parents, Bill and Susan Hosking of Lake Stevens.

"They had a DJ and really good music. It was a warm, friendly atmosphere. The food was delicious. It was a nice break with people not worrying about anything for one night," shelter manager Carol Oliva said. "Toward the end of the evening, they packed up all the leftover food and we got to bring it back to the shelter."

One homeless woman got her son out of a wheelchair, "took that child out on the dance floor and picked him up and danced with him. It was a beautiful sight. Our kids realized that even when something bad happens, somebody else has something worse," Susan Hosking said. "It was an eye-opener."<

[xmas74]

11. I thought I remembered that story!

Thanks for the link.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. And then send the bill to the cheating bastard

:P

[dorktv]

6. Darn, no link to the charities to benefit...plus what idiot would cheat

on such a lovely young woman?

[SeattleGirl]

8. What a great thing to do!

Finding out her fiance was cheating on her had to be very painful for this young woman, but I love it that she and her parents turned the situation around, and reached out to help people who really need it.

[u4ic]

9. Kudos to her!

:toast:

[Floogeldy]

10. I hope she is not too ridden with guilt.

After all, she drove her man away from her, failed to satisfy his needs, and otherwise bombed as a partner before they even tied the knot.

That has got to hurt.