I did the coolest thing this week. I went to the launch party for an organization called Wish Upon a Wedding. It’s a national organization that offers full-production weddings to people with terminal illness.

(All the photos in this post are courtesy of Evrim Icoz, another great Portland wedding photographer. That’s him above with me, Deyla Huss (left) and Melissa Tomeoni (right) of Soul Mates Photo.)
The Portland chapter just launched, and I’m so excited to be able to volunteer my services and talents to help with this. As someone who had a friend get a wish granted from the Make-A-Wish Foundation when she was battling cancer, I can’t imagine what a gift it would be to offer to someone who’s sick and wants to get married.

Because it’s a new organization here in Portland, everyone is organizing and ready to go. Everyone, that is, except the recipients. The word isn’t out yet, so if you know someone who is in this situation, this would be good information to pass on to them. There are so many generous wedding vendors who want to get involved.

(Above is Nadia Ly of Creations by Ly, who is a local wedding coordinator and the Portland chapter president).
Check out their national Web site and their local Facebook page if you know someone who is ill and looking for this kind of service. Thanks!




































