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iluvtennis

(19,757 posts)
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 07:13 PM Nov 2020

A couple turned their wedding banquet into Thanksgiving meals for the needy

https://www.instagram.com/p/CIEfUtHnN7T/


washingtonpost When the pandemic upended their wedding plans, Emily Bugg and Billy Lewis tied the knot at Chicago’s city hall last month instead. But there was still one piece of unfinished business: What to do about their $5,000 nonrefundable catering deposit? The newlyweds decided to turn it into 200 Thanksgiving dinners for people with severe mental illness. “This just seemed like a good way to make the best of a bad situation,” said Bugg, 33, an outreach worker at Thresholds, a nonprofit dedicated to helping people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, dozens of Thresholds clients received a boxed dinner of turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans and other fixings from Big Delicious Planet, a high-end Chicago-based caterer. The newlyweds said it would have been fun to celebrate with loved ones, but the pandemic has shined a light on many things they are grateful for: They both are healthy and employed, and they recently rescued a second dog — a Labrador mix named June. “And I’m lucky to have a wife who is clever and thoughtful enough to change a not-so-good situation into something positive for a lot of people,” Lewis said.


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Just love this story. Happy Thanksgiving DU.
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A couple turned their wedding banquet into Thanksgiving meals for the needy (Original Post) iluvtennis Nov 2020 OP
I wish them a happy life malaise Nov 2020 #1
Good for them!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2020 #2
I believe they will have a great marriage, TNNurse Nov 2020 #3
And that is what it's all about. paleotn Nov 2020 #4
What a beautiful and caring couple. May they be blessed. niyad Nov 2020 #5
Blessings be upon them MaryMagdaline Nov 2020 #6
Impossible not to admire this. What a great idea! BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #7
Yep, dude. You got yourself a good one! BComplex Nov 2020 #8

niyad

(112,434 posts)
5. What a beautiful and caring couple. May they be blessed.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 07:44 PM
Nov 2020

Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

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