Wedding raises thousands for cancer charity
What a wonderful way to celebrate your most cherished day...
A couple who abandoned the traditional wedding gift list and asked guests to donate money to charity instead have raised almost £5,000.
Des Grant and Sarah Heath, of Walton-le-Dale, asked everyone invited to their wedding at Barton Grange Hotel, Preston, to donate to the Rosemere Cancer Foundation.
Des, 43, was the face of the Lancashire Evening Post's Magic Wand Appeal, named in memory of his 12-year-old daughter Melanie who died from a brain tumour in 2001.
LEP readers raised almost half-a-million pounds in less than a year for equipment to tackle brain tumours.
Des and Sarah, who recently returned from their honeymoon in Egypt, said their wedding was a fantastic day – with comical hitches along the way.
Des, who works as a DJ and matchmaker said: "We had a number of mishaps both before, during and after the wedding, but they all added to the laughter and fun of the day."
To date, the couple's guests have donated £4,240 and money is still flooding in, with the final amount expected to be around £5,000.
Sue Thompson of Rosemere said: "A wedding is a special time when people get spoilt and bought lovely presents. To give all that up was a very generous gesture and is a testament to Des and Sarah."
Des, 43, was the face of the Lancashire Evening Post's Magic Wand Appeal, named in memory of his 12-year-old daughter Melanie who died from a brain tumour in 2001.
LEP readers raised almost half-a-million pounds in less than a year for equipment to tackle brain tumours.
Des and Sarah, who recently returned from their honeymoon in Egypt, said their wedding was a fantastic day – with comical hitches along the way.
Des, who works as a DJ and matchmaker said: "We had a number of mishaps both before, during and after the wedding, but they all added to the laughter and fun of the day."
To date, the couple's guests have donated £4,240 and money is still flooding in, with the final amount expected to be around £5,000.
Sue Thompson of Rosemere said: "A wedding is a special time when people get spoilt and bought lovely presents. To give all that up was a very generous gesture and is a testament to Des and Sarah."
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