Steven P. Administrators Posted September 24, 2013 Administrators Share Posted September 24, 2013 Family Hosts 200 Homeless People for Dinner After Daughter's Wedding Gets Called Off When an engaged couple calls off the wedding, it is usually a time of sadness and anger. But one family in Atlanta found a way to turn a terrible situation into a beautiful one. Carol and Willie Fowler's daughter Tamara was set to get married at the Villa Christina catering hall, when the wedding was called off just 40 days before the event. Initially the Fowlers were upset to hear that the lavish gathering they had planned and paid for was not going to happen. Then they had a genius and generous idea: They invited 200 of the city's homeless to feast on the four-course meal that would have been part of Tamara's wedding reception. The Fowler family called Elizabeth Omilami from the Hosea Feed the Hungry organization for her help in getting the group together. At first Omilami thought she was being pranked! Carol Fowler said that even daughter Tamara attended the event, adding, "She was also very delighted to see and know that others had an opportunity to enjoy something, rather than just allow it to go to waste." Children make up about 70 percent of Atlanta's homeless, so to make the dinner more fun for them, a clown was hired for their entertainment. The event was titled "The First Annual Fowler Family Celebration of Love," and the family says it plans on hosting another charity dinner next year. It's a great example of how you can turn any bad situation into a positive one. Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/family-hosts-200-homeless-people-for-dinner-after-daughter-s-wedding-gets-called-off-180643590.html Faith in humanity restored :) Hum 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted September 24, 2013 Veteran Share Posted September 24, 2013 Definitely agree with you, good human beings award goes to this family :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted September 24, 2013 Subscriber¹ Share Posted September 24, 2013 Kudos to the Fowlers! Whatever is done, is done for the best! Statistically speaking, this marriage had a 50% chance of breaking up after five years anyways :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted September 24, 2013 Veteran Share Posted September 24, 2013 if only there were more people out there like this, I can imagine it going a completely different way with the people fighting to not have to pay for anything and have the whole thing cancelled rather than making it into something truly amazing like they had done. Kudos to them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 What a lovely way to deal with such an unfortunate circumstance. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 24, 2013 Member Share Posted September 24, 2013 Like they say, when life gives you lemons learn to make lemonade. Good for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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