Gifts are not necessary or expected! Your presence at our wedding is the best gift we could ask for. However, if you do feel so inclined to show your monetary love and support, we ask that you make a donation to one of our favorite non-profit organizations.
Give Hope Fight Poverty
Co-founded by the Maid of Honor, Annie Todt, Give Hope, Fight Poverty (GHFP) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster philanthropy domestically by designing service-learning programs that engage US students & professionals with rural communities in Swaziland, Africa and work together to educate, empower and lift orphaned and vulnerable children - particularly those living in child-headed households - out of poverty.
Friends of the Urban Forest
Did you know Alex is an Urban Forester? Friends of the Urban Forest helps individuals and neighborhood groups plant and care for street trees and sidewalk gardens in San Francisco. This "green infrastructure" improves the city by beautifying neighborhoods, cleaning the air, raising property values and reducing polluted stormwater runoff. Since 1981, FUF has planted more than 50,000 trees, totaling 47% of the city's street tree canopy.
San Francisco SPCA
ALex proposed to Maria while they were volunteering for the SFSPCA. The mission of the San Francisco SPCA is to save and protect animals, provide care and treatment, advocate for their welfare and enhance the human-animal bond.
