Just in time for their wedding day, the Wedding Cans couple has successfully achieved their goal to collect 400,000 cans to pay for their wedding – completed in just eight months! Who would have ever thought collecting aluminum cans would pay for an entire wedding? Although some may call it crazy, this Spokane couple is proving that great success can be achieved through the craziest ideas.
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Ringing success with wedding cans
With the help of the United Recycling Services, Alcoa Aluminum and also the outpouring support from individuals across the world, Andrea Parrish and Peter Geyer have reached 100 percent of their goal in just 197 days. The couple can be married next month, July 31, in Spokane, Wash. at the Corbin Art Center, where wedding cans will right, not just for the love they share, but for their great accomplishment.
“The response to this project has been overwhelming,” Andrea said./p>
“The most exciting thing about the project is how numerous people have borrowed the idea,” Peter added. “We have other engaged couples recycling for their weddings and honeymoons — even a woman collecting cans to pay for her liver transplant.”
Peter and Andrea will donate more than half of the proceeds of any additional cans they collect to nonprofit organizations Rim Country Land Institute and Doctors Without Borders, using only 40 percent for their honeymoon.
Wedding Cans is surely a story to remember
The couple has suffered through numerous trials and challenges throughout their quest to collect five tons of aluminum cans to help pay for their summer wedding. Nevertheless, the two have remained true to their values, also as that crazy idea that came to mind at around 1 o’clock one morning. In a time of excessive consumerism and outlandish wedding expenditures, Peter and Andrea are truly admired for their courageous efforts of dedicating probably the biggest event of their lives to saving the planet. Wishing you the best, Peter and Andrea, and congratulation on your Wedding Cans success!
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