Her wedding cancelled, woman feeds homeless
INDIANAPOLIS: An Indiana woman didn’t want her cancelled $30,000 wedding to go to waste, so she threw a party for the homeless.
Buses pulled up to the swanky event centre on Saturday that Sarah Cummins had booked for the reception in Carmel, a suburb just north of Indianapolis. About a dozen veterans from a local organisation were among the guests who dined on bourbon-glazed meatballs, goat cheese, chicken breast and wedding cake. Cummins told the Indianapolis Star that she and her fiance called off the wedding a week ago. She declined to give a reason, but she said they were left with a nonrefunda- ble contract for the Ritz Charles in Carmel and a plated dinner for 170 guests.
Cummins said she decided that rather than throw away the food she would bring some purpose to the event and contacted area homeless shelters. She greeted her guests when they arrived to attend the Saturday party. “For me, it was an opportunity to let these people know they deserved to be at a place like this just as much as everyone else does,” Cummins said.
Several local businesses and residents donated suits, dresses and other items for the guests to wear. Charlie Allen, who’s spent three months at a homeless mission, received a donated jacket. “I think I look pretty nice in it, ” he said.