Family donates canceled wedding reception to 200 homeless people

[Ichingcarpenter]

Carol and Willie Fowler had planned an elaborate wedding reception for their daughter. Sadly, the wedding was canceled after all the arrangements were set. But they saw opportunity where others would see only tragedy, and teamed up with Hosea Feed the Hungry in Atlanta to turn the reception they'd planned in the first annual Fowler Family Celebration of Love, feeding 200 people in the process. "We're very pleased that she's handling it so well," Carol Fowler said of her daughter to Here & Now. "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." "Events are canceled," Fowler continued, "and sometimes for unknown reasons. Give them an opportunity to use that for people that will not have an opportunity, perhaps in life."

http://now.msn.com/carol-and-willie-fowler-donate-daughters-wedding-reception-to-atlanta-hungry

[Recursion]

1. There's a parable I am ashamed I don't remember

Luke, I think, from the content: guy throws a party and nobody shows up, so he goes in and pulls all the homeless people from the city to come celebrate and eat. That is, apparently, the Kingdom of Heaven. Go Fowlers...

[Tx4obama]

2. I did a search: Parable of the Great Banquet (Luke 14:12-24)

Here: http://www.jesuswalk.com/lessons/14_12-24.htm

That is probably the one your looking for.

[Recursion]

3. Thanks, Ma'am!

That was it.

[Tanuki]

4. Lovely solution, lovely people.

I hope the daughter goes on to find happiness and love again. I read of another situation like this where the bride took the feast and music to a senior citizens' home. It's wonderful that people can look up in a moment of heartbreak and provide something nice for others.

[HappyMe]

5. Turn something sad into

something that makes others happy.

[dembotoz]

6. heard about it on public radio

was my feel good story of the day