Two Brides Use Wedding Day To Give Back
Rather than a candle or candy, two local women chose cats and dogs.
Forget the Jordan Almond favors or the wedding gift never to be used, two local women are forgoing both and giving their guests something that will make a lasting difference. Francine DiChiara and Deanna Hardy, decided to forgo wedding favors and gifts at their weddings this past weekend. Instead, they opted to donate to Northeast Animal Shelter. "I wanted to donate to something that is near and dear to us," DiChiara, of North Reading said of her and her soon-to-be-husband Michael Coughlin's decision. "Instead of some frivolous favor people are going to throw in the trash, we wanted to give back to the shelter." DiChiara worked as a volunteer at the no-kill shelter and has three rescue dogs; Nelly, Teeny and Finnegan and runs "Bark N' Roll…
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