Grooms give to charity

20 Jan 2022

A NEWLY married couple have channelled wedding gifts to the charity that supports everyone in Far North Queensland.
Gregg Millett and John Tavener decided that as grooms who had everything they needed in life, they didn’t need traditional wedding gifts such as toasters.
“We decided we might as well formalise our relationship and then we decided that we didn’t need gifts,” Mr Millett said.
The pair asked their wedding guests to make donations towards the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation, in lieu of gifts.
“The renal unit is close to our heart so we’ve asked the money raised goes to support that unit,” he said.
Foundation Acting CEO Joe Cristaldi paid tribute to the pair, who came up with a creative way to celebrate their marriage.
“We received $1200 through this generous support. We quite often receive gifts in wills or people will make in-memorium donations but this was the first time we’ve received wedding gift donations,” Mr Cristaldi said.
“Support such as this helps us contribute to improving the quality of health care in Far North Queensland,” he said.

 

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