SHE GAVE AWAY HER WEDDING, THIS HAPPY COUPLE TOOK IT
"With my engagement ending, I’ve come to find tremendous peace in knowing that I did the right thing for the both of us...I have decided to donate my venue valued
at $3,500 to a couple to use for their wedding day! "
A former bride-to-be from Texas has made one couple's day after donating her non-refundable wedding venue to a bride she never met.
Kolbie Sanders, 24, of Tyler, Texas, gave the the generous gift to Halie Hipsher, 22, and Hipsher's now husband, Matt Jones, who married on Oct. 20 -- the day Sanders was supposed to say "I do."
Sanders told "GMA" that she broke off her engagement but
couldn't get her money back from Belle Vue Wedding and Event Venue where her nuptials were scheduled to take place. So the company offered to hold her spot for a later date should she decided to schedule another event.
"I said, 'Is there any way that I can still use that venue but donate it and let another couple use it?'" Sanders recalled. "They were caught off guard with it."
Sanders then announced on Facebook that she'd give away her dream venue to another lucky bride. She
received hundreds of messages from hopeful couples and wrote down 45 names of those who had stories that touched her the most.
Sanders said she wrote down Hipsher's name after Hipsher shared that her grandfather, Edwin Truett Hipsher, was fighting stage 4 pancreatic cancer and didn't know if he'd make it to walk her down the aisle. Hipsher was originally scheduled to marry next fall...
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