How can i get sponsors for my 25th wedding anniversary. I want a lavish wedding/reception and honeymoon?

I want a wedding for about 200 guests, sit down dinner, band, fresh flowers, beautiful gown for a plus size beautiful person, honeymoon that I never got chance to have due the death of my father and a wedding where I can feel and look like a princess for a day. I often see it with the celebrities and I would like to have this one opportunity with all that I have been through. I want to renew my 25th wedding anniversary because my husband has truly been a dream come true. However due to finances, son in college we are not able to have a prince and princess wedding. My husband has conquered lymphona cancer and this would be very special if my 25th anniversary could be spectacular. By the way it will be 25years on June 2nd, 2009 and I am getting started early. Please help me make this dream a reality. ANYONE, PLEASE!

How can i get sponsors for my 25th wedding anniversary. I want a lavish wedding/reception and honeymoon?
First, you can%26#039;t have a wedding because you%26#039;re already married. I%26#039;m sorry that your wedding wasn%26#039;t what you wanted it to be 25 years ago, but you just don%26#039;t get to do it over. One wedding per spouse. If you want to throw a nice 25th anniversary party, that%26#039;s great, but you don%26#039;t get a weddign gown and showers and a wedding party and all the trimmings of a wedding. And, unfortunately, you have to pay for it yourself. I, too, am a cancer survivor, my fiance had Scarlet Fever and lost an eye. We%26#039;re paying for our own wedding because that%26#039;s what grown ups do. There are no freebies in this world.
Reply:Please
Reply:Write this out on a cardboard sign and hold out a change jar.





Get REAL- we have all gone through stuff and we all want free stuff. My husband survived a brain Tumor- do you see us mooching for a wedding or party?





Grow up!
Reply:Hi and congratulations on your 25th!





Sorry to tell you....but DON%26#039;T waste your energy looking for sponsorship for your 25th. A vendor has NOTHING to gain by supplying you everything for free unless perhaps you were a movie star and could spread their name.





Also....why would you want to waste any money you DO have on a lavish re-do after 25 years? I think it would look a little silly for you to have the princess dress, etc.





What my husband and I did for our 25th was to have a small renewal of vows with our children present (5 people total) and then we went out to dinner after. Then my husband and I went on a trip!





I think a %26quot;re-do%26quot; for 200 guests is a little over the top.
Reply:thats alot to ask for. wouldnt you rather the so called %26quot;sponsors%26quot; would be better off spending their money on something important like starving children or something. Besides if you really want this that bad surely you can save you own money over the course of a year and a half and pay for it on your own.
Reply:Most companies will not sponsor an event unless it is for a charitable event or because there is an opportunity to really market their product for future sale. Your event is neither. It is not a charitable event and will not likely generate additional sale for the sponsors.





Also, stop being greedy. My grandmother passed away 5 months before my wedding, September 11 happened 2 months before our event, and we%26#039;ve gone through many difficulties in our marriage. If you can%26#039;t afford your celebration, then deal with it. If you really want a lavish event, learn to save or go get a part-time job to help pay for it. Don%26#039;t ask people for handouts. That%26#039;s just shameless.
Reply:Why don%26#039;t you get an extra job or something and pay for it yourself if this is so important to you? Why would you expect someone else to pay for something you want?
Reply:You can certainly go and try to get vendors to sponsor your wedding, but it is difficult because many vendors don%26#039;t really see much gain from doing sponsorship.





Since you have time, do some research and look around and price things out. You might still be able to do the prince and princess wedding you want if you scale it down a bit and are flexible. Also consider doing a destination-themed wedding--that%26#039;s always fun and special.
Reply:You have to be a celebrity. Really, only Star Jones had sponsors and thats probably about as low on the celebrity totem pole sponsors will go.


Maybe you should just have a family gathering instead.



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