Forgo Favors for Charity!

How many weddings have you been to where a candle or piece of chocolate is given to you as a wedding favor? In this day and age, those that were hurting before are hurting worse now and American’s are now less able to give to charity. Our solution? Instead of the traditional favor make a donation in each guest’s name to your favorite charity. I think it’s important to note that we may plan plenty of weddings each year, but we’re also guests to many as well. For us as guests, we are just as happy seeing a charitable contribution as we are with a yummy Godiva chocolate bar!

Visit http://www.idofoundation.org/ for more info!

Your Fantasy Affair is *NSYNC with the Holidays!

At YFA we do all we can to give back. This year, we took it upon ourselves and our interns to help families in need and the Fatone Family Foundation. We brought in new toys, gift certificates, and cash for the foundation along with donating our services to one lucky bidder. Parties are our fortay, so we had a great time helping out our favorite *NSYNC bandmates!

YFA coordinators Sarah Pickar Sleeth & Sharia Riley with *NSYNC member, Joey Fatone

Sharia & Sarah with *NSYNC bandmate, Chris Kirkpatrick

Your Fantasy Affair MAKES STRIDES Against Breast Cancer

At 8:00 AM on October 18th the Your Fantasy Affair team headed to Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando to MAKE STRIDES for a cure! Our team was comprised of our fabulous wedding coordinators, family, friends, and our brides/grooms and their loved ones. There were over 50 of us in all, and we’re especially proud of our Brides & Grooms that came out to support such a special cause.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all our friends, family, and wedding industry insiders that supported our team. With your credit card and cash donations, the Your Fantasy Affair team raised over $2000 for the American Cancer Society. Thank you for your support in raising awareness about this devastating disease.

However the 5k walk didn’t start and end with walking and fundraising! We had a great time laughing with our brides and friends, and talking about what else? WEDDINGS! We can’t wait for next year where we hope to raise over $5000 for breast cancer research!



YFA Newlyweds: Marcus & Ashley Watkins w/ Bride, Jacque Robinson

Bride, Jacque Robinson, brought along her HS Varsity Volleyball team to "Make Strides"

Grooms against Breast Cancer!

3 of the YFA team: Heather Rodriguez, Sarah Pickar Sleeth, & Sharia Riley. What did your shirts say? "Brides Against Breast Cancer!"

The MAKING STRIDES cheerleading squad roots on our walkers and brides!

Thank you friends & family of the Rileys for coming out!

Brides & bridesmaids rest in the park after crossing the finish line...

AT THE FINISH LINE!

Your Fantasy Affair helps fight Breast Cancer!

Our owner and lead coordinator, Sharia Riley, has always been an advocate for community involvement and recently the team at YFA has become aware of the upcoming Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in downtown Orlando hosted by the American Cancer Society. On October 18th, the coordinators of Your Fantasy Affair, along with their fabulous brides will walk for a cure. As the wedding industry is dominated by estrogen, we felt this would be an excellent opportunity for YFA to work towards a cause that affects so many women and the family and friends who love them so much.

We invite you to join us on our quest to find a cure! Whether you’re a Bride, Groom, Mother of the Bride, Maid of Honor, or Wedding Vendor, we ask you to join Your Fantasy Affair and participate in the walk. We are handling all sign up fees and giving a donation on behalf of our company and walkers. All we ask is for your support by coming in October to walk with us. All are welcome as we stand up to cancer and fund research for the cure!

If you are interested in walking, please email us so we can add you to our team. Everyone will get shirts to show that you stand up to cancer. Also, for those that can’t make it but would like to make a contribution, we invite you to make a donation to our team.

Here is all the information....

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008

Time: 8:00 AM

Location: Lake Eola Park (Downtown Orlando)

Please help us any way you can. This cause has become more and more close to our hearts after we found that Sarah Pickar Sleeth's sister, Dr. Amy Pickar Abernethy (Duke University), was recognized as one of the lead doctors in fighting for a cure to breast cancer. Help Dr. Abernethy and other leading cancer research doctors around the country find a cure for this devastating disease.

Thank you in advance for all of your support!