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Spurned bride’s family gifts wedding feast to Sacramento’s homeless
BY Nicole Hensley
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, October 19, 2015, 3:17 AM
KTLA
Quinn Duane’s family offered their wedding food to Sarcramento's homeless after her husband-to-be got cold feet and called the whole thing off.
A jilted bride put her wedding feast to good use by feeding Sacramento’s homeless, according to a local report.
A salmon and tri-tip smorgasbord coordinated by Quinn Duane and her unidentified would-be husband would have fed 120 of the bride's friends and family Saturday afternoon, but the pricy $35,000 wedding was scrapped at the last minute when the groom got cold feet just five days before the reception.
The new guests, including a slew of less fortunate families with children from local shelters, took advantage of the Duane family's kindness, matriarch Kari Duane told KCRA-TV.
“When I found out on Monday that the wedding would not be taking place, it just seemed, like, of course this would be something that we would do to give back,” Duane told the TV station.
The reception was catered by the posh restaurant at the Citizen Hotel, where on Saturday underserved Sacramento residents snaked around tables while in line for the buffet.
Erika Craycraft, her husband Rashad Abdullah and their five children, were among those filling their stomachs.
“I think it’s really generous to lose out on something so important to yourself and then give it to someone else is really giving,” Craycraft told the TV station.
The bride stayed home instead of attending Saturday’s dinner, but will be getting a vacation out of her situation. Before tackling mounting bills tied to the wedding, mother and daughter will take off to Belize with the non-refundable honeymoon tickets and reservations.
Homeless benefit from canceled wedding: 'It's a blessing'
BY Nicole Hensley
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, October 19, 2015, 3:17 AM
Quinn Duane’s family offered their wedding food to Sarcramento's homeless after her husband-to-be got cold feet and called the whole thing off.
A jilted bride put her wedding feast to good use by feeding Sacramento’s homeless, according to a local report.
A salmon and tri-tip smorgasbord coordinated by Quinn Duane and her unidentified would-be husband would have fed 120 of the bride's friends and family Saturday afternoon, but the pricy $35,000 wedding was scrapped at the last minute when the groom got cold feet just five days before the reception.
The new guests, including a slew of less fortunate families with children from local shelters, took advantage of the Duane family's kindness, matriarch Kari Duane told KCRA-TV.
“When I found out on Monday that the wedding would not be taking place, it just seemed, like, of course this would be something that we would do to give back,” Duane told the TV station.
The reception was catered by the posh restaurant at the Citizen Hotel, where on Saturday underserved Sacramento residents snaked around tables while in line for the buffet.
Erika Craycraft, her husband Rashad Abdullah and their five children, were among those filling their stomachs.
“I think it’s really generous to lose out on something so important to yourself and then give it to someone else is really giving,” Craycraft told the TV station.
The bride stayed home instead of attending Saturday’s dinner, but will be getting a vacation out of her situation. Before tackling mounting bills tied to the wedding, mother and daughter will take off to Belize with the non-refundable honeymoon tickets and reservations.
Homeless benefit from canceled wedding: 'It's a blessing'