Hidden River Events

Charitable Giving

Love Mul­ti­plies!

We believe that one of the best things we do, in addi­tion to our excel­lent ser­vice and cre­ativ­ity on your behalf, is to help your love begin to mul­ti­ply from the moment you say “I do.” At the con­clu­sion of your event, we donate a per­cent­age of the cost of your event to a local char­ity, in honor of you and your event. You will receive a note from the char­ity, shortly after your event, noti­fy­ing you of the dona­tion in your honor. We do this because we believe love is not a “zero sum” game. The more love you give, the more love grows.

A 100% Commitment

Per­haps you’ve heard some­one sug­gest that mar­riage is a 50/50 propo­si­tion.  How­ever, peo­ple who have been suc­cess­fully mar­ried for many years know oth­er­wise. It is 100/100. Each per­son has to give 100%, over the long haul, to keep the com­mit­ment alive. We like to say that we are, at Hid­den River, “101 per­cent for love,” because we add to your love that some­thing extra: our exper­tise and a por­tion of our prof­its. Just as your love grows and as our busi­ness grows, we aim to give more and more to char­ity and our local com­mu­nity.  We donated $1000  in goods and ser­vices to local char­i­ties, rang­ing from Manna Food Bank to the Pres­by­ter­ian Children’s Home, to Zac­cha­eus House Home­less min­istries, to Ani­mal Com­pas­sion Net­work!

Dur­ing the 2008 and 2009 Wed­ding Sea­son, we are donat­ing all of our gifts (unless you request oth­er­wise) to Cal­vary Pres­by­ter­ian Church. Cal­vary is a 120 year African Amer­i­can con­gre­ga­tion in down­town Asheville.  Their build­ing is in dire need of repair and we are team­ing with them to sup­port the ren­o­va­tion of their facil­ity for the pur­poses of cre­at­ing an Arts/Education Cen­ter. It’s a stately, Geor­gian Style build­ing that sits high atop what was once called “Catholic Hill,” home to the first “Negro” Catholic church in the area. Cal­vary also began a “Negro” parochial school, at the turn of the cen­tury, afford­ing young peo­ple an edu­ca­tion for just pennies/week dur­ing the height of seg­re­ga­tion in the South. The church has most recently housed 20 peo­ple in their fel­low­ship hall for 17 years until their fel­low­ship hall was con­demned for code vio­la­tions.  They wish to con­tinue their long his­tory of hos­pi­tal­ity and edu­ca­tion, serv­ing down­town Asheville and under­priv­i­leged youth, but they can­not do this well until their facil­ity is ren­o­vated. Your wed­ding at Hid­den River will help them to real­ize a great dream.

In addi­tion to donat­ing a por­tion of the cost of your event to a local char­ity, if you elect to donate an addi­tional amount to a char­ity, we will give to your guests a print of a Hid­den River river scene, cre­ated by local artist, Jude Stuecker. The print will have a cal­lig­ra­phy printed poem or other read­ing from your cer­e­mony and on the back we will print that the gift has been given to a char­ity in honor of the guests and the cou­ple, and we will tell your guests about how your love is mul­ti­ply­ing in the Asheville region, from the day your mar­riage begins.

Con­tact us today for more information.

« Back to Weddings

top