Wish Upon A Wedding’s Blissful Wishes Ball
By Andrew Weeks, National Director of Community Engagement
WIPA’s 2025 will be filled with beautiful events, valuable networking, and excellent education nationwide. That is a given. However, being WIPA’s Director of Community Engagement, what I am most looking forward to in the next year is seeing our chapters build on the community outreach and support they created in 2024, and bring it to a whole new level in 2025. I feel strongly that our wedding industry – an industry built on love – should be at the forefront of spreading love.
To kick off WIPA’s 2025, I am excited to announce that WIPA National is a sponsor of Wish Upon A Wedding’s Blissful Wishes Ball, happening Jan 23rd, at Morgan Manufacturing in Chicago. The Blissful Wishes Ball, is Wish Upon A Wedding’s annual centerpiece fundraising event and is not to be missed.
For those unfamiliar with Wish Upon A Wedding, I encourage you to learn more about them HERE.
In the meantime, here is a quick rundown:
Wish Upon A Wedding grants weddings and vow renewals to couples facing terminal illness or life-altering health circumstances. They help couples alleviate the financial burden and time commitment that planning a wedding entails, focusing instead on dealing with their treatments and spending time with their loved ones.
Talk about an organization that centers on love, and that truly celebrates what is most important about our industry.
Don’t worry though, the Ball is not the only way to show your and your chapter’s love for Wish Upon A Wedding! Wish Upon A Wedding is actively looking to partner with our chapters this year.
Want to support Wish Upon A Wedding with one of your chapter’s give-back events or even with your gala? That would be music to their ears, and they would love to connect and see how they can partner with you. Some Chapters are already in the midst of planning with Wish Upon A Wedding… Imagine how much we could raise for Wish Upon A Wedding if every chapter held a give-back event for them in 2025!
If you think your chapter might be interested, connect with Wish Upon A Wedding: Programs@wishuponawedding.org.
If that isn’t enough, you can also encourage WIPA members to volunteer to be Wish Grantors or, better yet, you can become one yourself. Learn more about that opportunity HERE.
If you are lucky enough to be headed to the Ball this month, I cannot wait to see you there. Be sure to stop by the WIPA-sponsored lounge for a custom fashion illustration by Ivy McConnell – a beautiful keepsake to remember the night.
And if that wasn’t enough! WIPA Chicago would love to invite our members going to the ball to join them before the event for a toast and a touch up! They will provide light bites and sips for WIPA Members along with makeup touch ups to get you ready for the gala. Hang with WIPA Chicago at the Fairmont Chicago before the big event!
Click HERE to RSVP to this complimentary Members’ Only Event. Limited Availability
Our friends at the Fairmont have reserved a room block for the evening HERE.
Here’s to a fantastic 2025 and a year full of WIPA events, WIPA Education, WIPA networking, and yes, a year full of WIPA being at the forefront of our industry, supporting those who nurture what our industry depends on – LOVE!
