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Volunteer Event for 300 in CO & WY

10/16/2019

My Big Day loves a challenge and we love giving back to our community. This event had everything... details details details....

We were tasked with finding 'homes' for 300 Blue Federal Credit Union employees to volunteer at on ONE day. We called and emailed non-profits up and down the front range to get enough work for everyone to do ON THE SAME DAY.

Habitat for Humanity of Colorado and Habitat for Humanity of Laramie rose to the challenge and hosted our 300+ volunteers giving them a variety of tasks, allowing them to fulfill their missing of "Doing Good" in our community!

Below are some photos from the 7 locations we served at. We helped to build and clean up 17 houses!

Contact My Big Day

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Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068
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Located in Loveland, CO

As event planners, we serve the entire Front Range; Southern Wyoming, the CO Mountains, and Northern Colorado: Loveland, Fort Collins, Greeley, Windsor, Berthoud, Estes Park, Lyons, Longmont, Boulder, Wellington, Johnstown, Evans, Severance, Timnath, Mead, Frederick, Firestone, Milliken

NoCo Style Magazine features our Fiesta for The Family Center

10/3/2019

Thank you to Northern Colorado's NoCo Style Magazine for featuring our last community event (a fundraiser), "Fiesta for The Family Center!"

We were privileged to work for such a wonderful organization, serving kiddos and families all over Northern Colorado.

Click here for a link to their article about this event.

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201 E. 4th Street Loveland, CO 80537
Phone: (970) 226-6400
Email: info@nocostyle.com
Copyright ©2019 Mountain Media Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

A Part of Loveland History: Locking Love

9/25/2019

My Big Day is honored to be part of history in Loveland, CO.

We started our business here.
We offer unique events and services here.
Some of us live here.
Many of us volunteer here.
We all LOVE Loveland!

In February of 2019, Visit Loveland (an extension of the City of Loveland) debuted their Love Locks sculpture.
This now iconic piece of Sweetheart City history can be found at the Visitor's Center on 34/Eisenhower just West of I-25.

Visitors and love birds from all over the world have been locking their love on the largest lock sculpture of it's kind in the US right here in Loveland!
To celebrate our Love for this city, My Big Day purchased a brick from Leadership Loveland so that we can continue to be part of history and support this community.

All of My Big Day's wedding couples receive a lock & key with information on how they can lock their love in Loveland!

The Loveland Visitor's Center sells locks, they also offer a free engraving tool so you can keep your message forever on your lock.

Fundraiser for The Family Center/La Familia

9/24/2019

What you should know:

Most people don't realize the severity of our childcare challenges in Colorado. You may be surprised to learn that:

Colorado Is a 'Child Care Desert' meaning that there is an undersupply of care for young children. *source: AmericanProgress.org
2019 statistics show that 51% of all families In Colorado live in a child care desert. Larimer County is one of the counties MOST AFFECTED. *source: ChildCareDeserts.org
Low availability and high costs of child care keep families from the middle class in Northern Colorado *source: Coloradoan article
Colorado is one of the states with the HIGHEST COST of child care. *source: CNBC
Colorado preschool teachers in district-run schools made $30,500 on average -- nearly $22,000 less than public elementary school teachers (and significantly under the national average) *source: The Colorado Sun
Nearly 9 out of 10 single mothers of color with a young child have income that is inadequate to cover basic needs *source: The Women's Foundation of Colorado

The Family Center /La Familia is making an incredible impact regarding these challenges: *source: 2018 statistics

Annually, our sliding fee program helps children distributing nearly $100,000 in scholarships.
Our childhood program serves nearly 70 children per day during the school year and over 50 per day over the summer.
We are expanding – adding a new preschool classroom expected to open in the Fall of 2019.
We are the only non-profit childcare provider in our region that offers full wrap around services from infant to adult that benefit the whole family.
We have helped 230 families with utility assistance totaling $70,000.
Our advocacy closet assists over 150 families each year with diapers and basic hygiene products.
We are the only non-profit In Northern Colorado the specifically serves the Latinx community.
Our community garden provides families with fresh vegetables. We also use this produce in our kitchen to create meals for the children in our early childhood program.
Our family development program has over 40 families that our advocates see on a regular monthly basis and many more for periodic resource and referral or crisis intervention.

With your support, we can grow our non-profit program, allowing parents to work/attend school, afford childcare, receive resources and assistance, and pay fair wages to our valuable staff. All we do for our Northern Colorado families is done through the focus of our core values:
Trust - Compassion - Diversity - Equity - Inclusion - Love

My Big Day was so thrilled to be asked to put on the big annual fundraiser for this non-profit!

The Family Center/La Familia serves Northern Colorado in a number of capacities.

Surprising statistics are listed below, along with photos by Derek Kaufman Photography.

You can support The Family Center/La Familia in a number of ways. Visit their website to learn more:

The Family Center/ La Familia
(970) 221-1615
309 Hickory Street #5 Fort Collins, CO 80524
www.thefamilycenterfc.org

Do I REALLY Need a Wedding Planner? Just One Example of Why the Answers is YES YES YES!

9/16/2019

This past weekend we were honored to be hired as the planning team for a couple who was getting married in Estes Park. Today the team debriefed about all the wedding details, as we constantly scrutinize our work, and evaluate the other vendors our clients hire and consider whether or not we would recommend them to others.

This wedding was another PERFECT example of why you hire planners. Not only do we manage the details, we jump in and help your other vendors with their work should they fall short, to ensure you are not left stressing over things you shouldn't have to worry about. Everything below actually happened at ONE WEDDING.

What happened: When reviewing contracts of vendors our couple hired, we noticed they hired a company that another client of ours had a very negative experience with. We gave them honest feedback and suggested they NOT to use a particular employee that we didn't feel would serve them well.

What COULD HAVE happened: This couple could have had the same unfortunate experience another client had if they hadn't hired us and allowed us to review their contracts.

What happened: Our clients were from out of state and purchasing all of their decorations, shipping them to their house, then having to ship them to Colorado didn't make sense.
We offered to rent them what we had that would fit with their theme for a very small fee. We also allowed them to ship their other decorations to us and we transported them to the wedding.

What COULD HAVE happened:
Unnecessary expenses, stress, and more work for the bride and groom.

What happened: The catering staff was short staffed and wasn't able to clear the tables in a timely fashion. My Big Day jumped in and started clearing plates, refilling waters, etc.

What COULD HAVE happened: The Mother of the Bride and Aunt Julie could have been clearing plates, rather than visiting with guests.

What happened: Since the catering team was short staffed, they also didn't have enough hands to cut cake and serve it to guests. Guess who served all of the guests? Yours truly.

What COULD HAVE happened: The cake would have made it out to tables by the end of the night when half of the guests had already left.

What happened: The DJ clearly didn't have the correct notes for this bride and groom. He made one mistake after another. My Big Day stepped in with our notes and babysat him to make sure he got his playlist in order.

What COULD HAVE happened: Their guests could have been doing the Macarena and Chicken Dance, even though they explicitly put those on the DO NOT PLAY list.

What happened: The DJ was not well spoken on the microphone and botched a few important moments. My Big Day Event Planners having a wealth of Public Speaking experience, so we politely took over announcements and let him focus on the playlist.

What COULD HAVE happened: Angry family members insulted that they were called by the wrong name, guests missing their shuttle ride back to their hotel, missed speeches... you name it.

When you hire events planners, you are hiring a team of experts who have your best interest at heart, years of experience with every kind of emergency you can imagine, and a team of people who have worked with hundreds of different vendors. We are flexible, reliable, and happy to recommend other great vendors in the industry.

3 Event Guests Win a Trip to Uruguay!

9/15/2019

My Big Day was proud to plan the annual Fiesta for The Family Center on Saturday. Among the MANY auction items available for guests to bid on, one BIG item stood out.... a 5 star Luxury Fishing Trip in Uruguay!
We found out that the sponsor of this package was willing to give us not one... but three packages if we had interested guests --- and we did!

Below are videos of what they will experience. If you missed us, join us next year. We have a lot of fun and do a lot of good for families and kiddos in our community!

Places in Colorado to POP the Question

8/13/2019

The proposal is a story you will tell for the rest of your life. "How did he do it?" "Where did you do it?" "Did you know it was coming?" "How did you react?"

Where and how you propose or are proposed to can be as important as the Big Day itself.

If you are struggling to find the right location or right time, listen to your gut, and check out a few ideas from us!

Where you met

Maybe you met at a bar, a friend's house, or at a political rally. Go back to the place where it all began and recreate the first time you met.

Where you had your first date

Maybe your first date was a complete strike out, but you were lucky enough to score a second one. Or perhaps it was the kind of date that inspires corny movies. If it was memorable, it might be worth reliving.

By a body of water

There is something so relaxing and romantic about water. A peaceful walk with no one around, ultimate privacy with a sunrise or sunset, and the sound of gentle waves.... Is this your style?
There are great views and private spots all over Colorado!

Grand Lake
Chatfield Reservoir
Horsetooth Reservoir
Boulder Reservoir
Prospect Lake
Boyd Lake
Lake Granby
Lake Dillon
The Big Thompson
Lily Lake

In a snow storm

Just as with a peaceful lake, a snow storm proposal comes with built in romance. Quiet snow, the threat of not being able to leave home for a couple days, hot chocolate, a crackling fire.... what's not to love?

On a mountain top

Whether you hike, take a gondola, a train, or drive... a mountain top proposal ranks up there with romantic Colorado proposal locations. Just be sure your fiance to be has enough air!

In Loveland

Loveland, Colorado is the Nation's Sweetheart City after all. And it's right here in Colorado! The trendy downtown bodes many unique places to pop the question. You can visit the Valentine exhibit at the Loveland Museum Gallery, and you can 'Lock Your Love' on the now famous sculpture at the Loveland Visitor's Center.

At an event you will only find in Colorado

Colorado is home to many memorable, unique events. Find one that suits your style, have fun, and make the proposal the cherry on top of your day!
-Tour de Fat
-The NoCo Easter Keg Hunt
-Frozen Dead Guys Day
-Ullr Fest
-The Lantern Fest
-Fruitcake Toss

Hire an event planner to help with your plan!

Creating memorable life events is what we do!
Give us a call, we're happy to help!

2019 Sloshball in the Books

8/9/2019

Another Sloshball tournament is in the books!
Thank you to all of our spirited players - and to our amazing refs!
We also appreciate our sponsor Prost Brewing in Fort Collins, and our icy goodness on a hot day - Divine Ice Cream.
Photos from Jen West Photography are live on our Sloshball Photos page: LINK

My Big Day is featured in Voyage Denver

7/29/2019

Thank you Voyage Denver for featuring My Big Day's owner, Christine Forster. Find this and other stories in their: The Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative section.

You can read the article here: LINK

Photography Bids Requested - 9/14/19 Event

7/17/2019

Photography Bid Request
Type: Charity Fundraiser Event
Date: 9/14/19
Timing: 1.5 hours of photography the evening of 9/14 at The Agave Room above the Rio in Old Town FC
Location: 149 W Mountain Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Needs: Photography, Dropbox delivery with images used for website/social media

Request:
My Big Day is planning The Family Center/ La Familia’s annual Fiesta Fundraiser. This event is run by all volunteers and 100% of the funds raised go directly to the following:
Facility upgrades—playground, new floors, shade structures, and teacher wage increases.
The Family Center is the ONLY non-profit in our region that offers full wrap around services from infant to adult that benefit the whole family.
Since our budget is minimal, we are only looking to capture photos of the evening from 7pm-8:30pm.
We would like photos of:

The band
Our volunteers
Guests dancing
Paddle raises for our Live Auction
Décor
People smiling/laughing

Compensation: Please submit your bid. This can either be full pay, partial pay + in kind donation, or 100% in-kind donation. Donations are tax deductible and receive various levels of sponsorship benefits. Please inquire if interested.

***Please send us a quote for both photography and photo delivery via dropbox within 14 days of the event. We also request 10 favorite photos to be delivered within 24 hrs of the event for submission to publications. Please itemize any fees in your quote. Please include a link to the best place for a client to review examples of your work (page on your website, facebook, etc.)

We will make a decision by 7/26/19.

Contact Information:
Christine Kovacs Forster
My Big Day LLC
970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068
MyBigDayEvents@outlook.com
MyBigDayCompany.com

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Volunteer Event for 300 in CO & WY

NoCo Style Magazine features our Fiesta for The Family Center

A Part of Loveland History: Locking Love

Fundraiser for The Family Center/La Familia

Do I REALLY Need a Wedding Planner? Just One Example of Why the Answers is YES YES YES!

3 Event Guests Win a Trip to Uruguay!

Places in Colorado to POP the Question

Where you met

Where you had your first date

By a body of water

In a snow storm

On a mountain top

In Loveland

At an event you will only find in Colorado

Hire an event planner to help with your plan!

2019 Sloshball in the Books

My Big Day is featured in Voyage Denver

Photography Bids Requested - 9/14/19 Event

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