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 "Dream Big, Live Big. For Life's Events!" Original Ideas, superior strategies, your own private party planner. ~Event Planning, Coordination & Management~ My Big Day llc Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us 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
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  Contact My Big Day "Dream Big, Live Big. For Life's Events!" Original Ideas, superior strategies, your own private party planner. ~Event Planning, Coordination & Management~ My Big Day llc Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us 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  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.  Contact My Big Day
"Dream Big, Live Big. For Life's Events!" Original Ideas, superior strategies, your own private party planner. ~Event Planning, Coordination & Management~ My Big Day llc Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us 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
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 
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"Dream Big, Live Big. For Life's Events!" Original Ideas, superior strategies, your own private party planner. ~Event Planning, Coordination & Management~ My Big Day llc Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us 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
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"Dream Big, Live Big. For Life's Events!" Original Ideas, superior strategies, your own private party planner. ~Event Planning, Coordination & Management~ My Big Day llc Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us 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  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:
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 
 My Big Day is proud to plan the upcoming Fiesta Party - a fundraiser for The Family Center/ La Familia in Northern Colorado!  Most people don't realize the severity of our childcare challenges in Colorado. You may be surprised to learn that:
The Family Center /La Familia is making an incredible impact regarding these challenges: *source: 2018 statistics
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"Dream Big, Live Big. For Life's Events!" Original Ideas, superior strategies, your own private party planner. ~Event Planning, Coordination & Management~ My Big Day llc Phone: 970-613-1455 or 303-886-3068 Email Us 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 Have you heard our big news yet? This month we are setting out to break a world record in Northern Colorado!  Guinness World Record: Longest Line of Toothbrushes Did you know that pediatric dental disease, also known as childhood tooth decay, is the #1 chronic childhood illness in America? Or that 1 in 5 U.S. children go without dental care? Or that more than 40% of children have dental cavities by the time they reach kindergarten? I didn’t. Here at Change Gangs, we want to support charities that make a big impact on people’s lives, and it turns out that something as small as a toothbrush, can make a pretty big impact. That’s because children with poor oral health are 3 times more likely to miss school as a result of dental pain. If they do go to school, the pain can make it difficult to pay attention and learn. And the feelings of shame and low self-esteem that children often feel when they have bad teeth can make it hard for them to fully participate in school and build the social skills that will help them succeed as adults. Because a good education is one of the most important factors influencing future employment prospects and lifetime earning ability, poor dental health as a child can impact his or her entire life. Untreated childhood dental disease also has serious long-term health consequences and has been connected to heart disease, stroke, pulmonary disease, and pre-term, low birth-weight babies. In 2012, someone visited the ER every 15 seconds for an emergency dental condition.  It’s Happening on February 26th! February is National Children’s Dental Health Month which makes it the perfect time to tackle this problem. Thanks to Delta Dental of Colorado, Nanci Garnand of Re/Max, and the Loveland Design Center, we have 55,000 toothbrushes that we’ll line up end to end for a record breaking 5.5 mile long line of toothbrushes. Don’t worry, the toothbrushes are individually wrapped, so they will stay clean, sanitary, and suitable for donation. After we break the record, the toothbrushes will be disbursed to food banks and children’s organization throughout the state of Colorado. How Can You Help? Spread the word! We’re spending the entire month of February spreading the word about the importance of dental hygiene for children and how people can help children in need get access to better dental care. We need volunteers! Can you help with a 2 hour shift? Email Sharon: sharon@sharonlipinski.com Also, if you want to help financially. We have the toothbrushes, but it would be amazing to provide toothpaste to go with it. Our goal is to raise $5,000 for toothpaste. If we raise more money than we need for that purpose, then we'll direct those funds to America's Tooth Fairy to provide dental care to children in need. 100% of donations you make go directly to either of these purposes. Our event website is http://milesofsmilescolorado.com  Contact: The two Loveland businesses working together to break the world record are: Sharon Lipinski: Founder of Change Gangs: Virtual Giving Circles and author of "365 Ways to Live Generously: Simple Habits for a Life That's Good for You and for Others”. https://sharonlipinski.com/ Christine Forster: President of Change Gangs: Virtual Giving Circles and My Big Day Events. https://www.mybigdaycompany.com/ Contact: Sharon (970) 581-7681 sharon@sharonlipinski.com
The My Big Day team hasn't posted on our blog in a little while. In addition to a very busy wedding season, conferences, signature events and holiday parties... our team has been busy having babies! 4 My Big Day babies have been born in 2018! We are sure busy juggling events and families.  We are still busy plotting and planning behind the scenes!
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