Facebook Campaign Raises $31,751 For Wedding

A British couple paid for their wedding with £20,000 raised on Facebook. That's about $31,73 in U.S. dollars, including cash, gifts in kind and services.

A British couple paid for their wedding with £20,000 raised on Facebook. That’s roughly $31,751 in U.S. dollars, including cash, gifts in kind and services.

The duo wed this past Saturday after a 14-year engagement. Emma Collins and Shaun Parsons had hadn’t been able to afford to tie the knot until now, according to the BBC.

Between Emma’s teaching assistant job and Shaun’s work as a truck driver, money was tight from supporting the couple’s three children had out of wedlock, 10-year-old Chloe and 13-year-old twins McCauley and Page.

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