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19th Oct 2015

Groom Calls off Wedding and Would-Be-Wife Hosts $35k Banquet for Homeless Instead

This is actually deadly.

Cassie Delaney

Oh my word, imagine planning a massive shindig of a wedding only for the groom to call it off a few days before hand.

Imagine the horror of then realising that the 35 THOUSAND DOLLARS you’ve paid out is actually non-refundable. You’d be raging.

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Well when this happened to one would-be-bride in Sacramento she turned her heartbreak into activism and did something insanely inspiring.

Quinn and Landon, both 27, were set to have a lavish $35,000 ceremony at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento, U.S.A.

But when Landon (fool) called off the wedding with only a few days to go, Quinn and her family generously invited the city’s homeless to enjoy the event.

The feast, originally intended for 120 people, included salmon, steak and a range of accompaniments.

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Quinn was understandably devastated and chose not to come, but her parents watched as new guests arrived and enjoyed the gourmet feed.

“I feel a lot of heartache and heartbreak for her, but I will take away something good from this,” Quinn’s mother told reporters.

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Rashad Abdullah, who came with his wife Erika Craycraft and five children, said the meal was a blessing. “When you’re going through a hard time and a struggle, for you to do something different with your family, it was really a blessing.”

His wife Erika also thanked Quinn and her family for their kindness.