On Friday May 14, 2010, a U.S. Air Force officer battling stage IV Hodgkin's Lymphoma will marry her long time sweetheart (also an officer in the Air Force) in a high-end wedding which has been 100% DONATED to the couple by SF Bay Area local wedding vendors. Marry Me Live will live stream the wedding for the couples friends and family unable to make it in addition to all of the wedding vendors who participated in the giveaway.
Currently residing in Virginia, Vanessa Muza Teskey and her fiance Mike Hawkins were one of 350 contestants in The San Francisco Dream Wedding Giveaway. The founder of the giveaway, Liz Guthrie and the team of producers felt they were by far the most inspirational couple, and the public proved that when they were overwhelmingly chosen through online voting.
From the venue to the gown, the food to the flowers, the 6 piece party band to the custom designed wedding rings, this wedding is valued at $100,000.00, and all aspects of it are being COMPLETELY donated to the winners.