Michael and Natalee

Wedding Registry

As you know, we have a lot of stuff! So we would like to share our good fortune. We encourage you to make donations to our favorite charitable organizations in honor of our wedding. Please review the mission and goals of these organizations below:

If you would like to go the more traditional route, we will also enjoy gifts, gift cards or good ol' fashioned cash. We are registered for some “nice to haves” at the following stores:

We also enjoy shopping at these retailers:

More information about our favorite charitable organizations can be found below.


Center for Health Justice

Center for Health Justice empowers people affected by incarceration and chronic illness to make healthier choices and advocates for the elimination of disparities between prisoner health and public health.

For additional information, please visit the Center for Health Justice website and contact Ron Snyder at (323) 822-3830, extension 2030.


UNCF

UNCF is the nation's largest, oldest, and most successful minority higher education assistance organization. UNCF provides operating funds and technology enhancement services for 39 member historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), scholarships and internships for students at about 900 institutions, and faculty and administrative professional training.

For additional information, please visit the UNCF Los Angeles website and contact Maybelline Pendleton at (213) 639-3800.


SARCH

The primary purposes of SARCH are to promote and support the preservation of historic buildings (particularly the Shankland House, home of the Andronicus Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi) and to carry on associated charitable and educational activities. By offering the house as a research subject, SARCH helps support not only the architecture students that inhabit the Andronicus Chapter House, but also the students enrolled in the Certificate and Masters of Historic Preservation Programs at the University of Southern California.

For additional information, please visit the SARCH website and contact Vanja Deretic at vanjad(at)gmail.com.


Heifer International

Heifer International has developed a set of global initiatives — areas of emphasis to meet their mission of ending world hunger and poverty and caring for the earth — including “microenterprises” that provide both “no-interest living loans” in the form of livestock, as well as small monetary loans to help people start and expand businesses that yield big benefits for families.

For additional information, please visit the Heifer International website.