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Giving<\/h2>\n

Complete Weddings + Events has been in partnership with Global Partners in Hope since 2013 to build clean water wells and health centers that provide basic needs to individuals in developing areas in West Africa. Last year alone, Complete Weddings + Events raised $54,000 with the help of Complete staff, customers, and wedding industry partners. This year, we\u2019re raising the bar with our do good campaign, extending our typical one-month donation period to two months to help us reach our biggest goal yet: $100,000 in one year!<\/span><\/p>\n

A 2008 study by Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton and colleagues found that giving money to someone else lifted participants\u2019 happiness more that spending it on themselves (despite participants\u2019 prediction that spending on themselves would make them happier).<\/p>\n

These good feelings are reflected in our biology. In a 2006 study, found that when people give to charities, it activates regions of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection, and trust, creating a \u201cwarm glow\u201d effect. Scientists also believe that altruistic behavior releases endorphins in the brain, producing the positive feeling known as the \u201chelper\u2019s high.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Giving Complete Weddings + Events has been in partnership with Global Partners in Hope since 2013 to build clean water wells and health centers that provide basic needs to individuals in developing areas in West Africa. 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