Wellstone Action, an antiviolence charity in St. Paul, Minn., has raised $15,000 — and donations are still flowing in — from a couple’s wedding video that has become an Internet sensation.
Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz, both 28, got married this summer in St. Paul. Instead of the usual solemn wedding procession, the entire wedding party, along with the bride and groom, boogied down the aisle of the church with the song “Forever,” by Chris Brown, blaring in the background.
Since the couple posted their video on YouTube last month, it has become wildly popular, with nearly 20 million downloads and comments from viewers all over the world. “The Today Show” invited Ms. Peterson (who’s keeping her maiden name) and Mr. Heinz to talk about the video on the air, and the couple and their wedding party were invited to repeat their dance moves in a subsequent episode of the show.
Because the R & B singer whose song the couple used in their wedding had been charged earlier this year with assaulting his girlfriend at the time, the singer Rihanna, the bride and groom decided to ask viewers of their video to make a donation to fight domestic violence. And that’s how the couple, both of whom are interested in social-justice, came to choose Wellstone Action.
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