When Justin Ruben, the Organizing Director of MoveOn.org and his wife Autumn Leonard got married last year at Camp Becket,
they asked all of their guests to pitch in and help out: "Like many
people, we made sure our wedding was definitely a group effort. I think
we had 50 different volunteer job descriptions and we asked everyone to
take a job--but we did it so everyone took one job, and no one (almost)
had to work all weekend. We left it up to our friends to just work
together to make stuff happen in the end - we left decisions up to
them, etc." 

Autumn's mom and sister made the jumping broom Justin and Autumn used
in the ceremony out of natural and biodegradable straw and ribbons. On
the day of the wedding friends and family members constructed the
chuppah out of wood and vines from the camp forest...  and placed seasonal flowers in reusable fish bowls.

For the music, Justin's brother Marc put together a choir of friends
and family, "We just asked for volunteer at brunch before the wedding,
and he worked with them for an hour. 50 or so of our friends and
relatives actually sang during the ceremony--a beautiful gospel song
called 'let your light shine' and it was really incredible. (helps if
you have friends and relatives who can sing)." Autumn's family,
talented New Orleans musicians also sang at the wedding. 
Instead of getting a cake, Justin and Autumn asked each guest to bring
a pie for a potluck pie-off. "It was INSANELY good. way better than a
cake would have been -- and something for everyone."
The benefits of having everyone help? "Not only did it free us up to
focus on the moment, but everyone afterwards talked about how
meaningful it was to have been part of making it happen. I think
everyone felt like they owned a piece of this beautiful event. There
were no spectators, only participants."