Gatherings for Good

Words could not describe how amazed I was with Brenda and how everything turned out on my wedding day. I hired Brenda for the day of and Wow… I was very pleased. Brenda is an amazing professional women/​coordinator, always on top of things. I didn’t realize there were so many little details that needed to be covered, but yet Brenda was there to assist me in that. Her attention to detail is by far amazing. I had a lot of personal items and items that I didn’t know where to put, but yet she made them look great. Brenda was always available when I needed to ask a question. Her response times on emails are very quick and as a bride, man was that a great thing. Or when I met with vendors and ask her last minute to join me, she was there. I didn’t worry about anything on my wedding day as she kept the evening flowing. It went as smooth as can be. At the end of the evening we were able to leave with all of our items gathered and organized into all the boxes they came in. I was truly blessed with finding her and having her as my wedding coordinator. On top of all her work she does, she donates to charity, which is beyond amazing, as she deserves every penny that is paid to her. I can’t thank Brenda enough for the work she did. As she did by far more then what she was hired to do.
Thank you
Ana
02.06.16

Brenda Cali with Gatherings for Good helped me create our perfect wedding. We hired Gatherings for Good at the beginning of our 9 month engagement and throughout the engagement process she kept us on track and made the engagement care free! Every now and again we would get an email from Brenda reminding us of what we should be planning and often times meeting with us to go over what we had planned. Brenda was always available when we needed to meet, was very organized and had many helpful suggestions for us.
Our rehearsal was seamless because of Brenda and her expertise! My husband is from England and weddings are a little different there. She helped organize the British lads to help them feel comfortable knowing their role for the big day!
On the big day we had a lot of décor items that Brenda and Gatherings for Good was able to decorate exactly how we asked and as a bride I never had one worry during the day that things would not be done how we had wanted them! The day was perfect and as the evening progressed I had no notice that Brenda was orchestrating the wedding. We had met before the big day and throughly discussed everything with her and during our wedding we were able to enjoy each other and our guests as she kept the evening flowing! At the end of the evening we were able to leave as she carefully gathered all our items and organized them back into the provided boxes.
We trusted Brenda and Gatherings for Good for our most important day and it truly was perfect! I would highly recommend Gatherings for Good — the price point was reasonable and most importantly Brenda was kind and super fun to work with! We are now fortunate to say that our wedding planner has become one of our friends! Thank you for all you did for us and we know other brides will be lucky when they can call you their wedding planner!

Brenda is just so amazing and a delight to work with from beginning to end. Not only was she professional, timely, super competent, and responsible, but she was also very warm, creative and charming. It felt like we were planning an exciting fun event together. Brenda seemed to understand intuitively the kinds of things that we were interested in and collaborated with her own suggestions and ideas. It really took so much stress out of planning the our special day to have her right on our side. Now, I wouldn’t think of organizing a big party or event without consulting with Brenda at GATHERING FOR GOODS!!! Brenda we can’t thank you enough for being so amazing!!!

Brenda was wonderful in overseeing my wedding reception. I also appreciated her officiant suggestion for my vows. It really made all the difference!
At the reception, Brenda kept us right on task for the event flow: opening with the MC, food being served, timing for champagne toast, cake cutting, and other logistical items. She was fantastic in setting up the venue and responsible for event «break down», making sure I had all the items I needed to take with me after the event. She was personable with my family members and friends.

Brenda is responsive and organized in the planning process! She is prompt and responsive!

I had the opportunity to work with Brenda from Gatherings for Good this past weekend.
She was AMAZING.
Her leadership and attention to detail made the wedding seem flawless.
She communicates very well is on point with everything.
I can’t wait to work with her again.
Huge asset to the wedding industry in Santa Barbara.