Chicago couple gets wedding letter from Bears Chairman George McCaskey
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago couple got in on the recent wedding trend of sending extra invitations to their favorite sports teams and celebrities – maybe in hopes that someone might show up, or possibly send a gift.
One couple – 670 The Score radio producer Tyler Buterbaugh and his fiancée, Emily Green - got a surprising, heartfelt response from Bears Chairman George McCaskey.
The letter, posted to social media, congratulated the couple on their upcoming wedding.
Thank you to the @ChicagoBears for responding to our wedding invite, this was pretty cool to get in the mail!
— Tyler Buterbaugh (@TylerButerbaugh) August 14, 2023
I can leave a table open if anyone decides to come pic.twitter.com/IxMIiWeO1T
"We are sincerely grateful for your desire to have the Bears be part of the celebration," McCaskey wrote.
McCaskey also shared some sweet personal anecdotes about his parents' 60-year marriage.
"Eighty years ago, Virginia Halas and Ed McCaskey eloped – on George Halas's birthday! Virginia had just turned twenty, but she knew what she was doing," McCaskey wrote. "The marriage was solid – sixty years, and an outstanding example to their eleven children of respect and selflessness."
McCaskey also shared his dad's advice to his sister on her wedding day, writing: "Give and give and give and give until you can't give anymore. Then give some more."