Couple planning community wedding event

Anthony Davalos and Nikki Arden are getting married in September, but they're doing things a bit differently.
Their wedding will be held in Black Eagle Park, and it will be the culmination of months of community events, all supporting local organizations.
They kicked it off with a Princess for a Day event in early May and on June 6, will host a park cleanup day in Black Eagle.
They're looking for volunteers to help make any necessary repairs to park structures, paint the swing set and merry-go-round and mow the grass. They're also hoping people will donate paint and bring lawn mowers and weed eaters to help out, Davalos said.
Arden has volunteer shirts for the first 15 people who show up in the park.
Davalos is active-duty Air Force assigned to Malmstrom Air Force Base, and Arden works with several local organizations.
The couple is also coordinating a "No Cold Feet" sock drive and a food drive around town, as well as placing donation jars at various locations. The socks will go to the Great Falls Rescue Mission, the food to the Great Falls Receiving Home and the jars will benefit several different local charities, Davalos said.
On July 8, they're hosting a fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings for Together We Rise, a nonprofit that supports foster children.
For the main event, their wedding on Sept. 13, the couple has organized a 5K fun run, benefiting the Young Parents Education Center.
"The wedding is kind of like the finale of this whole thing," Davalos said. "I like to run and she likes to put on events."
Davalos and Arden will be wed just before the race, and for $75, other couples can also get married, have a decorated table and cupcakes at the event. Of each marriage, $30 goes to the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art.
On the couple's wedding site, Arden wrote: "Our wedding run 'Let's run away together' is our ultimate way of uniting our love by helping worthy community causes and encouraging others to share this moment with us and to be inspired by whatever brings you happiness."
At the wedding event, they'll have the results of their charitable efforts and also have awards like tackiest outfit for the race, Davalos said.
They'll have live music from The Uproots, a band donating its time, and are working on getting a dance floor set up in the park.
"We're trying to get local businesses involved," Davalos said, and many items for the wedding have been donated.
They're working with local food vendors for the event, and part of what they make during the wedding event will also go to charity.

Veterans of Foreign War Post 1087 will serve drinks, and the couple is asking that friends and family who want to give a wedding gift donate to charity instead.