Below find information on 3 non-profit organizations that I am pleased to be a part of. Contact me if you would like to donate your time and talent to either of theses incredible organizations!!
What is Help-Portrait?
Founded by Celebrity Photographer Jeremy Cowart, Help-Portrait is a community of photographers, coming together across the world to use their photography skills to give back to their local community.
In December every year, photographers around the world will be finding people in need and taking their picture. When the prints are ready, the photographs get delivered.
This is about GIVING the pictures, not taking them. These portraits are not for your portfolio, website, or for sale. Money isn’t involved here. This holiday season, you have the chance to give a family something they may have never had before—a portrait together.
Who needs pictures?
Anyone who wouldn’t be able to afford professional photography.
- the homeless
- single parents
- sick children
- sick parents
- the elderly
- army vets
- underprivileged families
I’m not a Photographer. Can I still help?
YES!!! You can bring food & beverages, assist the photographers, be a runner, find a printing company to provide prints. The possibilities are endless!!
Where can I get more information?
http://help-portrait.com/
OUR MISSION
Family Images for Lasting Memories (F.I.L.M.) donates professional family portraits to cancer patients through a network of volunteer photographers nationwide. We believe that in sharing our gifts, we can inspire healing, faith, and hope to these families during their most fragile times.
ABOUT US
From 2003 to 2007, cancer has taken the lives of 33,514 individuals under the age of 35 in the U.S. alone. A staggering 2,792,820 cancer patients of all ages have suffered the same fate within the same time frame. Each day 1,500 people lose the same battle and an additional 3,400 are newly diagnosed.
The unpredictable path of destruction that follows the diagnosis of cancer leaves families facing the possibility of losing a loved one. Confusion, sadness, fear, and uncertainty can overwhelm them, leaving them standing still as the rest of the world passes by. During these moments of devastation, the simple comfort of remembrance through a photograph may be overlooked.
The F.I.L.M. Project is centered on delivering suffering families with a gift to remember their loved ones by – when it may be the furthest thing from their mind. With compassion and sensitivity each F.I.L.M. volunteer can donate a beautiful family heirloom, not only to assist with the healing process, but to allow families a way to honor and cherish their loved ones for generations.
F.I.L.M. is comprised of the nation's greatest photographers volunteering their time and talent to our families at no cost. Our photographers will travel to homes, hospice, or hospitals and conduct sensitive private portrait sessions. The portraits are then professionally retouched and presented to the family on an archival DVD or CD that can be used to create beautiful prints.
VOLUNTEERS
F.I.L.M. is accepting volunteers Nationwide for the following positions:
Area Coordinators | Professional Photographers | Photographers Assistants | Portrait Processors
info@thefilmproject.net
1-800-643-0353
SMS: 765.216.5637
McDonough County Animal Shelter
For the last 2 years I have been the photographer for the McDonough County Animal Shelter in Macomb. I take photos of the cats and dogs in need of homes for social media and posters.
