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The holiday season is rapidly coming upon us and the economy has hit us all hard in many ways. This year why not dip into your wallets and deep in your heart, to give to the less fortu-nate; To the single parents wishing to have holiday portraits of their newborn children. Those that would like the chance to have a family portrait. Something that can make their lives seem lighter in a time where they have to make choices between buying food and paying the bills. The holidays are about sharing, kindness and making people happy. With your help we can help some of these people.

So what is Help Portrait?

Help Portrait is a movement of photographers worldwide who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season. It is intended to provide free portraits to people in need whom ordinarily could not afford a portrait session with a professional photography studio. To date, contact has been made with various churches and organizations to solicit support for the event which takes place here in town on December 12th (Saturday). We hope to have various locations that day where people can attend without having to travel too far to have their portrait taken.

So who can come for a portrait?

Typical examples would include, single parents, households with low income, seniors, the terminally ill, Big Brother/Big Sis-ter …and to that end, we’re relying on the churches and organizations to refer people that they feel would benefit from this. If you fall under this category, you are more than welcome to come and have a portrait session, we’ll just need a few details from you.

What happens on the day?

Essentially what happens on the day is the client arrives, receives a small makeover (free), has their portrait taken, and while they wait for their print, we hope to have tea/coffee/light snacks available for them. Time will vary on the level of people we have com-ing in. To help with this we’re hoping to have some sort of booking system in place, but overall, walk in’s will also be accepted.

How can you help?

 There will be twenty photographers from the city here assisting with the photography that day, and make-over’s will be provided by local beauty spa’s. Right now, we are in touch with churches and organizations to make them aware of the project, which will be publicized in mid to late October in the local newspapers and radio stations. Donations of either products, services or monetary donations will help us achieve our goal that day would be more than appreciated. All sponsors will be duly noted with a word of thanks as we publicize the event in coming weeks.

Who do I contact?
The project is being organized by a group of local professional photographers.

To get involved in Collingwood contact Richard Roth @ email hidden; JavaScript is required. For cities elsewhere Rothphoto can forward you to the correct representative.

This video explains pretty much everything as well.

If you would like to get involved please email me.

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