Help Portrait 2012 - Quad Cities

On December 1st I will be once again taking part in a Help-Portrait event in the Quad-Cities. Connection Church is one of the sponsors of this event.  Note: The QC Help-Portrait event is being held on December 1^st, but the international event date is December 8^th. Not every group schedules on the main date.

If you’re wondering just exactly what IS Help Portrait – you can find out a whole lot about it HERE.

Meanwhile – last year our group of volunteers helped a whole lot of families (some of whom had never had a family portrait).  The event took the better part of a Saturday (and a little bit of Friday evening for set up work), and we saw so many smiling faces!

If you know of someone who could use a family portrait, or maybe a portrait of their children, who couldn’t otherwise afford it, please get the information about this event to them. Appointments are already being taken, and the spaces are filling up fast. We’ll have 3 professional portrait photographers hopping for several hours.

The expectation is that we’ll be not only printing a photo for the families to take with them, but burning a CD with photos on it for them as well. Last year, we printed the photos and delivered them after the event.

I expect my role to be printing photos and burning CDs. We’ll have volunteers helping do hair and makeup for those that want it, other people will be escorting families so they don’t have to worry about what they are supposed to do next. There will be activities for the children while they wait their turn, and snacks and beverages as well.

Here’s the page for the Quad-Cities Help Portrait group.  We’re also taking donations to help defray the costs of printing the photos.  

This is the time of year to give. The Help-Portrait volunteers are giving portraits. You don’t have to be a portrait photographer to take part. There are so many other things that go into putting on an event of this magnitude. Find your local Help-Portrait group and offer your services. Or… find ANY non-profit and offer your services. There are so many ways to give that only require your time and talent and don’t require a lot of money. Pick one…. and GIVE this Christmas!