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Merry Christmas Eve to everyone!

Giving Back | December 24th 2008

It is also time to announce the gift recipient for the Giving Is Awesome give away! It has been quite a struggle to decide with the very heartfelt emails that I have received, but with some help from my peers, I have chosen Jennifer! I will share the email Megan sent me nominating Jennifer for photography. I can't wait to meet Jennifer and I hope this will make her Christmas a bit brighter!

Hi Tracy. I have someone to nominate for your photo services!

My nominee is Jennifer. She is an advocate at Hope House, which is a domestic violence shelter in Lee's Summit and Independence. She is dedicated to her job, and is one of the hardest workers at the shelter. Since working with her over the past year, I have seen her go through more struggles than one person should have in ten years, let alone all in one year. She is a single mother, supporting her 10 year old daughter on a social worker's salary. She lives paycheck to paycheck just to make sure her daughter is kept in a good school district, and has other debt she is trying to take care of. Around last March or so, Jennifer's older brother passed away unexpectedly in his sleep. Then, this past summer, her mother passed away who was suffering from severe diabetes, and then developed cancer that quickly shortened her life. Jennifer just recently got engaged, with a wedding to take place in February or March. Your photos are so beautiful, I'm sure she would truly appreciate your services this season whether it's engagement photos, or just a session for she and her daughter. Thank you for participating in this wonderful idea!
Sincerely,
Megan

With it being sooooooooooooo hard to decide, I have decided to do a little something for one other nominee as well. I will give a free session and $150 print credit to a singe mother of 8! Shareese is a 35 yr old single mother with kiddos ranging from 16 to 4 months who is struggling to make ends meet and just had her car break down as well. The very nice person to nominate Shareese thought that she would surely treasure custom photos of her children!

I wish for all of my nominees and all of my blog readers to have a safe and blessed Christmas!

And a big shout out to all of the photographers around the country and some even outside the country in joining Giving Is Awesome donating a grand total of around $500,000 to each make someone's Christmas a bit brighter! Thank you for the challenge Kristen!

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GIVING IS AWESOME

Giving Back | December 9th 2008

Photographers around the world were challenged by the wonderfully thoughtful (and I must say, the wittiest chicki ever) Kristen Kalp of Essential Imagery to give the gift of custom photography to someone who may be very deserving but unable to afford so.

I am very happy and excited to step up to the challenge! I feel very blessed to have had the opportunity to work with and capture love, laughter and memories that will be treasured for so many and I would love to give that same treasured memory to someone deserving.

I will use some of Kristen words here (with permission of course

) since writing is so challenging for me!

You know someone. You know someone who’s experienced a tragedy, is

struggling to stay afloat, is raising kids while holding down more than one

job, or is volunteering selflessly despite extenuating

personal circumstances. You know someone who can’t afford custom

photography, but who would cherish it this holiday season.

You know someone who deserves a year-round reminder of their family’s

spirit, love, and beauty.

You know someone. I guarantee it.

I want to know who they are, and I want to give them the chance

to experience complimentary custom photography.

I’ll be giving away a complimentary session, a $500 dollar print credit, a dvd slideshow,

and the high resolution digital negatives, a $1900 VALUE!

All I need is a deserving person who would cherish captured

memories of their family. You have the opportunity to make

this a special Christmas gift for a special person, and as a bonus,

if you send in the nominee I select, you’ll also receive a $150 print credit.

The Rules:

You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely

be incapable of purchasing my services. (Being unable to make mortgage

payments for a two million dollar vacation home in

London does not qualify as sincere financial need.)

The nominee must reside in Missouri or Kansas. Tell me who you know,

what they’re experiencing, and why they deserve my artwork.

Please include your email and or phone with your nomination as

well as the best way to get in contact with your nominee. All nominations

must be received by midnight, December 22nd, and the gift recipient

will be announced on the blog on Christmas Eve.

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I can’t wait to read all of your entries! Open your heart to someone this

holiday season – and thanks for giving me the opportunity to open mine.

More information for photographers wanting to join in on the

challenge at www.givingisawesome.com