A few weeks ago I posted a preview of a campaign I’m running to raise money for Flashes of Hope. Well I’m proud to announce that the plan has come together, and the details are finally in place!
Flashes of Hope currently serves the children and families at University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital, and would like to expand its efforts to other hospitals in the Chicagoland area. The cost to photograph one child is $25, which covers the cost to produce the package of portraits each family receives from their session. $25 is what the average family spends on a casual/fast-food dinner. Isn’t helping a family with a child in the hospital worth more than a dinner at Panera or Chipotle? (Nothing against those places, I LOVE the Frontega Chicken sandwich at Panera)
How You Can Help
FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF MAY, 2010, ALL JAY CRIHFIELD PHOTOGRAPHY CREATIVE FEES RECEIVED FOR FAMILY AND CHILDREN PORTRAIT SESSIONS WILL BE DONATED TO FLASHES OF HOPE! A standard creative fee for a family session is $125, which will fund the cost to provide five portrait sessions to families with children undergoing treatment at Comer Children’s Hospital.
Additionally, in exchange for your support of Flashes of Hope, you will receive a complimentary “small hallway” (approx. 8×10 or 10×10, with a retail value of over $100) size portrait from your session.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, FOR A $125 TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION MADE DIRECTLY TO FLASHES OF HOPE, YOU’LL RECEIVE OVER $200 IN CUSTOM PORTRAIT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES!
Has it been several years since your last family portrait? Do you have young children and have never had them professionally photographed? This is your opportunity to receive a full, custom location portrait session, while helping a fantastic organization. These are not “mini sessions” where you and your family are wedged into a 15-30 minute time window on one pre-determined date. These are custom sessions where you select the date and work with Jay in advance to select the location and pre-plan your session for the best portraits possible! No two sessions from this promotion will look the same.
Complete Flexibility
The actual session does not have to take place before the end of the May, you only have to submit your donation before May 31. You’ll have one year from the date of your donation to schedule your session. If your families’ calendar is already full this May, no problem! If you’d like to schedule your session in the fall and take advantage of the fall colors, no problem! Maybe you have a family event planned later on in the summer when family members from out of town will be available, no problem! Or maybe you’d like to wait to ensure that the portrait coincides with your child’s birthday or other milestone, no problem!
For more information and to schedule your session, contact either by email at Jay@jacphoto.net or give us a call at 847-494-1068.
If you’d like to learn more about Flashes of Hope, please visit their website at www.flashesofhope.org or check out the following video from a few years back when ‘Flashes was featured on the CBS Early Show.
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