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Family Portrait Month
PPA Affiliates
Become an Honorary Trustee
Recommended Charities

FAMILY PORTRAIT MONTH: ANNUAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Begun in 2005, Family Portrait Month (www.FamilyPortraitMonth.com) provides PPA-member studios with an annual, high-profile opportunity to participate in a nationwide, charity-driven promotion to benefit Operation Smile and elevate the business image of participating studios. The event is sponsored by PPA Charities for the benefit of Operation Smile, a worldwide children's medical charity  whose thousands of medical volunteers treat children and young adults suffering with facial deformities.

PPA AFFILIATES
PPA Affiliates are generously supporting PPA Charities. See how they have raised funds for Family Portait Month and PPA Charities…and take away ideas that can be used by all interested PPA Affiliates.

If your organization has questions about how to raise funds for PPA Charities, contact PPA Charities Trustee David Grupa at DavidGrupaPortrait@usfamily.net

Read more about how PPA Affiliates are raising money for PPA Charities in our blog.

BECOME AN HONORARY TRUSTEE

The PPA Board of Trustees has created a grassroots advisory/ambassador group of Honorary Trustees to further the message of PPA Charities at local levels. The Honorary Trustees represent PPA Charities at local, regional, and national events and promote the activities adopted by PPA Charities. They can also bring ideas to the Board for consideration and provide feedback on the success of PPA Charities promotions. PPA Charities hopes to have Honorary Trustees representing each state in the near future.

Want to Join?
Interested in becoming an Honorary Trustee? Please contact Bert Behnke at bbehnke@ppa.com for more information.

Current Honorary Trustees
The following photographers have accepted their nominations to join PPA Charities as Honorary Trustees:

 

Keri Austin, TX Audrey Wancket, IL Helene Glassman, CA Jim Brammer, CA Denise Stana, TX John Stein, MD Marie Martineau, WA Cindy Behnke, IL Kay Eskridge, AZ Barb Primm, IL Suzanne Burnes, GA Brooke Durham, CA Joan/Rene Genest, CT David Petrick, IA Cheryl Ridgeway, IL Linda Durham, KY Nancy Holowitz, MA Lisa Kammerman, MD

Angela Carson, MI Rick Gibbons, NC Candace Pratt Stiteler, NH Sandra/Gary Thibeault, RI Barbara White, TN Jennifer Turner, TX Cathy Benton, VA Laura Bruschke, UT Miyo Strong, UT Cindy Baxter, WV Sandy Puc', CO Paul Bernstein, NY Rick English, MA Dave Junion, WI Krish Kiefer, MN Veronica Leal, OK Walter Eagleton, TX

Thank you for volunteering your time and talent to PPA Charities!

RECOMMENDED CHARITIES
In addition to Operation Smile, PPA Charities recognizes the outstanding work done by the following organization:

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS)
The Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation administers a network of volunteer professional photographers who provide a helping hand and a healing heart to families who suffer the loss of a baby at birth or soon after. Volunteer photographers provide gentle, compassionate photographic services that allow families to honor and cherish their babies and to share the spirit of their lives. For more information, log on to www.nilmdts.org.