October is Family Portrait Month. Shalista Photography is a member of PPA and the only participating studio in South Dakota. For all FAMILY portrait sessions during the month of October, Shalista Photography will donate $5 of the session fee to Operation Smile.
Several sessions are already booked. The Christmas Card deadline is November 15th, which Christmas ordering deadlines at December 1st. Please schedule your family session now to ensure you have your images ready for Christmas!
From the Family Portrait Month website.
During October, participating member studios of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) from across the country are joining together for “Family Portrait Month”, a national fund-raising effort to benefit Operation Smile, which helps children who suffer with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities.
These professional photographers have pledged to contribute a portion of each October Family Portrait Month sale to PPA Charities, which has chosen Operation Smile as its charitable partner.
October is an ideal time for families to have their portraits created, because the holiday season is just around the corner. Few gifts are appreciated as much as portraits of family members.
When families participate in Family Portrait Month, they will change the lives of children who would otherwise face a lifetime of pain and rejection. Each year, Operation Smile, a private, not-for-profit organization with thousands of volunteer surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and other specialized health care professionals, performs free surgeries on thousands of needy children around the world. In as little as 45 minutes and for a cost of approximately $240, one cleft lip surgery can change a child’s life forever. Each year, more than 100,000 children are born with a facial deformity in Operation Smile’s 25 partner countries. Tens of thousands remain untreated.
