Hey guys! Please bear with me as this will be a long post, but I’m SOOO excited because I just found out about an amazing new non profit charity program called Star Shooter. So please PLEASE read this entire post.. Here’s a short promo video!
http://starshooterblog.org/video/
When I heard about this program I KNEW that I had to be a part of it. Although I currently participate in two other non profit programs to give back to those in my community, I’ve always wanted the giving to be bigger -to actually make a difference in someone else’s life. I can do free sessions and give away free photography packages to those deserving, but am I really making a DIFFERENCE in someone’s life?
Enter Johnna Brynn Bockover and her baby, starshooter.org. This is a non profit program geared directly to use photography as art therapy for delinquent youth. Using photo therapy will allow children to use photography as the catalyst for communication, change and healing. Star Shooters’ mission is as follows:
To equip children with a tool for expression using photography and allow them the opportunity to discover the “star” within themselves.
Star Shooter implements culturally adaptive and client-centered workshops to children aged 8-18. The program’s first workshop and event has already happened and you can ready about it on the Star Shooter blog here:
Workshop: http://starshooterblog.org/2009/04/12/workshop-update/
Event: http://starshooterblog.org/2009/04/28/first-event/
What impact do you think that one, small, workshop will have on the future of these kids? This is what gets me excited! Being able to truly make a difference or impact on the FUTURE!
Here’s where I need your help! I’ve volunteered to help Johnna get this program going. We need BIG BIG support. She already has a list of interested photographers but more are always welcome. Currently there is a contest going on to raise funds to buy cameras for the next workshops. You submit any image that you think is your best for $25 and you get a chance to win the new Canon 5D mkII or $2,000, whichever you choose. What an amazing prize for an amazing cause!!!
I need help getting exposure for this contest as well as interest for photographers to run a workshop like this in your city. Helping kids use photography to heal, teaching them skills that can make a difference in their future, and then it all culminating in an event at a public place with their OWN book? Think of the impact you can make!
The vision is to take this worldwide to struggling nations like Africa, etc. Johnna has great ideas to bring it to children in the world who need it the most. So let’s start here in our own cities and towns.
If you’re interested in helping organize a workshop in your area please leave a comment here or e-mail me at:
katie@amandakphotography.net
Also, get the word out to every photographer you know to enter this contest to help raise funds for the kids! All funds raised will go to workshops for these kids! Heres a link to enter the contest.Hurry it ends August 1, 2009!
http://starshooterblog.org/contest/
I’ll be featuring Johnna on my blog very soon, but please get the word out to anyone and everyone you know about this wonderful program. AND THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT so if you’re interested and not in the US you can help too!
Can you tell I’m so excited?
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