What is Help Portrait?

Help-Portrait is a worldwide movement of photographers using their time, equipment, and expertise to give back to people less fortunate during the holiday season.

It happens on the same day (first Saturday of December), once a year, across the world!

Greater Cedar Rapids Help-Portrait is a part of the Linn Area Photo Club created to bring together Club Members, Cedar Rapids area studio photographers, photo enthusiasts, make-up stylists, and many other community volunteers to assist those in need here in our community by providing free holiday portraits.

"We at Greater Cedar Rapids Help-Portrait are proud to be a part of the world-wide Help-Portrait movement!"

Who do we work with?

Greater Cedar Rapids Help-Portrait works with local community service organizations to find families in need like:

Young Parents Network (YPN)
Bridgehaven
HACAP
Area Substance Abuse Council (ASAC)
St Paul’s United Methodist Church – African Nationals Ministries
First Presbyterian Sunday Evening Meals
Veterans Community Resource Center
Loaves & Fishes
Jane Boyd Community House
Helping Hands
Linn County Veterans Affairs
Families Helping Families of Iowa

House of Hope
Willis Dady Homeless Services
Mission of Hope
Tanager Place
Waypoint
Catholic Worker House
His Hands-Free Clinic
Power of Women & Children
The Arc of East Central Iowa
Habitat-For-Humanity
Big Brothers and Sisters
Boys and Girls Club
Ecumenical Community Center

If your community service organization is not listed here, ask them to contact us, and we will be glad to add them to our list!

Who Benefits?

Family groups who benefit from Greater Cedar Rapids Area Help-Portrait:

Homeless
Sr. Citizens
High School Seniors (Portraits for families in need)
Families In Need
Veterans
Immigrants

Each participating family is offered:

PHoto Session

A FREE photo 20-minute session with a studio photographer

Free Framed Portrait

One FREE framed 8” X 10” portrait & four FREE 4” X 5” pictures

FREE USB Photo Drive

A FREE USB drive containing the pictures from the session

No Copyright

A written statement giving them the copyrights to print any of those images anywhere they want.

Who do we need?

Types of volunteers needed

Photographers
Assistant Photographers
Photo Editors
Touch-up Artists
Family Guides
General Volunteers

Volunteer!

"Consider volunteering your skills and time on Saturday, October 16, 2021 to the Greater Cedar Rapids Area Help-Portrait event.
We will be giving hundreds of less fortunate individuals/families the ability to get high-quality professional photos!"

What do we need?

Support from area community service agencies to help us locate families in need.
Some financial support to host the event to buy: frames, printing materials, general supplies, food, etc. We operate on a small budget and 100% goes to the families in need.
Stuffed Toys to help entertain the children and food to entertain the families while they wait.

Donate

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