OPLOVE.org - help spread the word...

[OTRphoto]

It seems weird that San Antonio being "Military City" we have so few photographers signed up for this great program. And even worse is none of the deploying members I talk to know about the program! I've been signed up since August and have had ONE call!!!! And I know I see on the news we have troops coming and going all the time.

So I thought I'd do a lil publicity push in SA and see if I can't get the word out. I have emailed the bases in the area and the papers reminding them about this program. Hopefully it'll get the word out to the troops.

So if you are interested - please visit the site and get signed up... just in case I actually drum up some clients.. lol

Here is what I am sending out (from the oplove site):

SOURCE: Operation: Love ReUnited
www.oplove.org

LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHERS GIVE BACK TO OUR MILITARY

A new organization has been created to allow photographers to lend their creative energies to raising the morale of our men and women in uniform. This movement has the potential to touch millions of lives nationwide and around the world. Professional photographers are joining together in Operation: Love ReUnited, to give back to our military members and their families by offering up their services.

These photographers are offering, free of charge, to be there for our troops – for the tender moments as they are leaving on a deployment, a session with the military member’s family while they are gone, or the elation of their return. A small album (also free of charge) will be sent to the soldier, so they can have the keepsake with them while at their duty station. The Operation helps those long months go by a little faster. It's designed to capture moments that you will long remember and always treasure. It's art. It's love. It's all made possible by artists wanting to give something back to those who make the United States what it is, and ask for nothing in return – but for these men and women to come home.

As a gift in appreciation for all he or she has been through as a military member, the soldier receives a 4x6 album of images. These images may include such things as a child's hand clasped in his parent's with the faint glimpse of a BDU sleeve, a marine in dress with his family, a sailor with his parents right before departure, or a child playing dress up in combat boots and a helmet. The album will be sent to the deployed soldier by the photographer, at no additional cost.

More information about the Operation: Love ReUnited, including how to find a photographer for your family, see sample images, or learn how to join as a photographer, visit http://www.oplove.org

[Sonny]

There are many members on here that volunteer for OpLove.