Love for Haiti Mini-Sessions

Details, details!

Alright everybody, I've ironed out nearly all the details for the Haiti fundraiser mini-sessions. Here's how it's going to work.

The mini-sessions will be held February 13th at my in-home studio. Since it is just the one day, session times ARE limited, so sign up ASAP to reserve your slot. Each session will last about 30 minutes. Within a week of your session, 5-10 of your images will be posted in a password protected online gallery, for your ordering convenience . The cost for all this is only $50, and your ENTIRE session fee will be donated to Thirst Relief International's Haiti Water Project. In addition, 50% of the proceeds from the sale of any prints will be donated.

To give you an idea of just how much good you can do with just one little session fee, check out this blurb from Thirst Relief's website.

"The Simple Solution for $5/Person

In most third-world applications, the solution to the clean drinking water need is found in the Concrete Biosand Filter. The Biosand filter has the ability to produce safe, clean drinking water from both contaminated surface water and ground water sources alike. As a result, this simple yet effective technology provides a long-term, sustainable, and economical drinking water solution for those in poverty stricken areas around the world. Where non-contaminated ground water sources are a viable option, Shallow Water Wells equipped with hand pumps provide an equally economical and sustainable clean water supply to entire villages. In addition, Hand Pump Repair of existing wells with broken hand pumps serves to multiply the production of clean water throughout a region.

Thirst Relief's cost to build, deliver, and install a concrete Biosand water filter is $50-70, which in turn benefits on average 10 people in need. Our cost to repair an existing broken well hand pump is $300-$800, which in turn benefits 500 to 1000 people in need. Our cost to drill a new well is $2,000-$4,000, which in turn benefits 500 to 1000 people in need. For less than $5 per person, we can provide the basic necessity of clean drinking water to those in need around the world."

Did you catch that? For only $50 (which happens to be the exact cost of your session) they can build a filter that will provide TEN people with clean drinking water. Not for a day. For good! Ten people! Ten people that YOU gave water to. How amazing is that?

So, call me. E-mail me. Hell, stop me if you see me at Target. Do what you need to do to book your mini-session today. This Valentine's day, let's show Haiti a little love. Let's do all that we can to help.


ps. Want to be a part of this but you don't live in the DC/Northern Virginia area? Be sure to check the Photographers for Haiti website for a participating photographer closer to home!