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Help Portrait East Bay

Please join us Saturday, December 7, 2013 to receive your GIFT of a Holiday Portrait.



Where: Youth Uprising - 8711 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94605



Who needs pictures? Anyone who wouldn't normally have access to or be
able to afford professional photography. We suggest the following groups
of people for starters. . .



the homeless

at-risk youth

orphans

single moms (and their kids)

single dads (and their kids)

sick children

sick parents

the elderly

army vets

underprivileged families

your neighbor?



PLEASE help spread the word, this is at NO COST to participants and we
look forward to seeing you there. Please feel free to bring props (for
example: if you play basketball bring your ball, photographers bring
your camera, musicians ... bring your instruments, you get it?



You will walk away with a gift of two 5x7 printed portraits!!! Please
be an Oakland resident, this program is global and there is also Help
Portrait going on in San Francisco as well as other Bay Area Cities.



What is Help-Portrait?



To date, 282,295 Portraits Given



Help-Portrait is a global movement of photographers, hairstylists and
makeup artists using their time, tools and expertise to give back to
those in need.





A Nonprofit



Help-Portrait is a 501(c)(3) Not-For-Profit corporation

Thank you in advance!

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