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Cheryl Haggard
01-05-2009, 01:38 PM
Sandy had a brainstorm a few weeks ago and has come up with an amazing campaign. The National Charity Model Search is designed to raise funds for charity, inspire photographers, and provide clients with beautiful portraits at a discounted price.

Clients of photographers who participate have the opportunity to win prizes and earn the title of “America’s Cutest Kid,” and Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep will benefit by being the recipient of donations.

Participating photographers will submit portraits of local children, ages 18 months to 14 years, for online preliminary voting to determine the city finalist.

City finalists are determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from each vote benefit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep. Photography and model industry experts will determine the contest’s national winner.

The national model winner receives a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera (retail value $499.99) among other prizes.

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTD), is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization committed to assisting parents and families going through the difficult time when they experience an early infant loss. For further information on NILMDTS, visit www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org.

Contact your local photographer to see if they are participating.

For more information and to register please visit www.sandypucmodels.com.

Michlynn Schweitzer
01-05-2009, 11:22 PM
What a great idea! Does this apply in Canada as well or is this just a US campaign?

motherofthree
01-06-2009, 11:28 AM
So, are all of the photographers getting an email about this? They should try to use the big and little brothers and sisters of our angels for models if they can.

Not that I'm volunteering Priya ha ha ha.:D

linda
01-07-2009, 07:25 AM
Beth,

Each photographer will have a price you pay them for the session. I don't know if they are donating that money or not.

Then you do the session, they enter the picture/pictures into the contest.

Then you have family/friends vote. Each vote cost $1 - all the proceeds go to NILMDTS.

I called one of our photographers in the area and I'm looking forward to spending a day with Elijah like this.

For him to know he's doing this to contribute to photographs for our babies will make his day. Further, to do this for Ethan will make his heart swell!! ;)

Pyiya for sure can do it! Let me know if you guys go ahead with it...I'd love to see the pictures...plus I'd probably vote for her - she's a lil' heart breaker!

Michlynn Schweitzer
01-08-2009, 10:51 PM
Just to answer my own question....I checked with Sam and yes, this is open to Canadians as well.