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Permalink Reply by Denise Marshall on November 25, 2009 at 4:40pm

Thank you! I want to share some updates...
1. I talked with Debbie Isaacs from 24th Avenue Productions and she is on board to film. We will meet to discuss what kind of video for TV, Web etc...and I will post the information. She may be at our first meeting on Monday.

2. I spoke with the marketing director from HELP of Southern NV, Gina Gavan, she is also on board and will meet next week...she is not able to come to our first meeting. She is finding out about using them as a non-profit to write of sponsors donations.

3. Gina said they will need 50 flyers to deliver to the teens as an invite. Can someone make copies for us?

4. We will need 4 posters printed to place throughout the center (I can print them out at work)...may need Dan's help designing them cause is AMAZING...

OK...now on a sad note...my nephew...my Godson Ian, passed away yesterday. He died from an accidental overdose and died on the front steps of the drug dealers house. He was left alone to die in the cold night and was discovered in the morning. The drug dealer was arrested and there is an investigation. Ian was only 17. I'm on auto pilot right now. I have to design the funeral program and am the coordinator for the service. I won't be able to check the discussion board until late Sunday.

Please hug your family and friends a bit tighter this Thanksgiving and let them know you love them because no one is guaranteed tomorrow. <3

Hugs,
Denise
xxoo

Permalink Reply by Liberty Wright on November 25, 2009 at 5:13pm

Gracious Denise! I am so sorry for your loss! I can see that this is a project that will be very dear to your heart! I will do my best to make it a success! Thanks again for all your efforts!

Permalink Reply by Cameron James on November 26, 2009 at 3:11pm

I found out about help-portrait on strobist and i am all for this. Watching the video on the home page just really maid me want to do my part and help out in Dec. I will be at the meeting on monday, is there anything i need to bring?

Much H.O.P.E
CAMERON

Permalink Reply by Liberty Wright on November 30, 2009 at 3:35pm

Hi Cameron! No need to bring anything special tonight! Just yourself!

Permalink Reply by Denise Marshall on November 30, 2009 at 3:45pm

Thank you so much Liberty for your support...we are all on for tonight, 6:00 p.m. on Eastern and Pebble.
Pass it on!

Denise

Liberty Wright said:

Hi Cameron! No need to bring anything special tonight! Just yourself!

Permalink Reply by Liberty Wright on December 1, 2009 at 12:26am

Hi all! Stay tuned! We will post notes very soon. For now, plan on a site visit on

Sunday, December 6 at 11 am.
1417 Las Vegas Blvd North (LV Blvd/Charleston)

Details to follow!

Permalink Reply by Liberty Wright on December 1, 2009 at 5:44pm

update on location...I just realized it is actually on Las Vegas Blvd North between Owens on the north and Washington Ave on the south (the other address is actually Las Vegas Blvd South). check back for the facebook fan page. we'll post updated info there as well!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=1417...




Liberty Wright said:

Hi all! Stay tuned! We will post notes very soon. For now, plan on a site visit on

Sunday, December 6 at 11 am.
1417 Las Vegas Blvd North (LV Blvd/Charleston)

Details to follow!

Permalink Reply by Liberty Wright on December 3, 2009 at 1:33am

Notes from first meeting
Help-Portrait Las Vegas 2009 – HELP of Southern Nevada's Youth Center Team

Mission: To show the homeless teens at the Center for Independent Living that they are beautiful and are not forgotten despite their circumstance and living situation. To give back by giving them a gift of a printed / electronic digital portrait of themselves to use with Social Media outlets and to give to their friends and family…and to keep for their very own.

Overview
Just as a reminder, this is a Not-for-Profit volunteer opportunity. There will be media coverage of the event and this exposure is a great way to encourage corporate donations of goods and/or services. You personally are expected to donate your time, not your money. However, a non-profit ID will be made available for anyone who chooses to make reasonable monetary investments for supplies and/or donations (see “Additional Opportunities” below).


Expecting 50 teens (who we will refer to as our clients)
Anticipating 1 ½ hours per client (hair, make-up, photo).
Goal: 10 stations each for hair/makeup and photo which means 5 clients per station.
Start at 7am for set-up, end photos by 6pm.
7am - 8am Stations set-up
8 am First round of clients enter
9 am First round of photos begins
12pm – 2pm Lunch and visiting
2pm – 6pm Start delivering first set of photos, resume stylists’ and photographers’ stations
Create highest resolution photos possible with your camera
Take still pictures during the preparation and during the shoots, for later documentation and possible inclusion as fusion with video, as well as possible gallery show.


One of our sponsors (Rich Scaglione from Airgroup) has donated the time and expenses of a film crew to cover the event. The end result will be coverage to be made available to:

HELP of Southern Nevada's Youth Center to use on their website year round to create awareness and for charity events
Help-Portrait
Local Las Vegas Gallery event attributing people involved in the world-wide event
Local media
Web (YouTube and the like)



Next Meeting

Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 11 am

Site Visit to Center for Independent Living (1417 N. Las Vegas Blvd between Owens on the north and Washington Ave on the south.)

Size up the location and figure out logistics for 12/12
Need locations for
10 hair/make-up stations(chairs for clients, tables and electric access for equipment (3-4 outlets per stylist))
10 portrait stations


Sunday December 6, 2009 after 12 noon

Location and time TBD, will be

Film Storyboard


To Do

(All) - ASAP

Email Amy with your

Talent (i.e. photographer, stylist (make-up and/or hair), graphic design, etc.)
Strengths (i.e. I am great at… posing people, capturing moments, relating with teens, setting up equipment, getting people what they need)
Any talking points to help establish relationships with our teens and make them comfortable, get their personalities to shine in the photos (to be compiled and provided to everyone prior to 12/12).


All - 12/12

Bring plenty of business cards to the event

Wear your Help-Portrait T-shirt or plain black shirt.

Arrive at 7am to set up (kids will start showing at 8).


Denise

Notify CIL of site visit on Dec 6, 2009 at 11am.

Confirm Cappriotti’s (Denise and Dan) for sandwiches

Get info for Dan from Gina regarding gallery space and for Clark County Library galleries.

Messaging for marketing (Cindy is a resource)


Dan

Confirm same day printing (Costco), possibly envelopes for photo presentation

Cappriotti’s

Flyers / posters (3-11x17 posters available for Dec 6 site visit to hang while we are there).

Name stickers with both Help-Portrait and place for name


Amy

Set up a Flickr group

Looking for a line on Drinks and Desserts


Liberty

Set up a Facebook fan page


Still needed

Lighting, lighting, lighting including reflectors, umbrellas, etc.
Doughnuts / morning food (volunteer to find a donor)
Drinks / sodas / bottled water / etc. (volunteer to find a donor)
Cookies / dessert (volunteer to find a donor)
Volunteers to be Runners (people to shuttle pictures to/from the printer)
Volunteers to be there and talk to the kids, serve as ambassadors through the process (hair/make-up, posing, photo, waiting for picture to return).
Volunteers for clean-up crew
Multiple electrical outlet strips (like the 10 outlet strips at Fry’s).
Plain black t-shirts in all sizes for any clients who don’t feel comfortable in what they are wearing.
Idea-board of poses the clients can use. Tear out magazine pictures or print from the web or your portfolios to show examples of fun poses.


Equipment

Please note that we would like to have 10 photographer stations. At this meeting we estimate that we have lighting for 2-3 stations. We really need to find volunteers to share their lighting equipment most of all so that we can have enough stations.


Photographers

Johnathan – 2 cameras
Amy – backdrops, camera, strobes, beauty dish
Cindy – backdrops, camera, umbrellas and stands, slave flash
Denise – 2 cameras, 2 flashes, 2 remotes for flash
Dan – as possible, cameras, lights, backdrops
Liberty – camera, 2 umbrella stands, 1 flash with remote.


Stylists (approximately 10 between Another Wild Hair and The Loft)

Another Wild Hair
Alyssa – hair and make-up
Angie – hair and make-up
Approx 6 hair only
Approx 2 makeup only
The Loft
Jody – hair
Approx 2 hair only


Additional opportunities

Please note that we will need lots of helping hands on 12/12 and anyone who is interested in helping out is welcome! Photographers are only a piece of the puzzle. If you or anyone you know is interested, please join us! Sign up on the Help-Portrait website and become a fan on Facebook! These are just two examples of additional functions we need to fill:

Volunteers to be Runners (people to shuttle pictures to/from the printer)
Volunteers to be there and talk to the kids, serve as ambassadors through the process (hair/make-up, posing, photo, waiting for picture to return).
Volunteers for clean-up crew


The Center for Independent Living website has a wishlist of supplies that the center provides to its clients. Anyone wishing to help the project, but who is not able to join the fun on 12/12 may contribute by donating against this wishlist. If you know of folks who would like to participate, you may direct them to this website, or volunteer to bring with you their donations to be made in their name. Their website: http://www.helpsonv.org/programs-youth.php On the front page, you'll see a button called "youth center wish list" - which contains some basic items that the teenagers need.

Permalink Reply by Denise Marshall on December 3, 2009 at 8:52pm

OMG Liberty you're amazing!
I contacted Gina, marketing director for HELP of Southern NV and she will meet with the film/producer 24th Production Avenue on Sunday to work on the story board and specs for the filming and producing of the event. We are meeting on Sunday at 10:30 at the District Coffee Bean and we may head over to the Center for Independent Living for a site visit too.

I spoke to my mom, Martha Jackson, and she requested a copy of the wish list the teens post on their site because she will work at providing shampoo, toothpaste etc...

I can make copies of the flyers...was someone designing these puppies? I'm moving tomorrow and unpacking this weekend however if need be, I can do it.

OH! And yes, we are able to use HELP of Southern NV to write off expenses to their non-profit number. I will be getting the form.

BIG hugs to Amy and Liberty for all their hard work!!!

My email: marshallartslv@mac.com
My cell: 339-6715

Hugs <3




Liberty Wright said:

Notes from first meeting
Help-Portrait Las Vegas 2009 – HELP of Southern Nevada's Youth Center Team

Mission: To show the homeless teens at the Center for Independent Living that they are beautiful and are not forgotten despite their circumstance and living situation. To give back by giving them a gift of a printed / electronic digital portrait of themselves to use with Social Media outlets and to give to their friends and family…and to keep for their very own.

Overview
Just as a reminder, this is a Not-for-Profit volunteer opportunity. There will be media coverage of the event and this exposure is a great way to encourage corporate donations of goods and/or services. You personally are expected to donate your time, not your money. However, a non-profit ID will be made available for anyone who chooses to make reasonable monetary investments for supplies and/or donations (see “Additional Opportunities” below).


Expecting 50 teens (who we will refer to as our clients)
Anticipating 1 ½ hours per client (hair, make-up, photo).
Goal: 10 stations each for hair/makeup and photo which means 5 clients per station.
Start at 7am for set-up, end photos by 6pm.
7am - 8am Stations set-up
8 am First round of clients enter
9 am First round of photos begins
12pm – 2pm Lunch and visiting
2pm – 6pm Start delivering first set of photos, resume stylists’ and photographers’ stations
Create highest resolution photos possible with your camera
Take still pictures during the preparation and during the shoots, for later documentation and possible inclusion as fusion with video, as well as possible gallery show.


One of our sponsors (Rich Scaglione from Airgroup) has donated the time and expenses of a film crew to cover the event. The end result will be coverage to be made available to:

HELP of Southern Nevada's Youth Center to use on their website year round to create awareness and for charity events
Help-Portrait
Local Las Vegas Gallery event attributing people involved in the world-wide event
Local media
Web (YouTube and the like)



Next Meeting

Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 11 am

Site Visit to Center for Independent Living (1417 N. Las Vegas Blvd between Owens on the north and Washington Ave on the south.)

Size up the location and figure out logistics for 12/12
Need locations for
10 hair/make-up stations(chairs for clients, tables and electric access for equipment (3-4 outlets per stylist))
10 portrait stations


Sunday December 6, 2009 after 12 noon

Location and time TBD, will be

Film Storyboard


To Do

(All) - ASAP

Email Amy with your

Talent (i.e. photographer, stylist (make-up and/or hair), graphic design, etc.)
Strengths (i.e. I am great at… posing people, capturing moments, relating with teens, setting up equipment, getting people what they need)
Any talking points to help establish relationships with our teens and make them comfortable, get their personalities to shine in the photos (to be compiled and provided to everyone prior to 12/12).


All - 12/12

Bring plenty of business cards to the event

Wear your Help-Portrait T-shirt or plain black shirt.

Arrive at 7am to set up (kids will start showing at 8).


Denise

Notify CIL of site visit on Dec 6, 2009 at 11am.

Confirm Cappriotti’s (Denise and Dan) for sandwiches

Get info for Dan from Gina regarding gallery space and for Clark County Library galleries.

Messaging for marketing (Cindy is a resource)


Dan

Confirm same day printing (Costco), possibly envelopes for photo presentation

Cappriotti’s

Flyers / posters (3-11x17 posters available for Dec 6 site visit to hang while we are there).

Name stickers with both Help-Portrait and place for name


Amy

Set up a Flickr group

Looking for a line on Drinks and Desserts


Liberty

Set up a Facebook fan page


Still needed

Lighting, lighting, lighting including reflectors, umbrellas, etc.
Doughnuts / morning food (volunteer to find a donor)
Drinks / sodas / bottled water / etc. (volunteer to find a donor)
Cookies / dessert (volunteer to find a donor)
Volunteers to be Runners (people to shuttle pictures to/from the printer)
Volunteers to be there and talk to the kids, serve as ambassadors through the process (hair/make-up, posing, photo, waiting for picture to return).
Volunteers for clean-up crew
Multiple electrical outlet strips (like the 10 outlet strips at Fry’s).
Plain black t-shirts in all sizes for any clients who don’t feel comfortable in what they are wearing.
Idea-board of poses the clients can use. Tear out magazine pictures or print from the web or your portfolios to show examples of fun poses.


Equipment

Please note that we would like to have 10 photographer stations. At this meeting we estimate that we have lighting for 2-3 stations. We really need to find volunteers to share their lighting equipment most of all so that we can have enough stations.


Photographers

Johnathan – 2 cameras
Amy – backdrops, camera, strobes, beauty dish
Cindy – backdrops, camera, umbrellas and stands, slave flash
Denise – 2 cameras, 2 flashes, 2 remotes for flash
Dan – as possible, cameras, lights, backdrops
Liberty – camera, 2 umbrella stands, 1 flash with remote.


Stylists (approximately 10 between Another Wild Hair and The Loft)

Another Wild Hair
Alyssa – hair and make-up
Angie – hair and make-up
Approx 6 hair only
Approx 2 makeup only
The Loft
Jody – hair
Approx 2 hair only


Additional opportunities

Please note that we will need lots of helping hands on 12/12 and anyone who is interested in helping out is welcome! Photographers are only a piece of the puzzle. If you or anyone you know is interested, please join us! Sign up on the Help-Portrait website and become a fan on Facebook! These are just two examples of additional functions we need to fill:

Volunteers to be Runners (people to shuttle pictures to/from the printer)
Volunteers to be there and talk to the kids, serve as ambassadors through the process (hair/make-up, posing, photo, waiting for picture to return).
Volunteers for clean-up crew


The Center for Independent Living website has a wishlist of supplies that the center provides to its clients. Anyone wishing to help the project, but who is not able to join the fun on 12/12 may contribute by donating against this wishlist. If you know of folks who would like to participate, you may direct them to this website, or volunteer to bring with you their donations to be made in their name. Their website: http://www.helpsonv.org/programs-youth.php On the front page, you'll see a button called "youth center wish list" - which contains some basic items that the teenagers need.

Permalink Reply by Liberty Wright on December 5, 2009 at 3:17pm

Not assigning work, but just thought of an idea if your mom is making a concerted effort to collect wish list: christmas gift bag with a couple of wish list items? It would potentially be alot of work, but even if it were in a brown bag with a bow on it, it would at least convey christmas gift. Maybe we could throw in a tangerine like my mom used to do in my stocking. anyway...just putting it out there.

Denise Marshall said:

OMG Liberty you're amazing!
I contacted Gina, marketing director for HELP of Southern NV and she will meet with the film/producer 24th Production Avenue on Sunday to work on the story board and specs for the filming and producing of the event. We are meeting on Sunday at 10:30 at the District Coffee Bean and we may head over to the Center for Independent Living for a site visit too.

I spoke to my mom, Martha Jackson, and she requested a copy of the wish list the teens post on their site because she will work at providing shampoo, toothpaste etc...

I can make copies of the flyers...was someone designing these puppies? I'm moving tomorrow and unpacking this weekend however if need be, I can do it.

OH! And yes, we are able to use HELP of Southern NV to write off expenses to their non-profit number. I will be getting the form.

BIG hugs to Amy and Liberty for all their hard work!!!

My email: marshallartslv@mac.com
My cell: 339-6715

Hugs <3