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At 11:52pm on January 20, 2010, Sheila W said…: Hi Ian,

Just writing to confirm that you are still ok to participate on the Sunday January 31st at the shelter?

I was thinking we could start the photo shoot at 3pm with the women and kids? And also - we have 10-12 families and 3 photographers - are you ok doing the photos for 3 families? Let me know what you think and if 3pm is good for you. And also, if you could let me know the space you need, supplies, etc. that would be great!

I agree that we should figure out a consistent number of photos between the photographers prior to the day. It may be easier to either email each other directly to uor personal accounts as not all of us look at the wall postings regularly?

My personal email is dearsheila@sympatico.ca if you think that would be ok to communicate directly that way?

Thanks so very much, I'm really looking forward to meeting you soon!
Best,
Sheila

At 3:31pm on January 9, 2010, Sheila W said…: Hi Ian,

That's agood suggestion - we have 12 women and their kids at the shelter and they're all very excited forthis opportunity! I was there yesterday and they were telling me how much they appreciate this as they have no recent photos of their children and often only have the proofs of school photos for a photo as they can't afford to buy the actual copies. Thank you for being a part of this.

Can I ask, how does it work for development/printing costs?

Thanks Ian!

Sheila

At 5:12pm on January 7, 2010, Sheila W said…: Hi Ian,

If you're still interested in participating in the womens' shelter photo day - please read below and let me know!

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Thanks again for the wonderful interest in this day, the women are very excited and very grateful to have this opportunity. I have the privilege to work at this shelter providing medical care as their family doctor while they are there. They are an amazingly strong group of women who have left extremely difficult situations of abuse and show such spirit and determination to keep themselves and their children safe.

Often, they have never had any photos done of themselves or of their families- and given that this is a time of change and it has taken an inordinate amount of strength to restart their lives so to speak, I feel that photographs of their new start will help them greatly and give them something to be proud of. Also, having some photos of their children to look back on will be so wonderful for them as they cannot afford to have this as they usually have very limited resources. We have approx. 8-10 women with 15-20 children at the shelter who would be participating.

Here are the details, please let me know if you would be available and any suggestions for making this day as positive and fun for the women and kids as possible!
What: Pamper/Photo day for Women and children at Womens' Habitat of Etobicoke Shelter
When: SundayJanuary 31, 2009
A professional hairdresser is going to be doing the womens hair and styling in the morning, along with pampering in the form of make-up and nails/massage by my group of friends/volunteers. The kids are going to be taken care of by some volunteer friends with activities and games.

I was thinking that we could have the photo session in the afternoon around 2 or 3 pm. Let me know what you all think about the number of photographers that would be a good number and if the start time for photos is ok - we could push it up to 2pm if that's better?

Thank,Sheila