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A session for Story | Austin Portrait Photographer | Mollie Kendall Photography

In year’s past, during the holiday season, I’ve participated in the Giving is Awesome session give-a-way for a local family in need.  I would like to do this again this year but instead of the usual family referrals, I already have someone in mind… an inspiring little girl named Story Cox.  For years, I knew Story and her family through an Austin playgroup.  Last year their family moved to TN and little Story found shortly after that she has a very rare form of leukemia.  She just recently was given a bone marrow transplant from her very brave and loving big sister!  She fights the fight, one day at a time.   You can read about Story and her family’s journey through her parents blog posts here:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/storycox

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I am asking you to help me, in helping her.

I would like to collect donations on her behalf, in which 100% of the money received will be donated to Story’s family to help with the mass expenses mounting for her care.  From all the donors, one person will be given a free photography session with me.

To donate to Story and receive entries for the free session, please make your contribution using the ‘Donate’ button below.  Any amount of donation contributions are appreciated!  For each $10 donation received, you will receive one entry for the free session give-a-way. I will list the transaction numbers on this blog post as they come in and each will be numbered.  I will use a random draw program to decide the winner from those numbers on Christmas Eve.  The winner will receive a free session with me, to be used any time in the coming year, along with a CD of the edited images.  {A value of $1200. Session can be used for a newborn, child, high school senior, first birthday cake smash or family sessions! No cash value.} The session winner will need to be in Austin or it’s surrounding areas.   If you are out of the Austin area and would like to donate to Story, please do so but make a note in your donation that you are not entering the session give-a-way… or simply go to Story’s Caring Bridge site above and donate directly to them.

Please please please forward this posting to your email contacts and share on Facebook… every way you can think to get the message out so we can raise money for Story!
Thank you in advance for all who can help this sweet little girl and her family as they struggle through this time in their lives.
~Mollie~

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TIS THE SEASON – TO WIN PORTRAITS! | Mollie Kendall Photography

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I am happy to participate in the “Giving is Awesome” cause again this year. I would like to start by thanking Kristen Kalp of Essential Imagery for this truly awesome idea.  She is not only one of the funniest, wittiest chickies I know, she is also the brainchild behind this incredible giving idea. Last year she encouraged photographers to donate during the holiday season and started this amazing website to track the donations of photographers all around the world!  In total, $565,000 was donated.  And now we’re ready to do it again {grin}  Now, onto the awesomely awesomeness that is the heart of this season….the spirit of giving…..

You know someone. You know someone who’s experienced a tragedy, is struggling to stay afloat, is raising kids while holding down several jobs, or is volunteering selflessly despite extenuating personal circumstances. You know someone who can’t afford custom photography, but who would cherish it this holiday season. You know someone who deserves a year-round reminder of their family’s spirit, love, and beauty.

You know someone. I guarantee it.

I want to know who they are, and I want to give them the chance to experience complimentary custom photography — $1500 worth, to be exact.  This will cover cost of the the session itself, 10 gift prints and a disk of all the session’s images.  It’s in your power to give them the artwork they deserve this holiday season.

Oh, and the best part? The person who nominates the winner receives a $200 gift print credit!  What better reason to show some love could there possibly be, people?

If you don’t really know someone, please pass this post along to others. Someone, somewhere, knows a deserving family. I know it!

The rules:

* You cannot nominate yourself, and the person nominated must sincerely be incapable of purchasing my services. (Being unable to make mortgage payments for a two-million-dollar-vacation-home in Paris does not qualify as sincere financial need.)

* The nominee must reside in Austin or its surrounding areas. Tell me who you know, what they’re experiencing, and why they deserve my giveaway. Please include a way to contact both your nominee and yourself as well.

* You must e-mail me the full story HERE before December 20th, 11:59pm.

The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve — get nominating! I can’t wait to read all of your entries!
Open your heart to someone this holiday season — and thanks for giving me the opportunity to open mine.

With love,
Mollie

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