Behind the scenes |St. Louis Children's Photographer

Thank you to all the women who attended the Mother's Day Photo Shoot benefitting THE MARIKLE FOUNDATION!  It was a beautiful, successful, fun day and I am thankful for everyone that helped out.  Special thanks to Fun in the Sun Sports for sharing their space, Anne Jackson for helping style everyone, Vanessa Devonne for doing makeup, Carrie Lingo for running the show and all the women who did something nice for themselves.  Can't wait to show off the pictures soon! 1.  Anne Jackson sorting through the accessories  2.  Marik Lingo--on her 7 year anniversary of her heart transplant!  (THE miracle of the Marikle Foundation) 3. The Dream Team (Carrie Lingo, Anne Jackson, Vanessa Devonne)  4 & 5.  Vanessa working her magic and mad make up skills

The faces of The Little Bit Foundation |St. Louis Children's Photographer

As you might remember, I recently got involved in THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION of St. Louis after attending a trivia night to help raise money.  After meeting with the director and founder and spending a morning at a school...I fell in love.  It is an amazing organization that I am proud to be associated with.  Yesterday I did a photo shoot for Little Bits and Splendid Magazine.  Look at these faces.  How beautiful.  Please take a minute, go to the link above, and check it out!  I can't wait to share with you the story in SPLENDID MAGAZINE when it is published later this summer.

2nd Annual Mother's Day Shoot |St. Louis Mom Photographer

Back by popular demand, and because I had so much fun doing it, our Mother's Day Shoot for Charity!  Read how it all got started HERE.  Last years event sold out in 3 days, so contact me asap if you are interested.  LIMITED SPACES/ONE DAY ONLY!

OH!  and the best part--we will have ANNE JACKSON, stylist, and VANESSA DEVONNE, make up artist, on hand to help us look our best!

This year we are proud to be sponsored by FUN IN THE SUN SPORTS!  10% discount to all that sign up!

College Bound! |St. Louis Photographer

I am so excited to be working with COLLEGE BOUND!  College Bound provides promising students from under-resourced backgrounds with the academic enrichment, social supports and life skills needed to succeed in college and careers. I spent some time photographing 5 high school and college students downtown at the newly renovated St. Louis Public Library.  These are some amazing kids and so beautiful inside and out!

 

The Little Bit Drive Update!

First of all I want to thank everyone that donated!  Together we made a big difference!!  You can view my original post about The Little Bit Foundation drive HERE.  Thank you so much, I hope I am not missing anyone!

During our TWO WEEK drive we were able to collect:

Travel Shampoo – 81

Travel Cond. – 37

Soap/Body wash – 66

Toothpaste – 24

Lotion - 67

Girls Underwear – 287

Boys Underwear – 130

Boys Shirts total – 72

Girls Shirts total – 48

Here are some pictures for our delivery!

HERE IS WHAT THE LITTE BIT FOUNDATION HAD TO SAY:

"This is just amazing, and we cannot thank you enough. I know the students in our schools will be thrilled. This represents a significant donation which will be helpful to so many, and we are very, very grateful. Thank you for leading this effort, and please extend our thanks to all who supported that effort."

With our greatest appreciation,

Nancy Sokolik, Program Director

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"I think I told you Little Bit is adopting a new school (Northside Community Charter School) this week.  While preparing for this adoption it came to my attention that we did not have sufficient supplies to fill our boutique with necessary items for the kids.  Since we do not have a “cash budget” for boutiques, our staff started brainstorming on how we would come up with enough items to serve our new students through our boutique.  And then came your drive donation and our worries where over.  Because of your donation we not only are ready to serve our new school but we are able to stock Walbridge boutique too and with some extra to spare.   It is amazing to see what one person can do to help Little Bit.  Thanks so much for your support and getting the word out about us and telling your friends about our mission. (Wow, your friends are impressive)"

Thanks so much,

Kindest Regards,

Rose Hanley, Executive Director

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I will always be looking for donations and ways to help this organization.  EVERY LITTLE BIT HELLPS.  xo