Haiti needs our help
Please consider donating to the following agencies who are currently assisting in the Haitian rescue effort. Donate to the Red Cross online here or text HAITI to 90999 and give $10 instantly. Donate to UNICEF here. Donate to Doctors Without Borders here.
Merry Christmas!
Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Operation Photo Rescue embodies the spirit of Christmas all year round. This past year has been amazing in what OPR has accomplished. We had three copy runs: Galveston, TX, Cedar Rapids, IA, and Austell, GA. All of these runs were funded by OPR volunteers and families whose photos we restored. When the letter went out asking for help, you responded immediately. Donations poured in from $2 to $1,000 and all of this during a bleak economy. Others responded by helping on copy runs or restoring photos for the families. As new members signed ...
UW-Stevens Point and Operation Photo Rescue
Operation Photo Rescue was approached more than a year ago by Katie Miller, MFA, Associate Professor of Web and Digital Media Development at University Wisconsin-Stevens Point, about getting her students involved in helping restore photos. We communicated by emails infrequently, but that was all to change when earlier this year a letter was sent out to the membership asking for donations to fund a trip to Cedar Rapids, IA that had been hard hit by flooding. OPR not only received a donation from Katie, but an offer to volunteer as needed for the Cedar Rapids trip. The Chair of her department at UW-Stevens ...
Successful Trip to Austell, GA
Operation Photo Rescue had a suscessful copy run in Austell, GA helping eighteen families and bringing back 234 photos. Congratulations to Kiska Moore, Jon Molnar, Eric Stokly, Lisa Vasatka, Laura and Greg Nalesnik, and David and Marge Greenberg. Not only did this group do a great job, but it was their first OPR copy run. (Photos Courtesy: David and Marge Greenberg) We owe a big thanks to Pat Medlin, Assistant Director, Austell Community Development and Rhonda Lane, Branch Mgr. Cobb County Public Library, for their help in finding us a place to set up headquarters for our copy run. It was decided that the best ...
Operation Photo Rescue Plans Copy Run to Austell, GA
Aerial shot courtesy of David Tulis of Six Flags Over Georgia. Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) is planning a photo copy run to Austell, GA to help anyone who suffered flood damage to their photos this last September. Hosted by the city, the OPR team will set up operations at the Austell Threadmill Complex, at 5000 Austell Powder Spring Rd, Suite 107 on Friday December 4, 2009 through Saturday December 5, 2009. Hours for both days: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anyone needing additional information may contact the City's Affairs Department at: (770) 944-4309 or Margie Hayes at mhayes@operationphotorescue.org Shopping center in Austell, GA. courtesy ...
Reflecting on Cedar Rapids
[caption id="attachment_509" align="aligncenter" width="537" caption="Photo Courtesy Katie Miller"][/caption] Group Photo: 1st Row (l-r) Katie Miller, Christine Crossen, Corey Crossen; 2nd Row Margie Hayes, Ed Young Jr.; 3rd Row Annette Crossen, Vicky Sutterfield, Becky Sell, Jan Neil, Scott Crossen. It seems hard to believe that it has been almost three weeks since our copy run to Cedar Rapids. Since that time we have uploaded those photos to our galleries and the restores are starting to come in. OPR had a total of 30 family orders; 316 images; African American Museum prints around 100. We met some wonderful people who were so happy that ...
OPR in Cedar Rapids: Day 1
[caption id="attachment_476" align="alignnone" width="560" caption="The streets of Cedar Rapids, Iowa still show signs of the flood. As one visitor to the Operation Photo Rescue copy-run site at the African American Museum said, much is cleaned up and gutted, but not as much rebuilt. (Photo by Vicky Sutterfield)"][/caption] Day 1 went well! We got settled into the African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids this morning, after heading to the KGAN television station for an early morning interview with Margie Hayes (President). With one copy-stand for the morning, and setting up another in the afternoon, there was a slow intake ...
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Haiti needs our help
Please consider donating to the following agencies who are currently assisting in the Haitian rescue effort. Donate to the Red Cross online here or text HAITI to 90999 and give $10 instantly. Donate to UNICEF here. Donate to Doctors Without Borders here. Send to Facebook Read More →
Merry Christmas!
Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Operation Photo Rescue embodies the spirit of Christmas all year round. This past year has been amazing in what OPR has accomplished. We had three copy runs: Galveston, TX, Cedar Rapids, IA, and Austell, GA. All of these runs were funded by OPR volunteers and families whose photos we restored. When the letter went out asking for help, you responded... [Read more]
UW-Stevens Point and Operation Photo Rescue
Operation Photo Rescue was approached more than a year ago by Katie Miller, MFA, Associate Professor of Web and Digital Media Development at University Wisconsin-Stevens Point, about getting her students involved in helping restore photos. We communicated by emails infrequently, but that was all to change when earlier this year a letter was sent out to the membership asking for donations to fund... [Read more]
Successful Trip to Austell, GA
Operation Photo Rescue had a suscessful copy run in Austell, GA helping eighteen families and bringing back 234 photos. Congratulations to Kiska Moore, Jon Molnar, Eric Stokly, Lisa Vasatka, Laura and Greg Nalesnik, and David and Marge Greenberg. Not only did this group do a great job, but it was their first OPR copy run. (Photos Courtesy: David and Marge... [Read more]
Operation Photo Rescue Plans Copy Run to Austell, GA
Aerial shot courtesy of David Tulis of Six Flags Over Georgia. Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) is planning a photo copy run to Austell, GA to help anyone who suffered flood damage to their photos this last September. Hosted by the city, the OPR team will set up operations at the Austell Threadmill Complex, at 5000 Austell Powder Spring Rd, Suite 107 on Friday December 4, 2009 through Saturday December... [Read more]
Reflecting on Cedar Rapids
Photo Courtesy Katie Miller Group Photo: 1st Row (l-r) Katie Miller, Christine Crossen, Corey Crossen; 2nd Row Margie Hayes, Ed Young Jr.; 3rd Row Annette Crossen, Vicky Sutterfield, Becky Sell, Jan Neil, Scott Crossen. It seems hard to believe that it has been almost three weeks since our copy run to Cedar Rapids. Since that time we have uploaded those photos to our galleries and the restores... [Read more]
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