Operation Photo Rescue (OPR) is making plans to travel to Hummelstown,PA in the spring of 2012 to help residents whose photos were damaged by Tropical Storm Lee in September of last year. Anyone in the surrounding area with damaged photos is encouraged to bring them to the William H & Marian C Alexander Family Library [...]
After saving your loved ones, of course, what one material item would you grab if your home was being destroyed and you had to run for your life? As a child, I would have known the answer to that question and would never have had to think twice.The answer to what I would grab would [...]
Stark County Ohio gets mini Copy Run from OPR Volunteers Pat and Mike Sluder On July 19, 2011 Stark County Ohio received five inches of rain. As a result, homes were flooded with up to four feet of water in the basements. It was a record-setting deluge that stranded motorists and forced homes to be [...]
Joplin MO, June 4, 2011–The EF-5 tornado on May 22, tore a path through Joplin seven miles long and half a mile wide. FEMA is in the city to provide assistance to the disaster survivors. FEMA Photographers: Jace Anderson (front) and Steve Zumwalt. Operation Photo Rescue is planning a copy run to Joplin, MO October [...]
Operation Photo Rescue will be sending a team of volunteers to Griffin, GA to help residents with damaged photos from the tornadoes of April 27, 2011 in Spalding County and surrounding areas. Operations will be set up at the Vaughn School Road Fire Station at 765 Vaughn School Road, Griffin, GA from Friday July 15 and Saturday July 16, [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Operation Photo Rescue Coming to Joplin, MO El Dorado, KS. May 27, 2011 — Operation Photo Rescue (OPR), a not-for-profit organization, will be offering assistance to the residents of Joplin whose photos have been damaged in the May 22, 2011 tornado. In the coming months, times and location will be decided upon [...]
This year OPR did only one copy run and that was to Nashville, TN. In terms of the numbers of photos brought back it was very successful. We helped 60 families and came back with over a 1,000 photos to be restored. The run was held at Belmont University and we were very fortunate to [...]
Photo Courtesy of Heather Snodgrass Operation Photo Rescue will be headed to Nashville, TN on Sept 10-11 at Belmont University. Below is the press release being sent out. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Operation Photo Rescue to Send Volunteer Photo Restoration Team to Nashville, TN El Dorado, KS August 11, 2010 Operation Photo Rescue [...]
(Photo Courtesy of Heather Snodgrass & Holly Ables) Plans in Works for September Copy Run Nashville, TN has taken a back seat to the disaster unfolding in the Gulf Coast, but the devastation there deserves more attention and help. Nashville suffered the worst flood in their history. The flooding was so widespread that few [...]
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 [...]
