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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
