Kim Crenshaw Photography Gives to the Children of Kenya with Your Help

It is a hard time of us in America. Some struggle to keep their homes. Others skimp to put food on the table. America is hurting during this "great recession." While we as a people ache, it can be hard to remember that it may be so much worse for those in other countries. Our hard times cannot be an excuse to do nothing, because the world goes on and the world's children still suffer. At the same time, it is hard to take those last quarters from your pocket and send them to a large charity where you do not know how and where your money will go. There's a feeling of "someone else will do it" or "why bother" that accompanies the thought. At Kim Crenshaw Photography, we've felt that and decided that we can't leave our thoughts and actions there! It is time for us to do more. We cannot save the world, but we most certainly can help save the children of a village.

The Children of Kanyaluo, South Nyanza, Kenya We have met and grown to love a remarkable woman, Juni Asyio, the Founder and Chairman of Sequoia Helping Hands. With the help of the foundation's members, Ms. Asiyo is working to "form an interconnected system that would help in addressing some of the negative impacts caused by the HIV/AIDS whirlwind" that has destroyed Kenya and other nations. The Sequoia Helping Hands foundation focuses its attention on the orphans and children who have lost their families, and means of support or education, to the disease through a variety of initiatives, such as building a secondary school, providing miro-loans that will enable the population, and ensuring that healthy water is delivered to the community. When I first met Ms. Asiyo, I was touched by the issues that the young girls face. Because many are now left to care for their younger siblings, they struggle to attend school. One way in which Sequoia Helping Hands will address this is byproviding at-school day-care services to these girls, but this comes at a cost of $10,000 dollars. This summer, I intend to raise $10,000 for Ms. Asiyo and the children of Kanyaluo, South Nyanza, Kenya.

Kim Crenshaw's "Summer of Love" Plan In order to raise the $10,000 dollars needed to develop the day-care, I am putting my skills to use at home, in America. I have decided to dedicate two working days each week for the entire summer to providing low-cost portrait packages, with the profits from those going directly to Sequoia Helping Hands for the explicit purpose of creating a nursery. Your low-cost portrait package includes: A full 30 minute session with international portrait artist, Kim Crenshaw, Digital photography portraits in her garden setting (weather permitting), An 11x14 portrait, Two 8 x 10 portraits, Three 5 x 7 portraits, and Eight wallet portraits. The only cost for all of this will be $325. This is a wonderful chance to both capture the essence of your family during this financially difficult time for us AND to give back to the world's children. Schedule your package session online. And, spread the word to all who would want to support this goal. With your help, children who would otherwise have had no hope will now be cared for, able to attend school, and filled with the promise of tomorrow.

Saving the World One Starfish at a Time To us, this goal seems a small effort, but what a difference this will make to the children's lives that benefit. It will be like the man with the starfish: Once there was a man who was walking down a beach. He saw another man throwing things into the ocean, over and over. The first man raced up to the second man and asked just what was he throwing into ocean. The man replied, "I am throwing these starfish back into the ocean that have washed up on shore so they can live. " The other man told him,"It will make very little difference. Just look at all the starfish that have washed up, and there are miles and miles of beach." At this the man picked up another starfish to pitch into the ocean and said,"It will make a big difference to this one." Make a big difference. Sign up now!

Kim's work is on display in her gallery at http://www.KimCrenshaw.com.