{"id":20581,"date":"2011-10-28T03:11:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T08:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonangeliniphotography.com\/blog\/?p=20581"},"modified":"2011-11-07T01:27:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-07T06:27:41","slug":"our-annual-food-drive-win-a-free-holiday-mini-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonangeliniphotography.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/28\/our-annual-food-drive-win-a-free-holiday-mini-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Annual Food Drive: Win a Free Holiday Mini-Session!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every fall we have a food drive to collect non-perishable food items for our local food pantry.\u00a0 Right now there are millions of Americans who have trouble making ends meet and are forced to skip meals, some for several days.\u00a0 Florida is one of nine states with significantly higher household food insecurity rates<\/a> than the U.S. national average.\u00a0 The number of families that go to our local food pantry grows every week.\u00a0 The need for food donations is especially great this time of year to be sure that no one will be turned away without food for the holidays.\u00a0 We first started this food drive after talking with our kids about how blessed we were that our business was able to support our family and put food on the table when many others didn’t have enough to eat.\u00a0 Our oldest son is so kind-hearted and asked why we didn’t use our business to help feed other people too.\u00a0 His idea began our annual food drive and the first year we collected two hundred and thirty one food items<\/a>!\u00a0 The second year we did even better and collected 1066 food items<\/a> which was 873 lbs of food!\u00a0 God is good!<\/p>\n

This year we’d like to do even better!\u00a0 Once again we will be having our food drive in the form of an auction.\u00a0 Last year we had people bid on how many food items they would donate and the top five won free fall themed mini sessions<\/a> with the disc of their images.\u00a0 This year we’ll have even more winners so we can collect even more food for the hungry!\u00a0 On November 12th, Jason will photograph EIGHT mini studio sessions with a holiday theme, perfect to use on your holiday cards.\u00a0 Starting now people can bid on how many food items they will donate to win one of these mini sessions with the disc of images.\u00a0 Send us your bid by emailing jasonangelini@aol.com<\/strong> and putting “Bid for Food Drive<\/strong>” in the subject line.\u00a0 We will be accepting bids until midnight on Sunday, November 6th<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The food items must be non-perishable goods in cans, boxes, or plastic jars<\/span>.\u00a0 Please do not count any packets, bags, or pouches as part of your bid.\u00a0 Also, the food pantry has asked that there be no glass jars please.\u00a0 Some great ideas are cans of soup, canned fruits or vegetables, canned tuna, peanut butter in plastic jars, boxes of mac and cheese, boxes of rice, or boxes of pasta.\u00a0 You could even donate part of a Thanksgiving dinner with canned green beans, canned cranberry sauce, a can of gravy, a can of jams, a box of stuffing, a box of instant mashed potatoes, and a box of cake mix with a can of icing.<\/p>\n

We will also be accepting Publix gift cards for those of you who live out of town and want to win this as a gift for someone here in FL, or for those of you who just don’t want to carry around all those cans of food.\u00a0 Every $1 on the gift card counts as one food item<\/span> so with a bid of 100 food items you could donate a Publix gift card for $100.<\/p>\n

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The mini-session can be any type of session including engagement, maternity, baby, etc.\u00a0 However, only one family can be included in a session and the bids must be made per child<\/span><\/strong> for every child who will be in the session.\u00a0 For example, a family session with a mom, dad, and two kids could bid 100 cans per child.\u00a0 Their donation would then be for 200 cans total.<\/p>\n

We have a minimum bid of 50 food items<\/span><\/strong> (again, remembering that is per child).\u00a0 The eight bids with the highest total number of food items will win a free holiday themed mini session with the disc of images.\u00a0 We will announce the winners here on the blog on Monday, November 7th.\u00a0 The sessions will be on November 12th with time slots starting at 11:15am and ending at 3:45pm.\u00a0 The winners will get to choose their time in the order of the number of food items donated (most food donated gets first pick and so on) and they will bring their food items with them to their session on the 12th.\u00a0 The session and disc are completely free to the winners but if any prints or products are ordered from these sessions we will donate all of the profits from those orders to Feeding America<\/a>, a hunger relief charity.<\/p>\n

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There is such a great need for food right now in our community and beyond.\u00a0 As we approach the holiday season, the season of giving, remember those who wonder where their next meal will come from.\u00a0 For those of you who simply want to donate food items or grocery store gift cards to be given to the food pantry without being part of the auction, we’d be happy to accept those donations as well.\u00a0 Friends, family, neighbors, other photographers, vendors, or anyone else who might be reading this, please get involved and send in or drop off a donation.\u00a0 Whether it is one can or one hundred, we can all give something to help the hungry.\u00a0 For everyone sending in bids to take part in the auction, be generous in your bids!\u00a0 Think of how beautiful your holiday cards will look with an image taken by Jason on them.\u00a0 How much would you pay for a session with a disc?\u00a0 Consider spending that on food instead, and add extra as your donation to charity!\u00a0 Send in your bids to help feed the hungry and get some great images for yourself at the same time!<\/p>\n

We work with such kind, generous, amazing couples and families so we know this food drive is going to be a huge success.\u00a0 We are so excited to see the good we can do together!<\/p>\n

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