{"id":29061,"date":"2012-11-05T23:40:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T04:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasonangeliniphotography.com\/blog\/?p=29061"},"modified":"2012-11-12T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T19:22:08","slug":"2012-annual-food-drive-help-the-hungry-and-win-a-free-holiday-mini-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasonangeliniphotography.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/05\/2012-annual-food-drive-help-the-hungry-and-win-a-free-holiday-mini-session\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Annual Food Drive: Help the Hungry and Win a Free Holiday Mini Session"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four years ago we sat at the dinner table with our kids and talked about what a blessing it was to have food on our table.\u00a0 Our son asked us how we were able to have food while others had none and we told them that we were blessed with our successful business to support our family.\u00a0 When our son, who was four at the time, asked why we didn’t use our business to help give other people food too, our annual Jason Angelini Photography food drive<\/a> began.<\/p>\n

Through the three previous food drives we’ve had we’ve been able to donate over 2500 food items<\/span> to our local food pantry!\u00a0 Each year so far we’ve collected more than the previous year and we’d like to continue that trend and help to feed as many people as we can this holiday season.\u00a0 One in six people in America struggles with hunger.\u00a0 In 2011 Florida had one of the highest rates of food insecurity with over 16% of households falling in the category of food insecure.\u00a0 Here in the Tampa Bay area there are more than 200,000 children who live in food insecure households.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.\u201d\u00a0 <\/strong>\u2013Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952<\/em><\/p>\n

Starting right now you can send in your bids for\u00a0 the number of non-perishable food items you would like to donate to win a free holiday mini session!\u00a0 We will have six time slots open on November 17th for a holiday themed mini session with a disc of images.\u00a0 Last year’s winners<\/a> had such cute pictures to use on their Christmas cards!\u00a0 This year we decided to give away more than just the sessions.\u00a0 The largest donation will also receive their choice of two large, beautiful frames.\u00a0 One frame fits an 18×24 print (frame is 28×34) and the other frame fits a 16×20 print (frame is 30×34).\u00a0 The second largest donation will get the remaining frame.<\/p>\n

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Email us with your highest bid for how many non-perishable food items you would like to donate to win one of these mini session time slots and possibly one of the frames as well!\u00a0 The email should be sent to jasonangelini@aol.com<\/strong> and the subject line should be “Bid for Food Drive<\/strong>.”\u00a0 We have a minimum bid of 75 food items so keep that in mind when sending in your bid. \u00a0We will be accepting bids until midnight on Sunday, November 11th.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The food items must be non-perishable goods in cans, boxes, or plastic jars.\u00a0 Please do not count any packets, bags, or pouches as part of your bid.\u00a0 Also the food pantry cannot accept glass jars.\u00a0 Soup cans, canned vegetables or fruits, plastic jars of peanut butter, cereal boxes, pasta, and rice are great items.\u00a0 You could even donate a holiday dinner with canned cranberry sauce, a box of stuffing, a box of instant mashed potatoes, and a gift card for a turkey.\u00a0 We will also accept Publix gift cards for those of you who don’t have time to shop or for those of you who live out of town and want to win a session as a gift for a family here in Florida.\u00a0 Every $1 on a Publix gift card counts as one food item for your bid<\/span>.\u00a0 If you donate a Publix gift card for $100, that would count as a bid of 100 food items.<\/p>\n

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The mini session can be any type of session including maternity, babies, kids, or even your pet!\u00a0 However only one family<\/strong> can be included in a session and the bids must be made PER CHILD<\/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 food items per child.\u00a0 That would make their total bid 200.\u00a0 Please keep the minimum bid of 75 items in mind!\u00a0 That means you must bid at least 75 items for each child who will be included in the session!<\/p>\n

The six highest bids received by midnight on November 11th will win!\u00a0 We will announce the winners here on the blog on Monday, November 12th.\u00a0 We will then contact the winners via email to choose their time slots in the order of the number of food items donated (the most food gets first choice and so on).\u00a0 All sessions will be on Saturday, November 17th and the winners will bring their donations with them on that day.<\/p>\n

The session and disc are completely free to the winners but if any prints or other 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

TO SUMMARIZE<\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

-Bids are accepted by emailing Jasonangelini@aol.com from now until midnight on September 11th.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-Bids are for non-perishable food items in cans, boxes, or plastic jars or for Publix gift cards with each dollar counted as one food item.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-Only one family can be included in the session and bids must be made PER CHILD who will be in the session.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-There is a minimum bid of 75 food items PER CHILD.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-Winners will be announced on Monday, November 12th.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-The 6 highest bids will win a free holiday themed mini session with disc to be held on November 17th and donations must be dropped off at the session that day.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

-In addition, the highest bid will choose from one of two frames and the remaining frame will go to the second highest bid.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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So send in your bids now to win a session of beautiful images to use on your holiday cards while doing some good for your community as well!<\/p>\n

Our local food pantry has more and more people all the time who rely on food donations to feed their families.\u00a0 Even if you can’t make it to a session on the 17th, you can still come by another day to drop off a donation (or mail in a gift card) and be part of our food drive.\u00a0 We are asking all of our wonderful clients, our family, and our friends to get involved and donate some food items for our food drive<\/strong><\/span>!\u00a0 Every donation helps, no matter how small.\u00a0 With the loving hearts and generosity of all of you we can help our community and make this year’s food drive a big success!<\/p>\n

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