Here’s a marketing opportunity that will make everyone smile: Family Portrait Month.

What is Family Portrait Month?
Family Portrait Month is a national fundraising effort to benefit Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity dedicated to improving the health and lives of children born with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities. During October, participating Family Portrait Month studios agree to contribute a portion of sales to PPA Charities for each family session they photograph…promoting your charitable marketing while driving business to your studio.

How does it work?

• Go to www.ppacharities.com to sign up.
• Make a small donation of at least $25 to PPA Charities.
• Access the online marketing resources, including success stories, photographer-led marketing templates, sample marketing copy, logos, and more. Plus, your studio will be listed on www.familyportraitmonth.com.

Who’s sponsoring it?
Family Portrait Month is sponsored by PPA Charities, the philanthropic arm of PPA. PPA Charities’ charitable partner is Operation Smile. Operation Smile is a worldwide children’s medical charity dedicated to improving the health and lives of children born with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities.

Want More Information?
Helping this cause is a great way to use your photographic gifts, and the photographer with the largest contribution will be awarded the chance to photograph an Operation Smile mission!

To find out more about Family Portrait Month and how you can help the children of Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.org), go to www.ppacharities.com, call Bert Behnke at (708) 267-0657, or e-mail bbehnke@ppa.com.