Early Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011, a small group of 12 volunteers from Help-Portrait Vancouver arrived at BC Children’s Hospital. With the enthusiastic support of Child Life Department Director Diane Hart and here team, the volunteers set up a small studio space and invited the patients and families of the terminally-ill ward in for closed studio […]
On December 4th, 2010, along with 60 other countries, we held the 2nd annual Help-Portrait event. And what a day it was. Saturday just started off brilliant; clear skies, crisp air, and the sun rising over the mountains. It was the perfect backdrop as the tents for our block party started to come together. As […]
We are SO excited for Help-Portrait tomorrow! This year’s event is going to be lots of fun. We are holding a Family Block Party on Heatley street in front of UGM’s Maurice McElrea Place, 361 Healtey Avenue. There will be live music all day, face painting, a magician and hot chocolate for everyone. This year […]
On Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010, we had the privilege of holding an event at BC Children’s Hospital for terminally ill patients and their families. It was an amazing experience! Our first little boy wanted to come meet us all as we were having a meeting with Diane Hart, Director of Child Life Deptarment. Kade walked […]
WE NEED YOUR HELP to make Help-Portrait Vancouver 2010 a success this year. Our event has grown and we hope to welcome between 600 to 800 people through our doors. We need your help to give portraits to so many people. We are in need of funds to cover the growing cost of printing supplies […]
We are holding a food and toy drive for Help-Portrait Vancouver this year. Become a community drop-site and rally people around you to give. You can download the food and toy media kit here. If you have any questions please email Stephanie Forster.
We are honoured to be holding our 2010 event at Union Gospel Mission’s Maurice McElrea Place. The event will start at 11:30am and run till 5:30pm. If you would like to be involved please contact Ian Sheh (lead photographer) or Stephanie Forster (community coordinator).
Help-Portrait Vancouver was an overwhelming success! We held the inaugural Help-Portrait Vancouver event Saturday, December 12th, 2009 at the Salvation Army Grace Mansion on East Hastings, and it was a fantastic day! The makeup artist and hair stylist were buzzing making women and girls look beautiful. Mark Hildebrand and Kathi Reid filled the room with […]
Steve Tan, the resident Help-Portrait Vancouver videographer, has produced two videos of our event. Help-Portrait Vancouver […]