Operation Photo Rescue, Inc.

As you may or may not be aware, OPR recently lost an annual $10k grant from the Herb Block Foundation. Due to the recent downturn in the economy they could not continue with the annual grant which was a critical financial resource for OPR operations. As you can imagine, the loss of that grant was a huge hit to OPR's bottom line. Therefore we are turning to other revenue streams in an effort to help sustain OPR as we have known it. Some recent good news includes that OPR was recently approved for a Google Grant. No... this doesn't mean we're being bought out for a gazillion dollars, but rather OPR is now appearing in Googles search ads anywhere that a Google ad can appear. For example, if someone is on a photo website they might see an ad for OPR, or if they search for a photo related topic on Google we might appear there as well (we even appeared on a recent search for 'cat pee on photo'!). So we're seeing an increase in traffic to the OPR website as a result of this latest development which can only help spread the good word about all the good work that we are doing as volunteers for OPR.

You may have noticed that the yellow 'Donate' button has been replaced by a neat widget on our forum that will allow us to track donations going forward. Not knowing what the response would be to a fundraising drive, I set up an arbitrary goal of $5000. Now, that seems like a lofty goal, at it is. But collectively we can do it! If we each chip in a couple bucks, or whatever we can afford, we can do it quite easily. We have over 1500 registered volunteers. If everyone put in just $3, we'd pretty much have our goal covered.

So what do you say? Let's do it!