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HomeCourageous Kids Day 2021

Courageous Kids Day

Saturday, October 16, 2021
11 am - 3 pm

Great America
4701 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA

Volunteer, along with other PPSCV photographers, providing free professional family portraits for these courageous kids and their families.
To register, visit our page on Meetup.com:   Register
 
For additional details, contact:

Laura Marshall  iamlauramarshall@yahoo.com



The goal of Courageous Kids Day is to provide an amazing experience for these young cancer patients

& their families and fund groundbreaking pediatric cancer research. 

"Building a Brighter Future Through Pediatric Cancer Research"

 

What is Courageous Kids Day?

This amazing event provides “a day away from cancer” free of charge to young cancer patients (children & teens) and their families from throughout the state of California.  Courageous Kids was founded in 1989 in partnership with California’s Great America.  It’s an extra-special, fun-packed day for the courageous kids and their families, allowing them to forget some of that stress and have fun together; a day of enjoying amusement rides, a picnic lunch, arts & crafts, family portraits, activities and photographs with local celebrities.



Check out 2020's Virtual Courageous Kids Day adventure @ https://youtu.be/SA3hx3Vcxco

AND check out this video celebrating 30 years of Courageous Kids Day @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp5M-Sjw5IU&t=1s



ACS's Courageous Kids Day is celebrating its 31st year this coming October.  This day was started as a "day off from cancer" for children with cancer and their families. Great America has hosted this wonderful event every year, providing the event space, free tickets, lunch, staff, and so much more to the families of courageous children each year.

The event is mostly staffed by about 200 volunteers, many of whom have been volunteering for many, many years. There are lots of fun activities happening for the kids and their families, including celebrities, sand castle building, games, music, arts & crafts, face painting, quilt production, food, fun, and.... and this is where PPSCV contributes.... FAMILY PORTRAITS!

We need the help of about 20 photographers to volunteer for this incredible event. Most will be in teams doing professional family portraits. A few will be doing candid photographs around the event venue. Whether you're a seasoned professional or a beginner, this is a very rewarding event. If you're new to the profession please feel free to volunteer. We'll be grouping less experienced photographers with more experienced ones, so everyone will be able to participate and learn.

Each attending family will be entitled to a free professional family portrait. In many cases, this is the only portrait this family has, or may ever have. It means so much to the families, and you'll feel their love and appreciation all day.


In order to participate, you must RSVP by registering on our Meetup.com page.
Do NOT show up unless you've been confirmed, as you will not be admitted.

Once you RSVP, you'll get a message with a questionnaire.

You'll be confirmed after we process the answers to the questions.
VERY IMPORTANT: Please only volunteer if you are really committed to being there. This is a big event and we need everyone there who says they'll be there. Thank you.

If you have questions, please feel free to email Laura Marshall using the contact details above.