Do you have America's Cutest Kid...

Photographs by Kellie is participating in the National Charity Model Search to select “America’s Cutest Kid” and to raise funds for charity. Participating photographers will submit portraits of local children, ages 18 months to 14 years, for online voting to determine the city finalist. The child voted city finalist may elect to serve as a model during the 2009 Sandy Puc Tots 2 Teens Seminar Tour at a city near their home. Sandy will be visiting Portland on this tour and Photographs by Kellie will be in attendance at the seminar.

City finalists are determined by online votes. Anyone may vote. Each vote is $1, and all proceeds from each vote benefit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS.org). Photography and modeling industry experts will determine the contest’s national winner. The national model winner receives many prizes, including a $5,000 US Savings Bond and a Canon PowerShot G10 digital camera.

Our special Session Fee for this event is $35 per child... this fee includes a 20 minute studio session at Photographs by Kellie, one image submitted to the national gallery and a 5x7 print of the submitted image for you. Sessions are limited and need to be completed by February 7th. This will allow for the images to be uploaded to the national gallery in time for the voting for our region. Call or email for more info or to secure your time slot, 503.255.3468 or photosbykellie@msn.com

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTD), is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization committed to assisting parents and families going through the difficult time when they experience an early infant loss. NILMDTS connects families with photographers and provides them with a DVD and a reproducible CD of the images of their baby at no cost to the family. For further information on NILMDTS, visit their website at www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org.

Sandy Puc, Model Search organizer, has long believed charitable work is the backbone of the community. She created this contest to highlight excellence in the portrait photography industry as well as raise funds for NILMDTS, and organization she co-founded in 2005.