Free Family Photos for Refugees/Disaster Survivors

Hello to all of our wonderful supporters. As we the weather warms up, our photoshoots for families are increasing. We primarily work with refugee, migrant, and immigrant families who are starting over after enduring horrible chapters in their lives. We are still dealing with the ramifications of the current administration and how it affects people from other countries. Support services organizations are still shuttered or operating with limited staff, refugee families from other countries have slowed down being relocated to America, and people still cannot cross the border legally and seek asylum. To an extent this affects the amount of people we can offer our services to, there are still so many families to work with who have been here. We are actively working with the organizations to find those families and to be a source of comfort and joy by offering free family photos and new portraits to hang on their walls. 

We also work with families who have survived disasters such as fires, hurricanes, or tornadoes. And our focus on them has increased, especially as intense weather events seem to be happening more and more often.

We are looking forward to a busy summer full of photoshoots and connecting with communities. Thank you for your continued support and for being a part of our team. We could not do our work without you. 

-The team at Retake

It's the end of the year, and that means it's time for updates. We just celebrated our FIVE YEAR anniversary on November 23rd. We cannot express our gratitude enough for everyone who has supported us over the last five years. We've been able to meet and photograph so many families who have gone through incredibly difficult chapters in their lives and create new keepsakes for them as they rebuild. We've met with and created fantastic relationships with numerous nonprofit and community partners. It has been such meaningful work. 

Recently, we photographed the Ukrainian Christmas Festival in Wilmington, North Carolina. This annual event is a fundraiser for Ukrainian families here and overseas. We were able to reconnect with refugee families we've photographed over the years and check in with community partners doing good work. 

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday and we'll be raising funds through GlobalGiving, so keep an eye out for that! It's a great chance for us to fundraise so we can do more photoshoots for families in need. 

In the coming months, we'll be photographing throughout North Carolina for families who are refugees, migrants, immigrants, asylum seekers, and survivors of disaster, including those in the mountains who are still rebuilding from Hurricane Helene. 

Thank you, thank you, thank you again; and happy holidays from the team at Retake.