With the start of March, the "Portrait of a Veteran" Photo Project is 8 months young and still continuing to get established and recognized. I'm beginning to hear lots of great comments from the local community, and the "LIKES," shares and comments about the photos posted to the Portrait of a Veteran Facebook page has been overwhelming, to say the least. Support to the veteran's pictured is heartwarming.

I want to personally and publicly thank and acknowledge the three project donors that have contributed funds or in-kind services to help the project get it's legs and slowly begin to move forward.

We just this week received a generous monetary donation from the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 832 of Fairmont, MN. This money, along with another generous financial donation by Woodward Broadcasting of Fairmont, will help to make a number of enlargements of the veteran's images for the planned traveling photo exhibit.

And last but not least, a huge thank you goes out again to Jay and Tanya at The Visual Identity Vault of Fairmont for putting tons of time and creativity into designing our logo (seen above), getting some logo shirts made and brochures put together. I look forward to showing these off very soon!

I got big shot of publicity for the project last week in the way of a front page feature story and photos in the Fairmont Photo Press weekly newspaper. I've heard many comments from people who read the great article. Plus, I've had a couple requests to speak about the photo project at local service organizations, which I look forward to, thanks to the exposure in the newspaper.

I have already have two requests to show some of the veteran's photos this coming spring and summer in the Fairmont, MN area. Please stay tuned for more information on these exhibits as details are worked out.  I'll be able to show off the fruits of the recent donations and hopefully get more groups, businesses and individuals to help fund the hard cover photo book I wish to publish containing all the veteran's images and their stories!

Thanks again!!!