WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA-- 9/26/2006-- PHOTOS FOR HUNGER™ is a photography exhibit and auction created by Bill Margulies, a local photographer from Camarillo. The event is set for October 29, 2006 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza. All proceeds from the event will go directly to the Children’s Hunger Fund: www.childrenshungerfund.org.
In addition to local supporters, out-of-state photographers have also come together to help fight children’s hunger- one photo at a time. In addition to the photographs, sponsor donated items will be offered at both silent and live auctions. The following photographers have kindly donated artwork to be auctioned off during the event.
Luca Battaglia, photographer from New Mexico who handcrafts frames from metal, incorporating the frame and photograph into a unified piece of artwork. www.galleriab.com
Doug Doldy, an award winning photographer from Washington specializing in landscapes, seascapes and large format panoramas. www.painted-
Youssef Ismail from Campbell, CA, captures brilliant light in landscape photography. www.organiclightphoto.com
DeWitt Jones, award winning photographer from Windsor, California and regularly featured writer in Outdoor Photographer magazine. www.dewittjones.com
Kelli Knack is a local photographer from Thousand Oaks with talents that involve amazing hand coloring of black and white originals. www.kelliknack.com
Margaret Malandruccolo, an LA-based award-winning photographer known for distinctive emotional vision and lush photographic imagery. www.mmfoto.com
Michael Margulies, from Boise, Idaho, is a photo journalist and cinema photographer;
Ira Meyer, from Oxnard, CA, published in National Geographic; has outstanding works from his trips to Antarctica. www.irameyer.com
Jorge Vera, Florida-based photographer back from a recent trip to South America where he documented environmental changes taking places in the Andes Mountains. www.photo.net/
Joe Virnig, photographer specializing in scenic photography of Ventura County. www.venturacountyvistas.com
The charity’s organizer, Bill Margulies stated, “I appreciate everyone’s hard work and donations. I hope that our efforts will come together to make a difference in these children’s lives.”
EVENT: “Erasing Hunger One Photo at a Time”™
DATE: Sunday, October 29, 2006
TIME: 2:00 – 6:00 PM
LOCATION: Hyatt Westlake Plaza
880 S. Westlake Blvd.
Westlake Village, California 91361
805-557-1234
The Children’s Hunger Fund®, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is committed to helping children across America and around the world. In addition to programs in 38 states within the U.S., children in more than 100 countries have benefited in some way from their program services.
Being one of the most cost-effective non-profit organizations in existence, the Children’s Hunger Fund has an administrative budget of less than 1%! Thus, ninety-nine cents of every charitable dollar goes directly toward helping children.
Please note that the charity’s organizer, Bill Margulies is still looking for items for the auction as well as financial sponsors. If you are interested please contact Bill at 805-482-8284 or email: billmargulies@
All media inquiries can go to Mona Loring of M. Loring Communications 805-231-3182 or contact@monaloring.com.
