Doyle Award for Nonprofit Excellence

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. - April 22, 2015 - PRLog -- Cameras For Kids Foundation is a nonprofit specifically created to provide at-risk teens, often living in foster care, the opportunity to have a camera and learn the basic concepts of art and photography.

The program is designed to boost teens’ self-esteem and self-confidence while offering a valuable skill set that the children can carry with them through life.

CFKF works with teens that have a history of abuse, abandonment or severe neglect causing them to be at risk of emotional and anti-social behaviors. Photography is an effective and therapeutic tool in igniting children’s imaginations and giving them a unique, artistic voice and productive means of self-expression.

Founded in 2009, Cameras For Kids has since expanded rapidly, having brought its program to 27 separate facilities across the United States, Canada and Haiti. The CFKF provides the photography equipment and offers a series of classes over an eight-week period. Upon completing the course, the students exhibit their fine art photography in galleries and other public venues.

“I attribute much of our popularity and successes to the many talented photographers teaching our program as these volunteers truly want to share their passion of photography with a less fortunate child,” said Betsey Chesler, founder and CEO of Cameras For Kids Foundation. “Photography is universal. Regardless of what language a child speaks or which city they live in, I consistently see such wonderful transformations in each group of kids during the eight-week sessions.”

The CFKF board of directors consists of eight members who share in the mission to help better the lives of underprivileged children. The board’s role is to establish partnerships with corporations and community members as well as to support the foundation’s many events, including gallery exhibits and fundraisers.

This year’s annual “Carnivale” fundraiser takes place Oct. 3 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood.

For more information, visit www.CamerasForKidsFoundation.org or call 954-354-5080.

Doyle Award for Nonprofit Excellence Spotlighting the work of Cameras for Kids Foundation

  The Nonprofit Spotlight, established by the Dennis M. and Lois A. Doyle Family Foundation in partnersip with Sun Sentinel Children’s Fund, spotlights local nonprofits and the people behind them that make South Florida a great place to live. The award is provided to one nonprofit in Broward County and one in Palm Beach County.

For the past 20 years, the Doyle Family Foundation has endowed more than 100 scholarships and events in the name of outstanding individuals, institutions and nonprofit organizations that have had a significant impact on their communities.