Recruitment News
July, 2003
Digital Cameras to be Distributed
The Michigan Family Independence Agency and MARE were recently awarded
a $5,000 mini-grant from the Adoption Exchange Association to be used
for recruitment purposes. The money will be used to purchase approximately
25 digital cameras that will be given to selected agencies on a “permanent
loan” basis with the understanding that agencies will use the cameras
to obtain quality photographs of adoption-eligible children for recruitment
purposes - including the MARE Book.
“We’ve all seen the difference between high quality photos
and dark, blurry photos in the MARE Book,” said Kirsta Grapentine,
Program Director for MARE. “We hope that the digital cameras will
allow adoption workers to be able to provide us with higher quality photos
for the MARE Book on a consistent basis.”
Agencies will be selected to receive a camera based on the criteria
of serving a large geographical area and/or having a large population
of adoption-eligible children for whom they are recruiting families. Cameras
and software will be provided along with training by MARE staff on how
to use the cameras, along with tips for taking better photos. (See the
article on photos in the June issue of Recruitment News.)
Agencies selected to receive a camera will be contacted in the near
future with more details. A few cameras will also be kept at the MARE
office for loan to agencies that were not selected to receive one.
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