News you need to know….

As we move into the last few weeks of this exciting event, there are some important things we’d like to pass on to you:

To date, we have raised $19,115 through votes, and we are grateful for your support.  Unfortunately, we are significantly behind our prior years’ totals for this event which is our biggest fundraiser of the year.  Please encourage your participating families, and their friends to continue to vote for their “Cutest Kids”.

We have also heard from many of you that the late start for voting created an impact for your participating families, and requested we extend the voting deadline to allow additional participation.  We wanted you to know that in response to your request, we will extend the voting deadline by 5 days to April 10th at 11:59 pm Mountain Time.

Several of you have also contacted us about some “glitches” in the new “favorite points” process.  This was a new feature this year, and offered in response to feedback from prior years, but we know that there have been some challenges with the system.  Rest assured that we are working to ensure that point counts are accurate.  We will be verifying point totals for all entries to confirm that the points captured in our database are accurately reflected in the gallery and in the standings.  We will also be verifying all email addresses  used to award points for validity.  If you see an adjustment in point totals in the gallery, you can be confident that we have painstakingly verified all points awarded in our database.  To further guarantee accuracy, and make sure the children with the most points move into the final judging round, the points award process will close as originally scheduled on April 5th at 11:59 pm Mountain time.  Voting will remain open for 5 additional days, and we will utilize that time to finish verifying the validity of all points awarded.  Vote totals continue to be reflected accurately.  On April 11, 2011 the finalists will be announced.

Oh No!  Entries with no votes or points!
Time to Get the Word out to Vote.

Photographers:
If you did not enter the family email when you uploaded the image, then the email notification verifyng the acceptance of the image and the direct URL to the image was sent only to you.  Have you forwarded the link and the voting information to your clients?  Take some time today to connect with all of your clients who entered to make sure they know how to vote.

Families:
Don’t forget to take some time and contact your friends and family members, and ask them to vote for your child!  There are some fantastic prizes  to win (see the prize list below), and remember that this event benefits an International Charity providing services to families suffering an early infant loss.  This is a great way to help us continue to ofer our services to grieving families in need.

To vote, please visit the Charity Model Search Gallery.

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