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- Through the grapevine, I heard that
that there were families struggling here in our town
and that food was a massive need.
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COVID-19 had affected her business
and a lot of different genres of her sessions had shut down
except for Front Porch Sessions.
Right there, I was like, "Oh, that's it."
They get a product and then to receive the product,
I would just say, "You have to donate
a minimum of $10 to food pantry."
I honestly thought maybe 15 families were gonna sign up
and so when I saw 80, I was kinda nervous.
But also really excited 'cause that meant
that I could really actually make
a pretty big impact on the community.
Some people did full quarantine outfits.
Some people came out and had wine bottles with them.
But then some, I could tell there was a story behind it.
- My husband was gone for over a month
because he had three or four cases
at his place of employment.
It is such a positive picture to look at
in such a chaotic time in our lives.
- Dad was quarantined to keep us safe.
I just wanted to be able to tell my youngest daughter Gracie,
"You're only three months old
but this is what we did all day."
- My phone was like, ding, ding, da-ding, ding.
Everybody was donating at once and not just $10,
but $20, $50, $100, $150.
Sometimes they weren't even from people that got a photograph.
Like these were from community members
outside of Reedsburg
that just wanted to help that had heard about it.
- I couldn't thank Lauren enough for what she has done
for a ton of families in our community.
- I'm very proud to be a part of this town.
It was really awesome.
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