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The 2nd Annual Save Your Photos Day is coming up on Saturday, 26 September 2015. So write it in your diary or on the calendar, because you don’t want to miss it.

Save Your Photos Day is an annual event that offers individuals the opportunity to connect through local community events, an online event, activities and resources that highlight what you can do to safeguard your photos and treasured memorabilia before disasters or accidents occur. Participation is expected from around the world!
How to get involved?Save Your Photos Day is open to anyone with an interest in helping others safeguard their photos and treasured memorabilia. While individuals can take part, is is expected that Societies, Museums, Groups Libraries and other Community Organisations will host a “Scan Your Photos Day” event, encouraging others to bring along photos for them to be scanned.
It does not require lots of money, or time to get started. You simply need to have an interest in saving photos, enjoy working with others and have a scanner.
Getting startedThis is an initiative of the creators of the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner, and the Save Your Photos Alliance has provided the following ideas to get started with a Save Your Photos Day event …

  • Offering a workshop or event in your community at a local library, or faith-based, charitable, civic, or professional group
  • Write about Save Your Photos Day in blogs or newsletters
  • Post the Save Your Photos Day logo onto your website
  • Tweet about Save Your Photos Day using the hashtag #savephotosday

Register your event
Register your event now.

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Can you imagine losing your treasured photos? Unexpected events such as tornadoes, floods or fires can bring with them great loss and misfortune. This includes the unexpected loss of your family’s treasures like photos, videos, and documents. In the digital age that we live in, it doesn’t just take a natural disaster to wipe our your photo library. A crashed hard drive or broken smart phone can also result in instant loss of treasured memories.

Don’t wait until it is too late. Stop telling yourself “you’ll get on to scanning them soon”. Do it now, and take part on the Save Your Photo Day.

http://www.saveyourphotos.org/