Justine Miller Photography- Heart of America Foundation

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet some wonderful people from the Heart of America Foundation. They had asked me to come out a photograph some before pictures of an upcoming project they will be working on here in Arizona. They will be partnering with Target in renovating and remodeling a elementary library/media center at a local school here in Phoenix which will service many low-income children.
When I arrived at the school, it appeared to be a normal school, it was in a rough neighborhood, but aside from the bars surrounding the school, it appeared to be just any ordinary school. I was astounded when I walked into the library. The library was just perfect for this foundations project, where they will renovate, remodle, refurnish and restock this library so that these children have the reading experience that they deserve. The main thing that struck me was the lack of books in this library. They had a pretty decent selection of picture books for the younger children, but there was a lacking of hardback and even paperback books for the older reading levels. I didnt see a cataloge for the children to learn how to look up books, their media desk consisted of a small table and computer. I was just shocked to see how little they had to work with and I was so happy to know that there was a wonderful group who were going to take the time to give these children the library they deserve to have. The project managers over at the Heart of America told me the library will be receiving two thousand new books, and each child will be receiveing five books for their own keeping, and on top of that target will be giving 2 more books per child. This is just a wonderful group of people and a wonderful cause. If you have time, stop by their website and see how you can help with this wonderful cause!
I will post some before afters in Sept/Oct once the project is complete. I really can't wait to see what they do!