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Harris photographed Suzy
Bucierka and her husband in 2011.
Like many others, Bucierka is
profoundly thankful for the work
HeartsApart.org is doing.
“It’s one of my most memorable
photography experiences ever,” she
remembers. “We still have the pho-tos
framed all around our house.
They are as special as our wedding
photos. They have gone above and
beyond to share their time and
talents with us. It means so much to
realize there are people out there
who care about the military and
their families, regardless of politics.”
Bucierka’s husband has taken his
card on multiple deployments.
“My husband keeps that card on
him at all times. It means so much
to him,” she says. “Even when he’s
home, he always carries it in his
wallet.”
The organization focused on
North Carolina — home to Camp
Lejeune, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force
Base, Seymour Johnson AFB, Marine
Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and
MCAS New River — when it was
founded in 2010. It now works with
more than 450 photographers in
46 states, with hopes of further
expansion.
Mary Heath, who came aboard
as project director in March 2011,
was instrumental to the organiza-tion’s
foundation. Her favorite part
of her role was interacting with the
families.
“I was there for many of the ses-sions,”
she says. “I saw what these
families go through and how appre-ciative
they are.”
Heath continued to keep in touch
with many of the families after the
shoots concluded.
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WIN
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH MAGAZINE’S INAUGURAL
Deadline for entries is January 4, 2019
Enter as amateur or professional. Subject categories are
landscape, people, and wildlife. The Grand Prize winner will
have his or her photograph printed on the cover of Wrightsville
Beach Magazine and receive a one-year annual subscription.
All category winners will be showcased in our March 2019 issue.
To enter, email your photo as jpeg, tiff or bmp format to
contest@wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com
Limit 3 entries per person. Please include your name, physical address, email address, occupation and
place of employment, photograph title or description, date taken, category, indicate if submission is
full-size original or reduced-size file for contest purpose, and other notes if necessary (what is happen-ing
if it is an unusual scene, why you took the photograph, etc.). Please read complete rules
at www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com/images/photo_contest_rules.pdf
/photo_contest_rules.pdf
