How Photos Can Be Protected From Natural Disasters, Advises ScanMyPhotos.com

IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Expanding on the theme of National Preparedness Month (NPM), ScanMyPhotos.com is
not waiting until the annual September event to issue an urgent recommendation
encouraging people to take action and prepare for emergencies year-round. NPM is
a nationwide effort sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security's Ready
Campaign to increase awareness for preparing and to effectively deal with
emergencies and natural disasters.

ScanMyPhotos.com, an associate member of the National Association of
Professional Organizers (NAPO), is urging people to have their analog photo
snapshots scanned and backed up.

In advance of National Preparedness Month, ScanMyPhotos.com president and CEO,
Mitch Goldstone, said, "Beyond gathering survival items when preparing for
natural disaster emergencies, such as fires, hurricanes or earthquakes, think
about protecting irreplaceable items in the home."

While insurance may cover replacement of possessions that have monetary value,
how are you protecting items of emotional value? Those shoeboxes of family
photos tucked away are often overlooked until it is too late.

What is your backup plan?

According to ScanMyPhotos.com, the top six reasons to backup your photo memories
are:

1) Offsite storage in case of a natural disaster.

2) Family divorce or relationship separations (duplicate copies solve ownership
issues)

3) Halt ongoing fading and discoloration of your older analog pictures.

4) Easy sharing of photo reprints with others.

5) Making treasured photo gifts for anniversaries, birthdays and more.

6) Sharing stories and journaling to give a real `face` for family tree
genealogy projects.

"Preparing for a natural disaster is a year-round imperative," explains
Goldstone who said, "In an instant, when disaster strikes, you risk losing
precious photo memories. Family photographs document our lives in a way that
material items cannot. Once those photos are destroyed, that part of the family
history is lost forever. Family photos can also be `lost` due to neglectful
storage, sun exposure and actual time. There is an urgency to preserve your
analog photos before facing a possible natural disaster emergency."

The daunting task of individually scanning each picture has been replaced with
ultra-fast and affordable bulk photo scanning using Kodak technology and
performed by photo imaging industry professionals with same day return. Your
photos are digitally scanned and saved onto DVDs allowing you multiple off-site
backups.

ScanMyPhotos.com provides secured Extreme Backup to archive all your images. Its
menu of hundreds of other photo imaging gift and sharing items are posted on its
Web site.

Resources:

Background news: http://ow.ly/dcmu

Press release: http://ow.ly/dclO

Overview on preserving photos: http://ow.ly/dcma

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Website: ScanMyPhotos.com

Founded in 1990 as a boutique retail photo center, today, ScanMyPhotos.com is an
international company, headquartered in Irvine, California. The digital imaging
retail photo center and international online photo ordering service regularly
makes national news for its leadership and entrepreneurial innovations.

ScanMyPhotos.com
Mitch Goldstone
949-474-7654
Goldstone (at) ScanMyPhotos.com

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