Joyful chaos. That’s the best way to describe the Thursday in mid-June that 25 children and their families visited the Studio at 428 in Leesburg for a remarkable photo shoot.

A volunteer greeting everyone at the door received countless hugs. Inside, parents sat on a couch in the waiting area and shared on video what this shoot meant to them. A little girl, climbing into the hair and makeup chair in the next room, confidently asked for two braids, then held onto them during her whole photo shoot because she was so proud of them.