9/11 Day Honors Through Volunteering

9/11 Day Honors Through Volunteering

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9/11 Memorial volunteer Mark Eisen stands in Times Square for 9/11 Day’s “I Will” campaign. (Photo courtesy 9/11 Day)

9/11 Day, the international nonprofit movement to observe 9/11 every year as a day of charitable service, is asking Americans what they will do this 9/11 to honor those lost that tragic day.

Founded in 2002 by David Paine and Jay Winuk in honor of Winuk’s brother Glenn who was killed on 9/11, 9/11 Day encourages millions to participate annually by taking time out on 9/11 to help others in need, in their own way.

9/11 Memorial volunteer Mark Eisen recently stood in Times Square to declare how he will give back on 9/11.  See Eisen’s pledge at Tout.com, and visit 911day.org to make your own pledge to join the 9/11 Day movement. 

Learn how you can volunteer year-round at the 9/11 Memorial here.

By 9/11 Memorial Staff 

Volunteerism since 9/11, RSVP now for latest lecture

Volunteerism since 9/11, RSVP now for latest lecture

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The "9/11, Today and Tomorrow" speaker series has returned  for another installment at the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site, 20 Vesey St. (Between Church Street and Broadway).

Join Jay Winuk of MyGoodDeed, Bill Keegan of H.E.A.R.T. 911, and a member of the New York Says Thank You Foundation for a discussion covering how volunteerism in the U.S. increased  after 9/11 and inspired President Obama to declare Sept. 11 a National Day of Service. The three organizations and their leaders have met the challenge of service, response and relief, and crisis counseling across the country and the globe.

Come hear their stories:

6:30 p.m., Wed., Dec. 8

Due to limited space, it’s highly recommended that you RSVP online at national911memorial.org/rsvp. A suggested donation of $10 per person will help support ongoing programming.

Norm Dannen, Public Affairs Associate

new website supporting 9/11 national day of service is launched

new website supporting 9/11 national day of service is launched

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Today, MyGoodDeed.org officially launches 911dayofservice.org, a new website supporting this year's 9/11 National Day of Service. The website incorporates a powerful and innovative tool that makes it easy for individuals to find and support charitable causes that match their interests and provides a range of actions for supporting their causes.  This “powered by MyGoodDeed” application was developed in collaboration with Guidestar, Network for Good, AllForGood, and HandsOn Network. 

As part of the new website, MyGoodDeed also unveiled their 9/11 National Day of Service education program, which includes more than 20 lesson plans on 9/11 as well as “Learn and Serve” toolkits to help schools organize age appropriate service projects.  The 9/11 Memorial contributed two sets of commemorative teaching resources that, along with supplemental materials from 4 Action Initiative, Tribute WTC Visitor Center, and Education Trust, provide constructive and comprehensive tools to teach students about the events of 9/11 and inspire classrooms and families to adopt causes and perform good deeds in observance of 9/11.  More than 10,000 classrooms are expected to utilize these materials this year.

In 2009, MyGoodDeed spearheaded the first 9/11 National Day of Service, which turned out more than 5 million people in all 50 states and 165 countries, including President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, to perform acts of service to commemorate 9/11.  This year they anticipate even more and, on September 11, 2011, hope to stage the largest single day of service and volunteering in the nation’s history in honor and commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the attacks with the goal of encouraging as many as 10 million Americans to adopt and support causes, volunteer or perform good deeds.  The 9/11 Day of Service initiative is led by the 9/11 nonprofit MyGoodDeed.org, in partnership with The Corporation for National and Community Service, HandsOn Network, and the 9/11 Memorial.

By Ryan Pawling, Coordinator of Partnershiops for the 9/11 Memorial

9/11 Memorial partners with non-profit for national day of service

MyGoodDeed, a 9/11 non-profit organization, announced its plans Wednesday to organize the largest day of service in U.S. history on Sept. 11, 2011 in honor and commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the attacks, according to PR Newswire.  The announcement was made during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New York.

MyGoodDeed spearheaded the effort to establish Sept. 11 as an annual National Day of Service and Remembrance, which was signed into law by President Obama in April 2009.  The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is working with MyGoodDeed towards this day, along with numerous other non-profit organizations.

Approximately $1 million has already been raised, through private grants and federal support, to encourage the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance.  It was also announced that a special website will be launched to help organizations sign up for the day of service.  The goal is to enroll as many as 100,000 organizations before the 10th anniversary.

Volunteer service projects, open to the public, will be organized for September 10-11, 2010, in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston and Philadelphia.  Regional affiliates hope to encourage and mobilize volunteers through organized service projects in remembrance of the 9/11 victims.  Projects will occur in cities across the country and featured on HandsOnNetwork.org, and service opportunities will be posted on 911dayofservice.org.

The 9/11 Memorial will open at the World Trade Center site on Sept. 11, 2011, and the museum will open one year later, with service as an important element in its exhibits.  

By Meghan Walsh, Communications Associate for the 9/11 Memorial

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