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June 5, 2005
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June
6, 2005
Time: 9:30 - 11:30
am
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, One
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004... More
June
11, 2005
To benefit N.Y.
Firefighters Burn Center Foundation
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Long Beach Boardwalk, * Long Beach , L.I.
* Walk will start at Michael's Bench between Lincoln & Monroe Blvd... More
June
13, 2005
Time: 9:30 -
11:30 am
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, One
Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004... More
June
23, 2005
Final Public Briefing
Time: 2:00 - 3:15 pm
Location: The Marriott New York Financial Center Hotel Grand Ballroom... More
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Jamie Gorelick is a partner at Wilmer, Cutler,
Pickering, Hale & Dorr . Prior to joining
Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr in July
2003, Gorelick was vice chair of Fannie Mae. As
part of the four-person Office of the Chairman, she shared responsibility for
overall management of the company, directed its efforts to reach underserved
markets and oversaw Fannie Mae's external relationships, legal and regulatory
affairs. Prior to joining Fannie Mae in May 1997, Gorelick
was deputy attorney general of the United States, a position she
assumed in March 1994. From May 1993 until she joined the Justice Department,
Gorelick served as general counsel of the
Department of Defense. From 1979 to 1980 she was assistant
to the secretary and counselor to the deputy secretary of energy. In the
private sector, from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1993, Gorelick was a litigator in Washington,
D.C., representing major U.S. companies on a broad range
of legal and business matters. She served as president of the District of
Columbia Bar from 1992 to 1993. Gorelick is a
graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law
School. She is a member
of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Law Institute. Gorelick co-chaired, with Senator Sam Nunn, the Advisory
Committee of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure
Protection, and currently serves on the Central Intelligence Agency's
National Security Advisory Panel as well as the President's Review of
Intelligence.
Information and
picture from the National Commission
of Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
Despite the chilly
weather here in the Northeast, Summer is just around the corner. This week we
are featuring some of the wonderful camps that allow children affected by
9/11 to enjoy the great outdoors and share their experiences with each other.
The camps are run at little or no cost to the families, but many have fast
approaching enrollment deadlines, so don’t wait to sign your child up
for one of these fantastic opportunities.
Boston-based
is offering an exciting
opportunity for older children, ages 12-16, affected by the September 11
attacks: Adventure Camp, a three-week outward-bound style camping experience
in the Massachusetts Berkshires with two sessions, July 2-22 and July
29-August 18. Scholarships are available to cover part or all of the
camp’s tuition…more Link to attached word doc (adventure camp.doc)
is currently enrolling
boys and girls, ages 7-15, for its August 17-24 session. This will be America’s
Camp’s fourth summer in operation. Enrollment grew the first three
summers from 79 to 185 campers, and enrollment is expected to cap at 200 this
summer. Less than 25 spaces remain…more
and the Better Days Foundation
was set up to help families affected by 9/11 by providing a free week long
summer camp for children ages 6-14 years old (exceptions will be made on
these ages depending on the situation) who lost loved ones (parents, aunts,uncles, cousins, siblings and any other close
relationships) in the attacks on September 11, 2001...more
is a free, one-week sleep-away summer
camp experience held at Camp Kenny Brook in Monticello, New York the week of
August 20 - 26, 2005. This will be the fourth summer and, except for children
who have previously attended, the camp is offered to children ages 7 -12 of
families who lost a loved one on September 11…more
New in 2005, program
will expand to include not only children who lost a loved one on September
11th, but to any grieving child who has experienced the death of a parent,
sibling or primary caregiver to any type of loss…more
helps 9/11 families cope with
their loss by utilizing various disciplines of arts and creativity,
supplemented by structured intercultural exposure, as catalysts for healing.
The program’s two components are the Children Summer Camps and the year
round Weekend Family Get-a-ways…more
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