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This week invitations were mailed for our 5th Anniversary September 10th Information Forum and September 11th Commemorative Luncheon. If you have not yet recieved your invitation, expect it in your mailbox very soon. Again this year the two day event will be an opportunity for you to gather together with the 9/11 community in an informal setting as well as receive pertinent information. Panel discussions and workshops will focus on building resiliency and magnificent artwork and quilts created in response to 9/11 will be on display. Details about the program as well as an online registration will be posted on the VOICES website next week.
We have received an overwhelming response to the request for hotel rooms and unfortunately only have limited rooms available on September 10th and 11th. If you are interested in reserving a room on one of those dates please contact our office as soon as possible at (866) 505-3911 or (203) 966-3911.
As you know, there are numerous events planned leading up to the 5th Anniversary. In an effort to keep everyone informed, we are compiling a comprehensive list of 9/11 commemorative events that will be posted on our website. Please notify us of any events
or memorial dedications that you are aware of in your community by emailing the information to email@voicesofsept11.org.
We hope this letter finds you well and enjoying your summer.
Warm Regards,
Mary Fetchet
VOICES of September 11th wants to help you get the word out about memorial events taking place around September 11th this year. If you are planning an event, please email us with the event name, date, location, and contact information as well as a brief description. We are soliciting information on various types of events including: Memorial Foundation fundraisers, community remembrances and memorial dedications, mental health or resiliency support, cultural events, informational meetings, and others as well. A running calendar of events will be published on our website and the weekly e-Newsletters. Add your event to our listings today!
The Rescue and Recovery Workers Teleconference Group will be moving to a new day and time. Beginning on July 25th the group will meet every other Tuesday evening at 7:00. The new group facilitator will be Michelle Doherty, clinical social worker. As always, new members are welcome but registration is required. Please call the VOICES office toll-free at (866) 505-3911 for information and to register.
When: Saturday, July 29, 2006
Time: 7 p.m. (Rain date July 30th)
Location: Indian Wells Beach, Amagansett, NY
Contact: Read the Event Flyer
Join the Cantor Fitzgerald community for the Fouth Annual White Party to benefit The Children Of The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund, in Memory of Gary Lutnick. Enjoy Lobsters, Libations, and Live Music
Surfside under the stars.
$200.00 per person.
Tickets must be purchased in advance.
When: Monday, July 31, 2006
Time: 12:30pm Shotgun Start
Location: Rockville Links Golf Club Rockville Centre, NY
Contact: Click Here
Join the family and friends of Matthew J. Burke at this year's Memorial Golf Classic to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The Wounded Warrior Project, in partnership with the Adaptive Sports Foundation, supports adaptive
athletic events for permanently injured soldiers and marines returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Together, they sponsor skiing, water skiing and golf events in Windham, NY and Breezy Point, NY.
Please help us support those who have sacrificed so much for us and our country.
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When: Monday, July 31, 2006
Time: 7:00 am for Registration;
8:00 am SHARP Shotgun Start
Location: Marine Park GC,
2880 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY
Contact: Click Here for a flyer. Call Anthony Ardolino: (718) 477-1058,
John Thompson: (845) 634-4347,
or Phil Meagher (646) 247-3692
Join the Family and Friends of Michael P. Ragusa for a Memorial Golf Event to benefit the Scholarship Fund established in his name. $150.00 minimum donation per player includes: breakfast, greens fees, golf carts, beverages, BBQ @ turn, and a hot food luncheon to follow.
Please
click here to send us information on your memorial or foundation event. The
information will be posted on the VOICES website and included in upcoming
e-Newsletters.
The 9/11 Memorial Garden in Lower Makefield Township, Pennsylvania will open to the public on September 30, 2006 as the state’s official September 11th memorial. The memorial is currently under construction and will consist of two fountains pointing to the heavens to symbolize healing and rebirth. (see architect's rendering at left). Encircling these fountains will be the names of the 17 people from Bucks County who died on 9/11.
The names of all of the 9/11 victims will comprise the memorial’s Remembrance Walk, which will be lit with 42 lights, each symbolizing one of Pennsylvania residents who died in the attack. "Those who have worked so hard to raise the money and to put this memorial together now have a designation as the official state memorial. That means it is very unlikely there will be another memorial to all the victims of 9-11 in the state and the state can promote this as part of its response to this tragedy and as a site for people to visit, seek solace in the events of that day and to pay respect to the victims,” said Pennsylvania State Representative David Steil, who helped secure the 9/11 Memorial Garden's designation as the state’s official monument. State Rep. Steil is quoted in Yardley (Pa.) News coverage. More information on the 9/11 Memorial Garden can be found on its official website.
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PA Cops View "World Trade Center" |
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An audience of Port Authority Police attended an advance screening this week in New York of Oliver Stone's new film "World Trade Center." The film opens nationwide on August 9th. According to Jennifer Brown, who is coordinating 9/11 Family outreach for the film, advance screenings for Family Members and survivors in the Northeast are in the works but no dates have been set. VOICES Weekly e-Newsletter will have an update next week on future screenings specifically for the 9/11 Community.
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"World Trade Center" centers on the story of retired Port Authority Sgt. John McLoughlin (played by Nicholas Cage, left) and Officer Will Jimeno (played by Michael Pena), who were rescued after many hours trapped in the rubble of the towers. The film has faced criticism from victim's families and others that it is too soon for a realistic--and necessarily dramatic and intense--depiction of the 9/11 attacks. Others have voiced concern that any commercial movie would be exploitive of the heroism and sacrifice on 9/11. But according to Coverage in the New York Daily News, the reviews of those who attended were generally positive--especially regarding the realistic depiction of the scene at Ground Zero after the attacks. "They had it - down to the dust," according to Gus Danese, president of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, as quoted in the Daily News. PA Detective Tom McHale, who was a consultant on the film added "I'm glad it was a private screening," he said. "It was raw, but accurate." Screenings were also held this week in Toronto and Dallas.
Homeland security official urges personal preparation --
The nation must embrace a “new culture of preparedness” to handle a wide range of possible disasters in the future, a top official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in Des Moines (Des Moines Register)
'9/11' miniseries done with 'dignity' -- "The Path to 9/11," a six-hour miniseries dramatization of events uncovered and included in "The 9/11 Commission Report," will air Sept. 10 and 11 (NY Daily News)
Feds Come up With City Anti-Terror $$ --
The feds are stepping up their dirty-bomb detection at New York's port and on area roadways in a pair of national pilot programs - moves that critics say is a giveback for drastically slashing the city's anti-terror funds (New York Post)
U.S. and Russia Will Police Nuclear Terrorists --
President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Saturday will announce a new global program to track potential nuclear terrorists, detect and lock up bomb-making materials and coordinate their responses if terrorists obtain a weapon, according to administration officials who have negotiated the deal (New York Times)
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