MEDIA ALERT  
May 28, 2008

GOV. THOMAS KEAN, REP. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS TO ATTEND

VOICES OF SEPT. 11 “ALWAYS REMEMBER” GALA

May 29, Greenwich Country Club

WHO              First-ever Voices of September 11 fund-raising gala. Hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, the “Always Remember” Gala will include remarks by ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman, and entertainment by the Harlem Gospel Choir, considered among the most famous gospel choirs in America. Also attending: former Governor Thomas H. Kean of New Jersey and chairman of the 9/11 Commission; and Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), CT Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and CT Lieutenant Governor Michael Fedele.

WHEN            6 p.m., Thursday, May 20, 2008

WHERE         Greenwich Country Club, 19 Doubling Rd., Greenwich, Conn. (www.greenwichcountryclub.org)

WHY               Funds raised at the gala will benefit the Voices of September 11th Living Memorial digital archive that will document the lives and stories of September 11, 2001 (www.911livingmemorial.org).

MEDIA CONTACT

Joyce Greene, Voices of September 11th, 203 966 3911 cell (203) 434-4839, jgreene@voicesofsept11.org,  

Jeff Blumenfeld, Blumenfeld and Assoc. PR, 203 655 1600; cell 203 326 1200, jeff@blumenfeldpr.com  

Editor’s Note: Media are invited to attend the event at no cost, however, dinner reservations are closed.   

About the Voices of September 11th Living Memorial digital archive: The 9/11 Living Memorial is a digital archive that commemorates the lives of those who perished and documents firsthand accounts of rescue workers, survivors and the response of corporations at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Shanksville, PA. 

VOICES launched the project in September, 2006 and has hosted 50 workshops around the country.  VOICES staff meets with family members one-on-one to digitize photographs, eulogies, written tributes and other personal keepsakes.  The archive is currently online and contains over 1,400 individual tributes to those who perished and documents over 500 memorials that were built in their memory.  VOICES’ goal is to create a comprehensive archive with tributes to each of those who perished by the time the Memorial Museum opens its doors in 2011.  The archive will be expand over time and be incorporated into the National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center. 

Visit www.voicesofsept11.org or  www.911livingmemorial.org for more information.

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