9/11 Tribute Center programs are offered throughout the year. Lectures, educational workshops and support programs are available to unite family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents, rescue and recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in the aftermath of 9/11. Visit tributewtc.org for a schedule of upcoming programs and events.
Join Friends of Firefighters for a Happy Hour Fundraiser at the ReVision Lounge on Tuesday April 30, 2013, from 6:00pm-9:00pm.
$50.00 per person includes entrance, open bar and appetizers. Raffle drawings will be held. All proceeds benefit Friends of Firefighters.
No advance tickets will be sold – just pay at the door.
ReVision Lounge
219 Avenue B
New York, NY
Friends of Firefighters
199 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
The Carl V. Bini Fund and Briana’s Dream are hosting a benefit for Jake Schron on Saturday, April 28, 2013 at 3:00pm at Arena Steakhouse & Lounge in Staten Island.
A $20.00 donation (kids under 12 are free) gets you entry, great music and a chance to help little Jake Schron, who just had a heart transplant on Saturday, March, 24, 2013 after waiting 100 days on the transplant list. There will be a 50/50 drawing and a raffle for a $500 Ink Couture gift certificate.
The band line-up –
Shotgun Curly 3:15pm
A Work in Progress 4:15pm
Cause & the Effects 5:15pm
Rated Are 6:15pm
Scottish Widows 7:15pm
Rockers for SI Relief 8:05pm
Cashmier 8:15pm
Joyous Noise 9:15pm
Alive 10:15pm
This event is sponsored by the Carl Bini Memorial Fund and Briana’s Dream. For more information, please click here.
Arena Steakhouse & Lounge
4916 Arthur Kill Road
Staten Island, NY 10309
A comedy fundraiser for Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorial will be held at 8:00pm Friday, April 26, 2013 at the Radisson Hotel in Covington. Doors will open at 7:00pm.
Radio Hall of Famer Gary Burbank, Mike Armstrong, Loraine Braun, Dave Hyden and Rob Wilfong will provide two hours of laughs for those age 16 and older.
The evening’s events will also include a cash bar, raffles, and a 50/50.
Tickets are available in advance for $20.00 apiece at the Crescent Springs City Building. The cost to buy tickets at the door will be $25.00.
The piece of I-beam from the World Trade Center that will form the heart of the Northern Kentucky 9/11 Memorial will be on display during the evening. The Memorial will be built next to the Veterans’ Memorial in Crescent Springs City Park, at the intersection of Collins Road and Buttermilk Pike.
To learn more about the memorial, please click here.
Radisson Hotel
668 West 5th Street
Covington, KY
Crescent Springs City Building
739 Buttermilk Pike
Crescent Springs, KY
This year’s Danny Suhr Bowl will be played at 1:00pm on Saturday, April 21, 2013 at Brooklyn‘s Kings Bay Field.
The FDNY Football Club will take on the Brooklyn Mariners in honour of FF Danny Suhr, who captained both teams and played linebacker for both teams. Suhr made the supreme sacrifice at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Tickets are $10.00 for adults. Children are admitted free. There will also be a 50/50 drawing. All proceeds benefit the Danny Suhr Scholarship Fund
After the game, at 4:00pm, a party will be hosted by Mariner’s Inn. Half of the Inn’s takings will also go to the Danny Suhr Scholarship Fund.
Kings Bay Field
2670 Coyle Street (between Voorhies Avenue and Avenue Z)
Brooklyn, NY
Mariner’s Inn
3501 Avenue S
Brooklyn, NY
Join the Brent Woodall Foundation for Exceptional Children on Saturday, April 20, 2013 for an evening of roulette, craps, blackjack, Texas hold ‘em and cocktails to benefit the foundation’s work with autistic children.
6:00pm check-in, registration, and cocktails
7:00pm dinner
8:00pm Let the games begin!
There will also be a silent auction with great prizes.
To purchase tickets, please click here. Early-bird tickets are $75.00 or there’s a couples’ package for $112.50. Prices will rise as the day draws near.
The Brent Woodall Foundation is dedicated to empowering families affected by autism by providing them with the tools they need to help their own children. Autism spectrum disorders are second only to mental retardation as the most prevalent developmental disabilities to date. Currently, Autism affects 1 in 88 children. Now is your chance to help those children in need of the therapy that will change their lives.
Please email erin@woodallkids.org with any questions or to sponsor a table.
Brent Woodall was 31 and working with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on September 11, 2001. He never lived to meet his daughter. His widow runs the Brent Woodall Foundation for Exceptional Children in his honor.
Omni Mandalay Hotel
221 Las Colinas Blvd. E
Irving, TX 75039
Brent Woodall Foundation for Exceptional Children
3021 Gateway Drive, Suite 295
Irving, Texas 75063
800-209-9776; 972-756-9170
http://woodallkids.org
This year’s Got Heart, Give Hope Gala will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 6:30pm at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC. The evening’s hosts will be September 11th family member and retired FDNY captain John Vigiano, Sr. and Gary Sinise.
Ticket prices start at $500.00. To purchase your tickets, please click here. All proceeds help Hope for the Warriors continue their work to enhance the quality of life for post-9/11 service members, their families, and families of the fallen who have sustained physical and psychological wounds in the line of duty.
This year’s Hope & Courage Award winners
Military Honorees
COL Gregory D. Gadson, USA
COL Heather Meeds, ANG
LtCol David Barnes, USMC (Ret.)
LT (David) Matthew Bartles, USN
Michael Roesch, Former Air Force
Family Honorees
Samantha Bradley, Gold Star Family
Mary Nicholson, Courageous Caregiver
Pam Voltin, Courageous Caregiver
Service Provider Honoree
Charlie Wagner, Dedicated Volunteer, retired FDNY
To read about the honorees, please click here.
For more information, please contact Emma Riley at eriley@hopeforthewarriors.org.
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
1301 Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004
Hope for the Warriors
1335 Western Boulevard, Suite E PMB 48
Jacksonville, NC 28546