June 17, 2013 – June 21, 2013
The hearings originally scheduled for the week of April 22, 2013 will be held beginning June 17, 2013, due to a server failure that lost documents in the case.
June 18, 2013 – August 1, 2013
The Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery is presented every September 11th to a Massachusetts resident who demonstrates exceptional bravery without regard for personal safety in honor of Flight Attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney.
Madeline Amy Sweeney was working aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001. She made contact with airline personnel on the ground and provided them with information about the terrorists that enabled the investigation to begin. She was 35.
Anyone can make a nomination by visiting www.mass.gov. To be considered for the award, nominations must provide proof of the nominee’s residence in Massachusetts; the names of two or more witnesses with personal knowledge of the act of courage exhibited by the nominee, and a detailed account of any public recognition of the act that the nominee may have received, including press coverage.
Nominations are due Thursday, August 1, 2013 for acts of bravery performed between July 15, 2012 and June 15 2013. Nominations should be made online or mailed to Madeline Amy Sweeney Award, c/o Executive Office of Public Safety, One Ashburton Place, Room 2133, Boston MA 02108. You may also email completed nominations to eopsinfo@state.ma.us
June 18, 2013 – August 1, 2013
If you will be in Boston on September 11, 2013, are a September 11th family member and would like to read names at this year’s commemoration ceremony, please send your name and contact information to Danielle Lemack at dblemack@yahoo.com by August 1, 2013. Children are welcome to participate.
If your loved one’s photo is not included in the video montage shown annually at the Boston ceremony, please email Danielle as soon as possible.
June 20, 2013
A Caring Hand’s annual Benefit will be held in the Lake Room of the Central Park Boathouse on Thursday, June 20, 2013.
Cocktail attire is requested. Live & silent auctions will be held to benefit the bereavement center for children run by A Caring Hand, the Billy Esposito Foundation.
The evening begins at 6:30pm and ends at 10:00pm. The evening’s honorees are Brett Hickey and Justin Mayo.
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A Caring Hand, The Billy Esposito Foundation
P.O. Box 1232
New York, NY 10276
212-229-CARE (2273)
The Loeb Boathouse Central Park, Lake Room
East 72nd Street and Park Drive North
New York, NY
June 22, 2013
The eighth annual Shawn Nassaney golf outing will take place at Swansea Country Club on Saturday, June 22, 2013. Tee-off shotgun start is at 1:00pm. Golf will be played in a scramble format.
Join the Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Foundation for 18 holes of golf. Included in the fee is golf, cart, steak dinner, polo shirt, memorial glass. There will be some other prizes and raffles. For details, please email patness@charter.net.
Shawn Nassaney and his girlfriend Lynn Goodchild, both 25, were headed for a Hawaiian vacation aboard United Flight 175 on September 11, 2001 when terrorists hijacked their plane and flew it into Tower 2 of the World Trade Center.
Shawn M. Nassaney Memorial Foundation
P.O. Box 911
Millville, MA 01529
www.shawnmnassaney.org
Swansea Country Club
299 Market Street
Swansea, MA 02777
June 29, 2013
The twelfth annual Lt. Joe Gullickson Memorial Picnic will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2013, from 12:00pm to 6:00pm at Nansen’s Park on Staten Island.
There will be games, softball, volleyball, basketball, bocci ball, a playground, horseshoes, activities, prizes and a raffle drawing for $2,500.00. Great food and drink too.
The fee to attend is $40.00 per adult; $10.00 per child aged 6-14 and free for children under 6. Proceeds fund the Gullickson-McGuire Memorial Scholarship.
Lt. Joseph Gullickson of FDNY Ladder 101 gave his life on September 11, 2001.
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Nansen’s Park
3465 Victory Blvd.
Staten Island, NY 10314