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.
The New York City Bar Justice Center is offering free legal clinics for individuals needing assistance in filing claims under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF). Clinics will be facilitated by volunteer lawyers who will provide free counsel and advice to people who would like to file a claim under the VCF without an […]
On Saturday, August 24, 2013, from 11:00am-1:00pm, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Long Island Chapter will be hosting their first ever "Survivor Day" to honor patients and survivors of blood cancers. There will be entertainment and activities of all sorts, lunch will be provided, a short program will be held, and gift bags will be […]
September is Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month. To learn more about events and how you can be involved, please click here. Thyroid cancer is one of the cancers proven to be caused by toxins at the World Trade Center site. The normal rate for men to get thyroid cancer is 4 per 100,000. The rate among recovery workers is many […]
The Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Support Group will meet from 6:00pm-7:30pm on Wednesday, September 4, 2013, and then the first Wednesday of every month at Orange Regional Medical Center's Community Health Education Center in Wallkill. For more information, call 888-321-6762. Orange Regional Medical Center Community Health Education Center 110 Crustal Run Road Wallkill, NY […]
The annual Remember Me Run at St. Michael’s Cemetery will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, September 7, 2013. A project of the Christopher A. Santora Scholarship Fund, the Remember Me Run helps the children of rescue and recovery workers who have died of illnesses contracted from searching for survivors and human remains in the wreckage of […]
The Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, Sheila Birnbaum; September 11th recovery workers; union officials; politicians and translators for Spanish, Mandarin and Polish will encourage survivors and recovery workers sick from exposure to 9/11 toxins to seek economic compensation through the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation […]