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.
Cycle for Survival is an indoor cycling event held nationwide to fund rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. More than half the people diagnosed with cancer have a “rare” form with fewer than 200,000 affected individuals in the US. Research into rare cancers is underfunded. Many World Trade Center recovery workers have been stricken […]
On Monday, February 25, 2013, the Retired Detectives of NY will host their ever-popular Cigar Night at Club Macanudo in Manhattan. An entry fee of $100.00 includes a 3-hour open bar, a selection of cigars, dinner and good company. There will also be a 50/50 and raffles. Space is very limited. Tickets must be purchased […]
Phyllis Rodriguez, who lost her son Gregory at Cantor Fitzgerald in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, will speak about her experience attending the hearings in Guantánamo. The talk will take place at 7:00pm on Monday, February 25, 2013 at the Mapleton Conference Center in White Plains. Mapleton Conference Center at Good Counsel 52 N. Broadway White […]
The 9/11 Memorial will be open to the public on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 the twentieth anniversary of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. A brief ceremony will be held on the Memorial Plaza at noon on the anniversary. There will be a moment of silence at 12:18pm, the time of the bomb, to honor the […]
Hurricane Sandy closed the Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center for more than two months. Their staff pumped 2 million gallons of water out of the Arts and Culture level and removed everything - including all the walls - and they've repaired, cleaned and painted the upper three floors of the Center. The Center reopened recently, […]
A benefit for NYPD Detective Joe Pidoto will take place on Thursday, February 28, 2013, from 7:00pm to 11:00pm at Mulcahy’s in Wantagh. Joe is suffering from life-threatening gastrointestinal cancer. He is a 45-year-old active detective with the Queens Robbery Squad. He has a loving family. Please help them defray some of the costs of […]