9/11 Day of Service is a community-wide volunteer event coordinated by Activate Good with support from Triangle businesses.
It’s a way to honor those lost on 9/11 with volunteer services.
The Day of Service includes service projects around the Triangle, plus an evening Commemoration event full of family-friendly, hands-on projects benefiting local causes.
Click on the above link to see a big list of service projects throughout the Triangle.
9/11 Day of Service Evening Commemoration
The Evening Commemoration takes place at Marbles Kids Museum, 201 E. Hargett Street, Raleigh, on September 11th, 2019, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
It’s free to attend, but please bring a non-perishable food item to help “fill the truck” for the Urban Ministries of Wake County food pantry.
This is a family-friendly event. Must be 16 years or older, or 3 years or older with parental supervision.
Most needed items:
- Breakfast items
- Pasta
- Pasta Sauce (no glass, please)
- Can Vegetables
- Can Tomatoes
- Can Beans
- Can Tuna
- Can Chicken
Service Project Line-Up at the Evening Commemoration:
- Donate healthy food and sort / package food to fill the truck for Urban Ministries of Wake County
- Write letters to the troops
- Assemble awareness raising kits for the Never Forget 9-11 Foundation
- Baffles and cards for families with Habitat for Humanity of Wake County
- Sort clothing for kids in need with Note in the Pocket
- Assemble skin cancer awareness kits with Polka Dot Mama Melanoma Foundation
- Assemble literacy kits with Helps Education Fund
- Hygiene kits for folks in need with Passage Home
- Bright boxes for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Wake County
- Blankets and cards for kids in the hospital with Zach’s Toy Chest
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