Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


1 posted on 09/11/2012 4:49:03 AM PDT by PghBaldy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


To: PghBaldy

In today’s Weekly Address, President Obama talks about one of the legacies of September 11, 2001.

“Instead of turning inward with grief,” he said, “we’ve honored the memory of those we lost by giving back to our communities, serving those in need, and reaffirming the values at the heart of who we are as a people.”

That’s why we mark each September 11th as a National Day of Service and Remembrance — an act that Congress made official in 2009 and which President Obama signed into law.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is charged with overseeing that effort, and this year, they hope to make it one of the largest days of charitable service in U.S. history.

Last year, for the 10th anniversary — the First Family, President Obama, the First Lady, Malia, and Sasha — all pitched in at the DC Central kitchen, preparing meals for those in need.

This year, you can sign up for a service opportunity near you at Serve.gov.

As President Obama says, “We are one American family. And we look out for each other – not just on the difficult days, but every day.”

Related Topics: Service http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/08/paying-tribute-service


2 posted on 09/11/2012 4:50:08 AM PDT by PghBaldy (Obama asks instead of applause, people wave their legs in the air in support of wimmyn.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: PghBaldy

...wasn’t it called something else last year when he wanted to make it something else?. “Unity And Remembrance” was 2010


5 posted on 09/11/2012 4:55:09 AM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: PghBaldy

If you want to do something meaningful today, go by your local fire/EMS station and personally thank the folks there for their service. They risk their lives daily for people they don’t even know .... like the firefighters/police/EMS did on Sept. 11. These folks are connected to Sept. 11 in a way that only folks in this profession truly understand - their “brothers & sisters” died that day. Say thanks .... and that you appreciate what they do and that you will never forget.


7 posted on 09/11/2012 5:03:28 AM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: FReepers

             


not word ONE about your coreligionist perpetrators, you traitorous muslim PUKE ! !

9 posted on 09/11/2012 5:19:16 AM PDT by tomkat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson