Posted on 09/12/2010 8:58:05 AM PDT by maggief
Washington (CNN)- President Obama continued the commemoration of the National Day of Service and Remembrance for the 9/11 attacks by visiting a DC middle school and helping the Armed Services YMCA program called Operation Kid Comfort.
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Obama painting in dress slacks and dress shoes? Oh, yeah, his watch is back, but wedding ring still missing...
Its not connected. If he really wanted to do something useful and connected to the 9/11 event positively, he could make it a day to spend with loved one (as a way to cherish anf honor the time we have together).
“It was not National Day of Service and Remembrance, it was Patriots Day.”
Rewriting history.
They must be exhausted with all that work. So whens their next tax funded, star studded European vacation?
Now, Now Jess, you obviously didn’t see the ‘new, revised’ picture of Obama emulating a man. His new pic features him with gloves on and he has a shovel (for cleaning up his own BS I suppose) pretending to ‘work like a real man’.
Get with the program...sheesh!
... sorry ...
but how could I resist?
Neither one of them has ever worked a day in their lives.
Damn Capitalist!
;)
Stop Michelle! It’s a paint brush, not an ice cream cone!!!!
Is burning a koran a service project?
3rd photo: ummm it tastes like Tang too.
Why are these creeps trying to turn Patriot Day into something else?
In what culture, is it appropriate or traditional to honor the passing of others by rushing to Walmart , buying a gallon Glidden and then painting the garage ?
In a dress shirt and slacks ?
This is unbelievable , this guy doesn’t have a clue.
Now look away , because the next comment is for the guys, not the Freeper ladies..
I bet picture number one is a familiar sight for Reggie Love.
Come on now he could at least dress the part.
Slacks and dress shoes and looks like the lady wearing her $500 sneakers. Does anything really matter to these people.
What? You don’t paint in your finest dress shirts, slacks and shoes? How else are you going to have freshly painted rags available when you need them?
I’ve never met a community organizer (socialist) that ‘worked’. All those I’ve met have never had calloused hands. Seems all they know how to work is their mouth to aggitate.
http://www.911dayofservice.org/about_911day
About Us
The September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance is supported annually by MyGoodDeed Inc., in close partnership with the Corporation for National and Community Service, HandsOn Network, and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum (9/11 Memorial). Many other prominent organizations also participate in supporting this growing observance including AARP, BeTheChange, CityYear, CauseCast.org, DoSomething.org, Families of September 11, ServiceNation, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Council, United Way of America, Voices of September 11 and many other groups. Together we annually encourage all Americans and others to voluntarily support charitable causes, perform good deeds and engage in other service activities in observance of the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Wed like to thank our technology partners, GuideStar, Network for Good, All For Good, and Hands On Network, for assisting us in the development of this important giving tool. Nonprofits that are listed here may update their profile information directly through Guidestar, and can also update and edit volunteer listings through allforgood.org, volunteermatch.org, and servenet.org. For more information please contact us at info@911day.org.
Wed also like to express our very special appreciation to the organizations that have provided donations and key in-kind support to help fund our programs and activities this year. These include our National Title Sponsor GlaxoSmithKline, our National Education Sponsor Target Corporation, The Jim Fassel Foundation, The PIMCO Foundation, Clear Channel Corporation, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Landor Associates, and PainePR.
ABOUT MYGOODDEED
MyGoodDeed Inc. lead a successful eight year campaign that culminated in 2009 in the official establishment of September 11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance under federal law. MyGoodDeed, was originally formed and incorporated with the support of the 9/11 community as a 501c3 nonprofit in 2002 under the name One Day’s Pay Inc., and received its federal and state (New York State and California) tax-exemptions in 2003. (The group officially changed its name to MyGoodDeed in 2006). Co-founders are David Paine, president, and Jay Winuk, vice president, who joined together to launch the initiative after the death of Jay’s younger brother Glenn, a volunteer EMT killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center south tower. National advisors of MyGoodDeed include many prominent individuals such as actor Gary Sinise; U.S. Senator Charles Schumer; U.S. Representative Peter King; Michael Brown, CEO, City Year; Alan Khazei, founder, BeTheChange; John Bridgeland, CEO, Civic Enterprises and former domestic policy advisor to President George W. Bush; Joe Daniels, president, National September 11 Memorial and Museum, and Michelle Nunn, CEO, Points of Light Institute and Co-Founder, Hands On Network. Members of the MyGoodDeed 9/11 Advisory Board include 18 leaders of prominent organizations representing 9/11 families, first responders, volunteers, and other impacted by the 9/11 attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
HISTORY OF THE 911 NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE INITIATIVE
MyGoodDeed, which represents the interests of many 9/11 organizations, was the first group to formally call for September 11 to be designated as a federally recognized National Day of Service and Remembrance. Progress was made early when, in 2002, President George W. Bush declared September 11 “Patriot Day” to honor both the victims and heroes of the September 11 attacks, and highlighted the spirit of service by launching USA Freedom Corps. In 2008, President Bush amended the Patriot Day proclamation to specifically include “volunteering” as an appropriate form of remembrance. A year later, the U.S. Congress, in a bi-partisan action, passed the Serve America Act, which for the first time authorized the President of the United States to formally designate 9/11 as a National Day of Service and Remembrance. President Barack Obama subsequently launched United We Serve, a national service initiative that culminated on September 11, 2009. President Obama amended the Patriot Day proclamation on September 10, 2009, to officially and permanently make 9/11 a National Day of Service and Remembrance, as requested by Congress and the 9/11 community. In 2010, the Corporation for National and Community Service, HandsOn Network and the 9/11 Memorial joined with MyGoodDeed to form a national organizing committee that managed the 9/11 National Day of Service annually.
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