Children in schools today were not alive in 2001 and the attacks to them are ancient history. Because the attacks affected our world so drastically, it is more important than ever that young people understand the impact that terrorism creates.

Teacher Awards winners work in elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms, teaching a variety of subjects. They find age-appropriate resources and develop projects that allow students to grasp the enormity of the attacks, understand the depth of loss, and the courage of those who responded to the attacks.

Award winners often use primary sources in their lessons, which complements the 9/11 Tribute Museum’s mission of person to person history. The teachers also show the value of compassion and community service to inspire their pupils to become good citizens.

Each winning school receives a cash award contributed by 9/11 family foundations who support the 9/11 Tribute Museum’s educational outreach. The foundations are:

• Brooke Jackman Foundation
• Christopher Slattery 9/11 Memorial Foundation
• Greg Richards, Larry Polatsch, Scott Weingard (GLS) Memorial Fund
• Terence D. Gazzani 9/11 Scholarship Fund
• Terry Farrell Firefighters’ Scholarship Fund
• Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust

2019 Awardees:

• Jennifer O’Brien, Matteo Carrabba, Avery Schmitz
  Watkinson School, Hartford, Connecticut

• Maggie Vidal-Santos
  Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida

• John Booth, Rick Beattie, Steven Mandes, Mimi Melkonian
  Brunswick School, Greenwich, Connecticut

• Suzanne DiRenno, Jennifer Cuccio-Morris, Sharon Vogt
  River Dell Regional High School, Oradell, New Jersey

• Zachary Richter
  Oceanside Middle School, Oceanside, New York

Learn more about the February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center by visiting our online exhibit.

The 9/11 Tribute Museum team would like to thank our sponsors, supporters, and volunteers for making our 11th Annual 9/11 National Day of Service & Remembrance a great success! Over 400 employees from companies in Lower Manhattan came together to assemble 500 bicycles to donate to the children of United States military serving in the 82nd Airborne and New York City first responders.

Thank you especially to our partners who supported the event – BNY Mellon presenting sponsor, Allstate Insurance Company, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Citigroup, CME Group, The Durst Organization and Zurich North America.

For only the second time, the 9/11 Tribute Museum Teacher Awards ceremony will be open to the public to highlight the work of educators in helping students to understand the effects of the attacks on 9/11 and how people have tried to make a positive difference in the years since.
This year’s award winners work in elementary and middle school classrooms, and in each case have found age-appropriate resources and have developed projects that allow students to find their own ways to pay tribute to both those lost and those who responded. Many of the teachers have utilized primary sources as a key element in their lessons. The teachers have also emphasized the importance of the compassion that followed the attacks as an inspiration to engaging their students in community service activities.
Each winning school receives a cash award contributed by 9/11 family foundations who support the 9/11 Tribute Museum’s educational outreach. The foundations are:

The Brooke Jackman Foundation
The Christopher Slattery 9/11 Memorial Foundation
The Greg Richards, Larry Polatsch, Scott Weingard (GLS) Memorial Fund
The Terence D. Gazzani 9/11 Scholarship Fund,
The Terry Farrell Firefighters’ Scholarship Fund
The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust.

Also this year, the 9/11 Tribute Museum will be dedicating the awards to the memory of Jefferson Crowther who passed away recently. Jeff and his wife Alison were closely tied to the 9/11 Tribute Museum as sponsors of the Teacher Awards from the very first year they were given out. Everyone at the 9/11 Tribute Museum send their condolences to Alison and the entire Crowther family.

This event is open to the public. Educators and students are particularly invited to attend. The ceremony will be held at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, 92 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10006.

2019 Awardees:

• Rebecca Benjamin, Pleasant Valley Elementary School, Schnectady, New York
• Michael Ozohonish, Bethlehem-Center Middle School, Fredericktown, Pennsylvania
• Coty Thatcher and Mike Hix, Schoo Middle School, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Xochitl Valtierra, Valley Horizon Elementary School, Yuma, Arizona

Honorable Mention:

• Putnam Murdock, Friends Academy, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

February 26, 1993:
Learn more about the February 26, 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center by visiting our online exhibit.

Our great thanks to Bank of New York Mellon, lead sponsor of the 9/11 Tribute Museum’s 10th Annual 9/11 National Day of Service & Remembrance. They, along with Citigroup, CME Group, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP and Zurich North America supported the efforts of nearly 400 volunteers to build more than 400 bicycles for children of active U.S. military members and first responders – we are very grateful for their contributions and support.

On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, from 10 am–3 pm at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center, the 9/11 Tribute Museum will host its  9th annual 9/11 Day of Service & Remembrance. Over 400 employees from companies directly impacted by 9/11 will assemble bicycles to donate to the children of active-duty United States military. First responders from the NYPD, FDNY and PAPD will assist volunteers to assemble the bikes.

Volunteers and first responders will come together to remember loved ones, friends and colleagues, and to unite in the same remarkable way that the nation did in the aftermath of the attacks. 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance activities take place across the country throughout the month of September, as hundreds of thousands of volunteers paint and refurbish homes, organize food drives, restore schools, reclaim neighborhoods and support veterans, soldiers, military families and first responders. Participating in the bike build allows volunteers to commemorate friends and colleagues, and to invoke the ideals of service and humanitarianism that arose in the aftermath of the attacks.

The 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance is especially meaningful for the 9/11 Tribute Museum. As Jennifer Webb, CEO explains, “At the 9/11 Tribute Museum people directly affected by the terrorist attacks share their stories, the strength of community rebuilding and how voluntary acts of service have changed people’s lives. The 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance is a special day for survivors to assemble bikes for children of military families. It is a fun day of team building and generosity in honor of all the support NYC received after 9/11.”

Special guest attendees include members of the New York City Fire and Police Departments and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. Volunteers from companies affected by 9/11 will be assembling bikes, including: BNY Mellon, CitiGroup, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, CME Group, Sandler O’Neill Partners and Zurich North America. BNY Mellon is the presenting sponsor.

“BNY Mellon is committed to supporting our first responders, military members and their families,” said Daisey Holmes, Managing Director of Philanthropy at BNY Mellon. “Every year, hundreds of our employees volunteer during the National 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance as a meaningful way to show support for our troops. The 9/11 Tribute Museum has created a wonderful event to honor our servicemen and women, and we are proud to once again be joining them in this effort.”

Volunteers are organized into teams for the bike assembly. Stations for building bikes include inflating tires, quality control, attaching ribbons and bows and writing a note to each child in appreciation for their parent’s service. Bikes will be distributed to military families at Fort Bragg, NC.

Special thanks to Apex Xpress Inc., the FDNY, NYPD, PAPD, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Brookfield Place and the US Army for generously providing time, services and equipment.

Pictures will be available following the event at 911tributemuseum.org/press.

For the first time, the 9/11 Tribute Museum Teacher Awards ceremony will be open to the public to highlight the work of educators in helping students to understand the impact of the attacks on 9/11 and how people have tried to make a positive difference in the years since. The 9/11 Tribute Museum chose to mark the 25^th anniversary of the first attack on the World Trade Center by showing the public how important it is to expose those who were not born in 2001 to this world-changing event which seems like history to them.

This year’s award winners work in elementary, middle and high school classrooms, and in each case have found age-appropriate resources and have developed projects that allow students to find their own ways to pay tribute to both those lost and those who responded.  Many of the teachers have utilized primary sources, including oral histories collected by students, as a key element in their lessons. The teachers have also emphasized the importance of the compassion that followed the attacks as an inspiration to engaging their students in community service activities.

Each winning school receives a cash award contributed by 9/11 family foundations who support the 9/11 Tribute Museum’s educational outreach. The foundations are: The Brooke Jackman Foundation, The Christopher Slattery 9/11 Memorial Foundation, the GLS Memorial Fund, the Terrence D. Gazzani 9/11 Scholarship Fund, The Terry Farrell Firefighters’ Scholarship Fund and The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust.

This event is open to the public. Educators and students are particularly invited to attend. The ceremony will be held at the 9/11 Tribute Museum, 92 Greenwich Street, (corner of Rector Street), New York, NY 10006.

2018 Awardees:

• Genna Callahan, PS/IS 116 William C. Hughley School, Jamaica, New York.
• Nancy Re Cregan, Our Lady of Trust Catholic Academy, Brooklyn, New York.
• Cara Denbrock, T.C. Knapp Elementary School, Canton, Ohio.
• Doug DePice, Melissa Heintes and Amanda Wargocki, Secaucus Middle and High Schools, Secaucus, New Jersey.
• James Fagen, Manasquan High School, Manasquan, New Jersey.
• Katie Fernandez Blake, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, New Jersey.
• Kathleen Haslett, Iroquois Jr./Sr. High School, Erie, Pennsylvania.

February 26, 1993:
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