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.

Last week, bikes were delivered to children of active-duty U.S. military at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and those big smiles make it all worth it!

Our great thanks to all of our sponsors and volunteers, including our lead sponsor Bank of New York Mellon, as well as Citigroup, CME Group, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP, Zurich North America, and Westfield World Trade Center, who hosted the event.

Last but not least, a very special thanks to Apex Xpress Inc. who delivered the bikes.

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.

The 9/11 Tribute Museum is a special place. Our volunteers, who bravely share their personal 9/11 stories with our visitors, are all members of the 9/11 community – family members who lost loved ones, survivors, Lower Manhattan residents and workers, rescue and recovery workers, police and firefighters. Not only do they inspire and provide healing to visitors and guests from around the world, but also they have also formed a tight-knit family among themselves.

Meet some of the “Tribute Family” who, in their own words, detail the support they have found volunteering for the 9/11 Tribute Museum. Like separate threads being woven together, these everyday people from all walks of life have been bound together through a dark, historic moment. They have emerged from their personal tragedies ready to share some of the toughest moments of their lives, in order to educate the world and help themselves heal.

We’re building over 500 bikes for the children of active-duty United States military and first responders.

For our 10th Annual National Day of Service & Remembrance event, the 9/11 Tribute Museum will be joined by teams of corporate volunteers and first responders to build bikes that will be donated to the children of active-duty United States military members.

Over 500 employees from companies directly affected by 9/11 will participate in this bike build taking place at 9am on September 26, 2018 at the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center.

Get involved, donate $45 today to sponsor a bike for a child of the United States Military and First Responders.