EAST LANSING – The Michigan Remembers 9-11 Fund has honored three winners of its 2014 scholarship essay contest for Michigan high school juniors and seniors.
The contest was established to encourage high school students to research and express their reflections on how the impacts of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks affected them, their family members or friends, their communities, or the nation as a whole.
Julia Muir, a senior from Williamston High School, won the first place scholarship of $500 for her essay “Remembering America’s Heroes.”
State Representative (and former Lansing Fire Chief) Tom Cochran discusses his work with the Michigan Remembers 9-11 Fund in an editorial for OkemosToday.com.
Read the full editorial here. (Archived link)
The Michigan Remembers 9-11 Fund will be hosting its Run to Remember 5K run/walk on September 6th to remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including 19 with Michigan connections, and to honor and celebrate the brave men and women across Michigan who protect and serve our communities and nation on a daily basis. Funds raised by this race support our programming, which includes sending two first responders to represent Michigan at the Stephen Siller National Tunnel to Towers Run in New York City.
The Fund was recognized in Lansing State Journal’s nonprofit spotlight for June 8, 2014. Please see the link below for the full article.
LSJ Nonprofit Spotlight: Michigan Remembers 9-11 Fund
Three area high school students recognized for their reflections on 9-11.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Remembers 9-11 Fund is pleased to announce the winners of its 2013 scholarship essay contest for Michigan high school juniors and seniors. This contest encourages high school students to research and express how the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks affected them, their family members or friends, their communities, or the nation as a whole.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Remembers 9-11 Fund is hosting its third annual Run to Remember 5k run/walk on September 7th in Lansing’s Old Town. The event will include a brief remembrance ceremony with a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. to mark the time that the first plane struck the Twin Towers. The 5k run/walk will start at 9:11 a.m.
Proceeds from the event will be used to support the Fund’s programming, which includes recognizing first responders for their dedication to our country and community. This year the Fund will send Lansing Fire Fighter Jason Stevens and Ingham County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Grant and to New York City to represent Michigan in the National Tunnel to Towers 5k on September 29. Grant, of Lansing, is an Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Stevens, also of Lansing, served in the Army as a flight medic for 8 years. Both men were nominated by State Representative (and former Lansing Fire Chief) Tom Cochran based on their daily service to the people of Michigan, and their military service to our country. Cochran, along with other dignitaries, will be at the Lansing 5k to recognize firefighter Stevens and Deputy Grant.
