The ninth anniversary of the terrorists bombings of Sept. 11, 2001, will be remembered with special Day of Caring projects organized by the United Way of Clallam County and ceremonies across the North Olympic Peninsula on Saturday.
In Port Townsend, East Jefferson Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief Ted Krysinski will lead a brief memorial service Saturday commemorating those lost in the terrorist attacks.
The memorial service will begin at 9 a.m. at the Bell Tower, Jefferson and Tyler streets.
It will last approximately 20 minutes.
In addition to representatives from East Jefferson Fire-Rescue, Port Townsend police will be in attendance.
The public is invited.
In Sequim, a brief remembrance service is planned at 7:30 a.m. at the flagpole at 815 W. Washington St.
The ceremony will kick off Day of Caring volunteer projects in Sequim. Community members are invited to attend the remembrance program whether they plan to volunteer or not.
Day of Caring projects also are planned in Forks, Clallam Bay-Sekiu and Port Angeles on Saturday.
Each project will begin with a moment of silence to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks.
The fundraising campaign chairman is Port Angeles Fire Chief Dan McKeen.
Sept. 11 has been named the National Day of Service.
Day of Caring projects
Here is a list of Day of Caring projects:
• Port Angeles:
Volunteer opportunities begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Volunteers will paint several downstairs rooms at Healthy Families Rose House, 531 E. Fifth St.
Painting projects also are planned at Peninsula Community Mental Health’s Horizon Center, 205 E. Fifth St.; at four Serenity House apartments at 2201 W. 18th St.; and at a low-income seniors home.
Landscaping will occur at St. Andrew’s Place, 520 E. Park Ave.
Francis Street Park, at the north end of Francis Street and Valley Creek Estuary Park, will be picked up and weeded.
For information or to register for a Port Angeles project, phone Jody Moss, United Way executive director, at 360-457-3011.
• Sequim:
Volunteers will meet at the Sequim Transit Center, 190 W. Cedar St., at 7:30 a.m. before heading to project sites.
More than 100 had volunteered by Thursday.
United Way volunteer project sites are the Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St.; First Teacher Playground, corner of North Third Avenue and West Alder Street; Sequim Food Bank, 144 W. Alder St.; and Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave.
Other Sequim Day of Service projects include painting fire hydrants and weeding landscaping strips.
After the workday, volunteers will be welcomed at a 3 p.m. potluck sponsored by Costco and Walmart at the Port of Port Angeles’ John Wayne Marine banquet room, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road.
Coordinators for Sequim projects are Sequim city employees Bobbie Usselman and Karen Kuznek-Reese.
For more information or to register, phone 360-683-4139.
• Forks:
Volunteers will paint the interior of the Teen Center at Sunshine and Rainbows Child Development Center, 945 S. Forks Ave., at 10 a.m.
For more information or to register, phone Traci Pederson at 360-374-6122.
• Clallam Bay-Sekiu:
Volunteers will clean up a county park, clean up the Community Garden area and participate in a community garage sale at the bus barn.
Participants will meet at the United Way table at the bus barn on state Highway 112 at 10 a.m.
For more information or to register, phone John Burdick at 360-963-2438 or Linda Dillard at 360-963-2553.
United Way
The Day of Caring projects also kick off the Clallam County United Way’s 2010-2011 fundraising campaign, which has a goal of $1 million.
This year’s United Way fundraising campaign theme is “Helping our Community Live United.”
Last year, United Way raised more than $953,000, which was distributed to local nonprofits throughout the year.
Volunteer leaders for the 2010 campaign include Kathy Charlton of Olympic Cellars, Port Angeles chairwoman; Brown Maloney of Olympic View Publishing, Sequim chairman; Traci Pederson of First Federal, Forks chairwoman; Postmaster Linda Dillard, Clallam Bay-Sekiu chairwoman; and Tom Anderson, Crescent School superintendant, Joyce chairman.
Tom Baermann of Pacific Office Equipment heads employee campaigns.
Judith Scott and Iva Burks are co-chairing the Clallam County employee campaign.
Patti Morris, Patti Morris Consulting, is chairing the corporate gifts campaign.
Bobby Beeman and Stacie Neff are co-chairing the Olympic Medical Center campaign.
Tom Angier of the state Attorney General’s Office is the chairman of the state employee campaign.
