Day of Remembrance

Balloon Release

Date:                 September 10, 2006

Time:                11:00 am

Location:         Lyndhurst Town Park (next to the police department)

See below for contribution information

Who we are:

My name is Angelica Branco, I am an 8^th grade student at Lincoln School in Lyndhurst, NJ.  My best friend Sarah Regan is a 9^th grade student at the Middle School in North Arlington, NJ.

 

My dad worked in Tower 2 on the 78^th floor of the World Trade Center and he came home that day.  For the past 4 years my mom, dad and I have attended the ceremonies on Ground Zero.  As I stand there, I wonder what my life would be like if my dad did not come home that day.

 

Sarah and her family were touched by the events and have been there with me and my family since that day.

 

Purpose:

September 11^th, 2001 was a day that changed our country forever.  There were “2,986”¹ victims in the attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93.  This year will mark the 5^th anniversary of the attacks.

 

Sarah and I want children our age to remember the events of that day.  I have heard that over “5,000 children”² lost a parent on that horrible day. We are the future and it’s up to us to remember it and make sure it does not happen again.

What we want to do:

We were watching Extreme Makeover – Home Edition one night.  The mother runs a non-profit organization that    reunites missing children and their families.  The day they started the project was the 10 year anniversary of  the day       the family’s 6 year old daughter disappeared at a game.  They launched 3,650 balloons, one balloon for each day Morgan was gone.  They attached a picture and a description of Morgan to each balloon.

 

Sarah and I came up with an idea of releasing 2,986 balloons, one balloon for each person lost on that horrible day.  We want to attach a ribbon or a tag to each balloon with the person’s name so we can remember each and every     person who did not come home that day, this will serve as our little tribute to these people. 

 

We would like to get as many children and their families together as possible for the ceremony.  We feel it will honor the families who have lost so much and bring hope for the families that we still remember their loss. 

¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11,_2001_attacks#Fatalities

² http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/chat/chat113.shtml

Questions or Information:

Brian Branco                 201-218-3818

Cynthia Branco            201-245-5156

www.bncconsulting.com/september11

E-mail: september11@bncconsulting.com

Remembrance Booklet:

We will be printing a booklet to hand out at our ceremony.  If you would like your contribution recognized, please send your text or camera ready art to the physical or email address listed.

Please make checks payable to:

September 11, 2006—Balloon Release

Mail to:

BNC Consulting

P.O. Box 162

Nutley, NJ 07110

 

Suggested Fee:

Full Page Ad:  $150.00 or more

1/2 Page Ad:   $100.00 or more

Booster Text:  $  25.00 or more

100% of all monies collected will go towards this event, any unused money will be split between two September 11 organizations:  World Trade Center Survivors Network and the Families of September 11.  Neither organization endorses local events.  Financial statement will be available after the event upon request.

 

 

Environment Issue: Our latex balloons are bio-degradable, we will be using paper tags and string which are also bio-degradable.  See web site

http://www.balloonhq.com/BalloonCouncil/faq.html#bio for more info.