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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 14, 2023
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Leon County Honors Victims and Heroes of 9/11 with Neighborhood Service Day
Volunteers to Beautify 19 Homes in the Yons Lakeside Estates Neighborhood
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Leon County Government |
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Leon County 9/11 Day of Remembrance and Service |
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Thursday, August 17 at 11:30 a.m. |
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Crossway Baptist Church, 405 Crossway Road |
Leon County Government invites media partners to the Leon County 9/11 Day of Remembrance and Service, an annual neighborhood-wide service day, on Thursday, August 17, at the Yons Lakeside Estates neighborhood. Media partners are asked to gather at Crossway Baptist Church, 405 Crossway Road, at 11:30 a.m. Formal comments and recognition will begin at 12 p.m.
More than 75 County employees, community partners, and citizen volunteers will unite in service and volunteerism in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 lives lost during the attacks on September 11, 2001. Volunteers will complete various home repair and beautification projects at 20 homes in the Yons Lakeside Estates neighborhood, including exterior home painting, landscaping, soft washing, and more.
Since 2011, Leon County Government has held the 9/11 Day of Remembrance and Service to honor victims, survivors, and others who rose in service in response to the attacks. Annual volunteer events are hosted nationwide on September 11 and surrounding days to give back to the community in tribute to the victims and heroes of 9/11. To find opportunities to volunteer in Leon County, visit Volunteer.VolunteerLeon.org.
Media interviews will be available during the Day of Service. For more information, contact Mathieu Cavell, Leon County Community and Media Relations, at (850) 606-5300 / CMR@LeonCountyFL.gov.
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