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Eleven Ways To Remember 9-11: Day Two Volunteer

Today we encourage you to volunteer. Yesterday we started a series focused on how people can remember 9-11.

One memory many responders have from the September 11 attacks is the sense of community as Americans from all walks of life joined in to provide assistance to responders, neighbors, and even strangers. Volunteering in your community does not have to happen because of tragedy. You can start today with small steps. Identify what you care about and find a way to support their mission.

It may be to end hunger, support your local schools, or even be a volunteer firefighter. Organizations across the nation are looking for volunteers in your community.

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People choose to volunteer for any number of reasons. Some people enjoy the community service aspect. Others look for small ways to contribute to their neighborhoods. Some people find that volunteering is an opportunity to develop new skills or use existing experience and knowledge to tackle local issues.

Your motivation may be different from the person volunteering next to you, but you it is still a positive for our shared world.

Being a neighbor volunteering your time will also connect you with others who share your interests. One of the best ways to make new friends or strengthen a current relationship is to commit to a shared activity. By working together on a task you will both meet new people, but find it increases your tie to a community. As a regular volunteer following your passions you will also broaden your support network, exposing you to people with common interests, local resources, and other fun and fulfilling activities.

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There are many small ways to contribute to organizations big and small. If you are unsure of where to begin, the 9-11 Foundation is seeking virtual volunteers for a long term project that will require a number of people with basic writing experience. Our goal is to never forget that day.

Eleven Ways To Remember 9-11

Day One: Learn CPR 

 

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Eleven Ways To Remember 9-11: Day One Learn CPR

People ask the ways to remember 9-11 regularly. There is no singlular best answer for how to remember, but here we present eleven ways to memorialize 9/11 as we approach the 20th anniversary of the September 11 tragedy. We will never forget that day or those lost.

The 9-11 Foundation hopes Americans will take a moment to consider how they can best remember the attacks, the response, but the unrivaled strength America had in coming together to overcome the tragedy of that Tuesday morning.

The first recommendation is learn CPR.

Ways To Remember 9-11

Every year nearly 500,000 people have cardiac arrest events in the United States alone. Cardiac arrest claims more lives than multiple cancers (breast, colorectal, and prostate), influenza, pneumonia,  motor vehicle collisions, HIV, firearms, and house fires combined. 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside the hospital.

CPR – or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed that can be performed by anyone when the heart stops beating. Immediate CPR can double or triple chances of survival after cardiac arrest. Less than half the people experiencing out of hospital cardiac arrest receive bystander CPR despite measurable statistics showing it saves lives when started prior to professional rescuers.

If you want to honor the responders to the 9/11 tragedy, you can take a small step learning this important lifesaving skill. Courses are conducted around the country and you can find a local course through the American Heart Association’s CPR course matrix.

It is important to remember that most bystanders who perform prehospital CPR are doing so on a friend or family member. The AHA developed a course specific to this purpose for the layperson because of these statistics.

Eleven Ways To Remember 9-11

The 9-11 Foundation will continue to update ways to remember 9/11 through September 11. Continue to watch this space.

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