PORT ANGELES — First responders will be honored and volunteers will provide service to their community today on the anniversary of the 2001 terrorist acts on the United States.
A ceremony remembering the efforts of firefighters and police and those who died in the Sept. 11 attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers in New York, damaged the Pentagon and killed all those aboard Flight 93 in Pennsylvania is planned at noon today at the newly renamed 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles.
In memory of first responders’ efforts, volunteers will gather in Port Angeles and Sequim to perform community service projects.
The ceremony at what was previously called Francis Street Park will feature presentations by public safety officials, patriotic music and bagpipes, said Alan Barnard, who is organizing the event.
An honor guard will perform a flag ceremony, the Grand Olympics Chorus will sing patriotic music, Rick McKenzie will perform on bagpipes and American Legion Riders will form a flag line.
Presentations by Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith and Port Angeles Fire Chief Ken Dubuc are planned.
Volunteers will work on community projects during United Way of Clallam County’s Day of Caring today.
This year, United Way hosted two sessions of the Day of Caring. The first session Friday saw volunteers working with Dream Playground Foundation members to paint, rake and shovel new bark at the playground at Third and Race streets; with the AmeriCorps and Lions Club volunteers to clean up the 9/11 Waterfront Memorial Park; and with the staff from US Bank to clean up the parking lot at Second and Lincoln streets.
Today, volunteer opportunities are planned in Port Angeles and Sequim.
In Port Angeles, volunteers will meet:
• From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Olympic Peninsula YMCA at 302 S. Francis St. to paint the white house and help with garden beds.
Snacks and water will be sponsored by Crestview and Park View Villas.
• From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Lutheran Community Services Northwest at 2634 S. Francis St. to weed flower beds and spread bark.
Rotary volunteers will build a little free library.
In Sequim, volunteers will meet from 8 a.m. to noon at Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., to work alongside city staff to remove brush near Blake Avenue and spread bark and gravel.
To register, see the United Way website at www.unitedwayclallam.org or the agency’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/events/ 901990236621252.
In Jefferson County, the United Good Neighbors’ seventh annual Day of Caring will be Sept. 23.
For more information, see weareugn.org/day-of-caring.
