More than 600 volunteers join together at Belmont’s Curb Center to pack 200,000 meals in observance of 9/11 Day
Twenty-three years after 9/11, Americans have transformed the anniversary of the September 11 attacks into to the largest day of service in America
B-roll and photos from 9/11 Day Meal Packing event at Belmont’s Curb Center: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Kjbw5IkisM2odu2C2VlUyUhcRvUflPBV?usp=sharing
WHEN: Wed., Sept. 11, 2024; Two Shifts: 9 – 11 a.m. and 1 – 3 p.m.
WHERE: Curb Event Center at Belmont University from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
WHAT: On Sept. 11, 2024, to mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and Hunger Action Month, more than 850 volunteers from throughout the Nashville community will join together in the spirit of unity and pay tribute by helping to pack 200,000 healthy, non-perishable meals for those at risk of hunger. All of the meals will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee for distribution to individuals and families in need in the Nashville area.
According to Feeding America, more than 44 million Americans, including one in five children, are food insecure in the United States.
Now in its second year, the Nashville Meal Pack for 9/11 Day is one of 21 large volunteer service projects being organized by the nonprofit organization “9/11 Day.”
The 9/11 Day Meal Pack Program is being sponsored nationally by the federal agency AmeriCorps, which oversees national service programs throughout the United States, and by Delta Air Lines and Reliance, Inc. Other national program sponsors include JPMorgan Chase, Pfizer, Citi, Tractor Supply Co., Stifel, KBW, Western Alliance Bank, Holland & Knight, and Nestlé.
Tractor Supply Co., the Nashville offices of Holland & Knight LLP, and the Tennessee Titans are joining as lead sponsors of the Nashville Meal Pack for 9/11 Day. Additionally, more than 25 other prominent organizations from the area are also helping to support the Nashville project.
Employees of these organizations, and others, will be among as many as 30,000 individuals nationally who are expected to volunteer at 9/11 Day Meal Packs, assembling more than 8.5 million meals for food insecure Americans.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:
Many organizations from throughout the Nashville community plan to support and participate in the Nashville Meal Pack for 9/11 Day. These include: City National Bank, CoreCivic, Creative Artist Agency, Daifuku North America, Experian, GBT, Highwoods Properties, Holland & Knight, Husch Blackwell, Kaiser Aluminum, Lighthouse Global, Master Builders Solutions, Merrill, MillarRich, Motorola Solutions, Nestle, OnTrac, QualDerm Partners, Reliance, Semperis, Sims-Lohman, SRS Raise the Roof Foundation, Sylvan, Target, Tennessee Titans, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tractor Supply, and Universal Music Group.
MORE ABOUT 9/11 DAY
9/11 Day is the nonprofit organization that worked successfully with the U.S. Congress and the President of the United States to formally establish September 11 as a “National Day of Service and Remembrance” under bi-partisan federal law. Today, that important observance, known as “9/11 Day,” has grown to become the largest day of charitable service in U.S. history. More than 30 million Americans participate annually by volunteering, supporting charities, and doing good deeds. Visit 911day.org for more information.