FDNY Retirees of California Seek Sponsors for 10th Anniv. 9/11 Memorial on the USS Midway

The FDNY Retirees of California are actively seeking sponsors and co-hosts for next year’s 10-year anniversary 9/11 Memorial on the USS Midway.

Dear Prospective Donor,

The FDNY Retirees of California would like to make the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks a memorable one, but cannot do it without your help.

Along with the USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum, we are planning on a grand event to commemorate this imporant date in history.

We are looking for corporate sponsorship to assist us in financing the dinner reception following the memorial event. In the past several years, along with modest donations in time, food, and funding we have been able to hold this reception at no cost to attendees. This year, however, we are anticipating much higher attendance due to the fact it is the 10th anniversary.

The event will take place on Sunday, September 11, 20100 on the flight deck of the historic USS Midway, which is permanently docked at the Navy Pier on gorgeous San Diego Bay (910 North Harbor Dr).

The event will consist of:

• Presentation of the Colors by Honor Guards from San Diego County FD’s, Orange County Fire Authority, the US Marine Cops, and the US Border Patrol.
• Star Spangled Banner
• Reading of the Names along with the Tolling of the Bells
• SDFD Helicopter Flyover
• Twenty-One Gun Salute
• Taps

A dinner reception hosted by the FDNY Retirees of California will be hosted immediately after the event. At this time the location is still being negotiated but it will either be on the USS Midway itself or at the San Diego Firehouse Museum, located in Little Italy at 1572 Columbia St, (at the intersection of Columia and Cedar Streets. One block up from India St.) Family and friends are invited to the memorial and reception.

If you or your organization (or if you have a recommendation) would like to co-sponsor or donate in some way to this historic event please contact Jack Toale at (858)451-2902 or by email at jtoale8@att.net, or Brennan Savage at (760) 634-3539 or by email at savagebdl@yahoo.com.

If you are intersted in reading names (we need at least 85) please contact us as well.

Thank you for your interest!

FDNY Retirees of California