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Share
this project idea and the www.wtcsteel.org
web site with other student councils or National Honor Societies in your state.
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Secure
permission and cooperation from your building principal and/or
superintendent for raising funds and for publicizing this project.
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Register
with the WTC Steel Foundation through our web site (www.wtcsteel.org/contact_us.htm)
and join the mail list (www.wtcsteel.org/join_our_maillist.htm)
for regular e-mail updates of national and Foundation progress and
features. Report local media coverage that the project receives,
to info@wtcsteel.org.
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Use
the web site to create a "brochure" from downloading and
editing from the site and other sources or use this downloadable
brochure.
Click here for brochure.
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Adobe Reader
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Use
the brochures to make a press release to local media outlets,
government officials, local businesses, and other schools, etc.
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Conduct
fundraising campaign kick-off. One idea is to ask local fire departments to cook a
benefit meal for your community. Solicit business and individual
donations. Mail money raised to the WTC Steel Foundation, c/o Oak
Ridge High School, 127 Providence Road, Oak Ridge, TN
37830. All money raised is tax deductible and will fund the
bronze plaques, installation costs, ceremony costs, and publicity
expenses.
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Ask
your state legislature through local representatives to arrange for
placement of the memorial plaque in or outside the capitol building or
in or outside a high school in the capital city.
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Inform
your Governor of your operations and invite all state and federal
representatives to attend the unveiling ceremony in your state on
a future September 11th. Also invite appropriate celebrities
associated with your state as well as the general public. Take
charge of who will speak or perform at your state's ceremony via a
collective decision of participating student leaders. Avoid anything
but a bipartisan, somber, patriotic ceremony.
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Coordinate
the unveiling ceremony with other Student Councils or National Honor
Societies, through your
state's student leaders and make plans to attend the ceremony. Involve students at every stage of
this project! The September 11th generation must learn that by
working together they can accomplish great tasks like this, in order
to preserve both liberty and security in the future.
