10 FDNY firefighters flying to San Diego to clean up burned out home sites
of La Mesa firefighter and volunteer carpenter from '03 Cedar Fire
JetBlue Airways, Lions Clubs, La Mesa Fire Dept. & SD Carpenters Local 547
offer support
NEW YORK and SAN DIEGO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- A volunteer organization
born out of the ashes of September 11 will be sending a group of FDNY
firefighters and 9/11 survivors to San Diego County this weekend to help
some very special people start the process of rebuilding their homes
following last week's devastating firestorm. The New York Says Thank You
Foundation sends NYC firefighters along with other volunteers from the Big
Apple to help rebuild communities around the U.S. affected by disaster as a
way of saying "Thank You" for all the love and support Americans gave to
New Yorkers in the days following September 11. The group will spend the
weekend in San Diego County helping to clean up the Dulzura home of Earl
Carter, a carpenter who volunteered to help rebuild 20 homes after the 2003
Cedar Fire, and Dan Lachenbruch, the La Mesa firefighter whose Rancho
Bernardo home burned to the ground while he was working to save other
people's homes from the Harris Fire. The weekend's clean-up and recovery
efforts are being made possible through the generous support of JetBlue
Airways, the Lions Clubs, and the La Mesa Fire Department.
"So many people from California and San Diego County went out of their
way to help New Yorkers following 9/11. This is our simple way to 'Pay It
Forward' while helping these wonderful families start the long process of
rebuilding," stated Jeff Parness, founder of The New York Says Thank You
Foundation.
WHEN + WHERE: The New York group will fly from JFK to Long Beach, CA
courtesy of JetBlue Airways on Friday Nov. 2 and stay in Harbison Canyon
Friday evening. Saturday they will be onsite at Earl Carter's home at 19070
HWY 94 (Campo Road) in Dulzura at 8AM to clean up. Sunday they will be
onsite at Dan Lachenbruch's home at 17787 Creciente Way in Rancho Bernardo
at 8AM to work alongside La Mesa firefighters in the clean up effort.
ABOUT: Started by the suggestion of a 5-year-old New York boy who
wanted to help children following the Cedar Fire, The New York Says Thank
You Foundation has helped rebuild communities following the 2003 San Diego
wildfires, the 2004 Utica, IL, 2005 Evansville, IN and 2006 Groesbeck, TX
tornadoes. The group also helped rebuild a number of homes following
Hurricane Katrina including the home of a 6-year-old boy in Slidell, LA
battling Leukemia. For more information, please visit
http://www.NewYorkSaysThankYou.org.
THE NEW YORK SAYS THANK YOU FOUNDATION
The mission of The New York Says Thank You Foundation is to commemorate
the kindness extended to New Yorkers by Americans from all across the
country in the days, weeks, and months following 9/11, by sending
volunteers from New York City each year on the 9/11 Anniversary to help
rebuild communities around the United States affected by natural or
man-made disasters. The New York Says Thank You Foundation is registered as
a charitable tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code and is incorporated under section 402 of the New York
State Not-For-Profit Corporation Law. For more information, please see
http://www.NewYorkSaysThankYou.org
SOURCE The New York Says Thank You Foundation
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Related links:
http://www.NewYorkSaysThankYou.org
CONTACT:
Jeff Parness of The New York Says Thank You
Foundation, +1-917-806-8061, Jeff@NewYorkSaysThankYou.org
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