Attleboro Students Lead 9/11 Fundraising and Community Service Effort

It will be 10 years in September since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and Attleboro High School students are doing their part to never forget. 

Students in the high school's leadership class, under the direction of teacher Rebecca Richard, are organizing Project 9/11. The project recruits people, young and old, to donate an hour of their time to community service as a way to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

The goal is to reach 911 hours of service. Once individuals complete their hours of service, they are asked to email a summary of their service to Project 9/11 to 911@gmail.com or post their experience on the group's Project 9/11 Facebook page. 

Organizers say Project 9/11 is a great way to reflect on how much people truly cared then and how much they still care today. 

"This is a credit-bearing class that has been in existence for a long time, where they do a community leadership project, plan and implement it themselves," Attleboro High School Principal Jeff Newman said. "It is interesting that this is the project they are putting together because it's the 10-year anniversary and the renewal of publicity on the death of Bin Laden."

The students will be going to New York City to the site to gather information for their project in June, according to Newman. 

Separately, the students will be selling Project 9/11 stickers and T-shirts as a way to raise money for the 9/11 Memorial and Tuesday's Children, a non-profit group that supports children impacted by the events of Sept. 11.