The Healing Field
Presented by: Rachel Baudhuin, Tiana Chavez, Chelsea Fox,
Emily Johnson & Justin Ramos
The Event• Location: Tempe Beach Park 80 E. Rio Salado Parkway
• 8th annual Healing Field tribute for the 10th year anniversary of 9/11
Schedule
• 5:56 a.m. Sunday- a brief ceremony will include a reading of the names of first responders who perished. Later in the morning and into the afternoon the names of all 9/11 victims will be read
• 6 p.m. Saturday night - Concert by local bands and children’s choirs
• Candlelight vigil starts at 7 p.m. Sunday
• Blood drive runs 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Flags• Nearly 3,00 flags will be set up, one for each
person who died on 9/11
• The 3 X5 flags will stand 8 tall in perfect rows′ ′ ′
“We grid the field in 5-foot squares so you can touch two lives (through flags) at a time.”
Ribbons
Yellow ribbons along the outside rows on flags represented the first responders on 9/11
New this year 35 sky-blue ribbons on the flags to honor members of the air crews who died in the three planes hijacked by terrorists on Sept. 11
Volunteers
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Problems
• Parking
• Lighting
• Electronic protection
Positives
About 10,000 people visit the field annually
The event has raised about $50,000
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