FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jef Tingley
September 5, 2008 469.235.6396cell
jef@tingleycomm.com
MEDIA ADVISORY
ENTREPRENEURS FOUNDATIONS’ FREEDOM DAY HONORS LIVES LOST AND CHANGED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH BY RENOVATING SIX AREA FIRE STATIONS
More than 400 Volunteers Participate in Annual Day of Community Services
WHO: On Thursday, September 11, the Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas (EFNT) will host its seventh annual Freedom Day bringing together more than 400 EFNT volunteers for a day of community service in honor of those whose lives were lost or forever changed by the tragic events of September 11, 2001. This year, EFNT, a fund of Communities Foundation of Texas, is privileged to partner with the Dallas Fire-Rescue Department (DFR) to restore and renew six local fire stations with fresh coats of paint, lockers, fences, landscaping and much more. Because of budget constraints, firefighters live and work with increasingly deteriorating conditions within their stations.
WHAT: After gathering in the morning for a moment of reflection and remarks from special guest Steve Maddox of DFR, who will share his experiences alongside NYC firefighters following the September 11 attacks, Freedom Day volunteers from more than 40 Dallas-area companies will spend the day restoring and renovating six fire stations. The day concludes with a service celebration.
WHEN: Thursday, September 11, 2008
8:15 - 8:17 a.m. Welcome Pam Gerber, EFNT executive director
8:17 - 8:22 a.m. Music Dallas Fire Rescue Pipes & Drums
8:22 - 8:24 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance
8:24 - 8:28 a.m. Event Overview, Calvin Glenn, event chairman
8:28 - 8:30 a.m. Remark from Chief Eddie Burns, DFR
8:30 - 8:35 a.m. Remarks from special guest Steve Maddox, DFR
8:35 - 8:40 a.m. Deployment to locations, Pam Gerber
9:15 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Service projects at six area fire stations & Fire Museum
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Volunteers return to 3911 Cedar Springs parking lot
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Service celebration and awards
Display of DFR fire trucks
-more-
WHERE: Opening Remarks & After Event Restoration Project
Parking lot behind S4 Fire Station 11
3911 Cedar Springs Road 3828 Cedar Springs Road
Dallas, TX Dallas, TX
***Media parking available behind S4, 3911 Cedar Springs Road
***Renovation projects will also take place at Fire Stations 3, 16, 37, 43 & 46
Visit http://www.dallasfirerescue.com/sta_list/citymap.html for details
WHY: Freedom Day was created as a way for companies to “answer the call” to service and promote the American spirit of hopefulness by bringing together workers to do something uniquely American – volunteering.
PHOTO
OP: More than 400 EFNT volunteers restoring and renovating North Texas fire stations, including the historic Station 11 on Cedar Springs Road. | 
