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Our Mission is to bring "A Day of Service" to the people of New York and the world.
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The Need for Your Support
To accomplish the mission we need to ask you to send or resend the www.adayofservice.com link to your friends and ask them to put in their name and adress to receive future newsletter updates. Also, "like" the statue at A Day of Service on facebook and suggest it to their friends.
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Hero's Corner
 This spot will be open to feature a uniformed hero: Fire fighter, military, police or medical will be considered. It's time we honor our heroes!
The first time I saw Ron' Breland's photo on the ADOS facebook page I knew he should represent this "heroes" section of our first newsletter. Ron was a firefighter for the Army than trained to disarm IED's. After 15 years of service he was severly injured doing his duty and had to retire from active duty. Ron now runs his own counterintelligence company. Ron not only well qualifies to be our first hero, but has also be a great friend and has helped promote the statue.
Thanks Ron!
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| Recommend your favorite hero to me at larry@adayofservice.com. |
 The idea for this statue was instantaneous when I was informed that the foundation for the World Trade Center was accepting design bids for the memorial in 2002. After learning that the current style of design was geared more towards benches and gardens, I put aside my idea for several years.
In the summer of 2009 the concept of the probable chaos in the stairwell came back to me while talking to trusted friend Brian Rinke. His encouragement along with the same from my wife, Marlene, led me to make a brave decision, one that defines the American dream. Namely, I decided to take a big risk with no guarantees.
Marlene found the fine arts foundry of Elliot Gantz who referred us to sculptor Carter Jones. Carter's studio is located just several blocks north of Ground Zero. In late 2009 Carter and I started creating "A Day of Service". Since I have trouble drawing stick figures, I was unable to illustrate my ideas. It was a slow process to explain my vision to Carter and for him to sculpt it. Together we created the statue which combines 50 or so individual figures and groups, as well as numerous bas reliefs.
As I mentioned in the DVD, I believe this creation is greatly needed and is for everyone regardless of your race, religion or politics. Every aware individual was involved on September 11, 2001 and every one of you has your own story and need for reflection. I hope this piece brings it to you. |
