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Remembrance
Students learn about September 11 through commemoration, firsthand stories and opportunities to reflect on the people, courage and acts of service connected to the day.
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Seeds of Service for 9/11 Day
Remembrance.Resilience.Gratitude.
Seeds of Service connects a new generation to the lessons of September 11 through remembrance, resilience, gratitude and hands-on service.
Launched in Nassau County during the 25th anniversary of September 11, the initiative brought students, educators, veterans, survivors and community partners together to learn, reflect and serve.
In partnership with
2026 Impact
The Seeds We Planted Are Already Growing.
In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of September 11, Seeds of Service brought young people together across the Hempstead Union Free School District to remember, build resilience, practice gratitude and serve their neighbors.
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Students Engaged
Through Seeds of Service programming at Hempstead High School
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Care Packages
Youth serving youth across Nassau County
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Students
Participated in the commemorative assembly at Hempstead High School
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Elementary Students
Participated in service at Joseph A. McNeil Elementary School
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Lunch & Learns
For over 150 teachers and school administrators
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Snacks
Distributed to students during the Hempstead High School event
Recognized by Nassau County. The county has issued a declaration honoring Seeds of Service for 9/11 Day and the students who made it happen.
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Service Is a Classroom
Some of the most important lessons aren’t taught from behind a desk.
Seeds of Service gives young people opportunities to learn by listening, reflecting, connecting and serving. Through conversations with people connected to September 11, emotional-wellness programming and hands-on service, students explore what remembrance means when it becomes action.
How It Works
From Remembrance to Action.
Seeds of Service creates an age-appropriate pathway for young people to understand September 11, explore its enduring lessons and put those lessons into practice in their own communities.
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Resilience
Guided emotional-wellness experiences give students practical tools for understanding grief, navigating adversity and supporting themselves and others.
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Gratitude
Reflection activities invite students to consider the people, relationships and communities that sustain them and to contribute their own voices.
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Service
Students put those lessons into action through hands-on projects designed around needs identified by schools and community organizations.
Youth Serving Youth
775 Care Packages.
Built by Students for Their Neighbors.
Students from Hempstead High School and Joseph A. McNeil Elementary School helped assemble 775 care packages for neighbors in need.
The packages and additional essential supplies supported schools and community organizations across Nassau County serving young people and families experiencing homelessness, housing instability, emergency shelter and transitional living.
For many participating students, the people receiving these supplies were their peers.
Remembrance Became Action.
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A New Generation Remembers Differently.
Today’s students did not personally experience September 11, 2001.
Seeds of Service creates another way for them to connect to its legacy—not by asking them to remember something they did not witness, but by giving them opportunities to understand what happened, hear from people connected to the day, reflect on its lessons and carry forward the extraordinary spirit of community and service that followed.
Students paused to remember.
They heard the stories.
They asked questions.
They reflected.
And then they served.
The connection is the point.
See the Seeds in Action.
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Project Partners
SERVENYS
Lead nonprofit organization and grantee.
chromatic black™
Implementation and narrative strategy partner.
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Be Part of Something Meaningful.
Seeds of Service began with a simple goal: plant the lessons of September 11 in a new generation. The work continues through young people who choose to remember, care for one another and serve their communities.
Schools
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Community Partners
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Sponsors
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Volunteers
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Different People.
A Stronger Us.
Remembrance. Resilience. Gratitude. Service.