WASHINGTON — Sept. 11 is a , and there are many events going on in the D.C. region to mark the day.
Thousands of on Friday to pack meals for senior citizens in need.
There’s an on Friday morning along the Anacostia River near Nationals Park.
Schoolchildren nationwide will take part in a at 1 p.m. on Friday.
At a Friday event in D.C. called “,” children will turn war veterans’ stories into books to be given to other kids who had parents deployed after the Sept. 11 attacks.
If you don’t have time to volunteer on Friday, there are plenty of other ways to give back to your community. Here are a few:
- Â Donate blood to the this week in honor of Sept. 11.
-  The Student Conservation Association and American Express have organized a Saturday at Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove along the George Washington Parkway. Volunteers will be doing things like clearing invasive plants and garbage and building picnic tables.
- You can sign up anytime to get trained in .
- The National Park Service is always to help maintain the Martin Luther King Junior Memorial and help Park Rangers answer visitor questions.
