Students Will Compete to Assemble Thousands of Emergency Period Kits; Approximately 7,000 Kits Will Benefit Youth in Foster Care Through Comfort Cases
“Twenty-five years after September 11, we have an opportunity to help a new generation understand not only what happened that day, but what happened afterward: people showed up for one another”
— Yvonne Esipila Patron, CEO & Co-Founder of The PATESI Foundation, Inc.
GAITHERSBURG, MD, UNITED STATES, September 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, a generation of young people with no personal memory of that day will come together to carry forward one of its most enduring legacies: service to others.
On Friday, September 11, from 5:30–7:30 p.m., high school students from across the region will gather at Bohrer Park at Summit Hall Farm in Gaithersburg for Districts for Dignity™: The Period Games, a youth-led 9/11 Day of Service event combining volunteerism, menstrual-health education, advocacy and friendly competition, presented by The PATESI Foundation, Inc., Districts for Dignity™ is part of the nationwide observance of the 25th anniversary of September 11 and the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. The PATESI Foundation is among approximately 200 nonprofits, schools and community organizations across 40 states receiving support through $3 million in grants awarded by 9/11 Day to expand service opportunities for this milestone anniversary.
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