Photo credit: Kim Leeson Photography
Freedom Day, an annual day of service led by CFT for Business, commemorates 9/11/2001 by transforming a day of profound loss for our country into a day for doing good in our community. Over the years, more than 14,000 volunteers have donated 50,000 hours of service. Despite having no memory of that day, the K-12 students we serve in our public schools have grown up in an America irrevocably changed by what happened that day.
This year, on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Educate Texas staff and volunteers went down to Cedar Hill High School to restore their on-campus greenhouse for use by their STEM students. As our partner in districtwide STEM implementation, Cedar Hill ISD works with Educate Texas to align students, teachers, and school leaders with higher education and workforce needs, integrating STEM concepts across the full spectrum of teaching and learning to ensure students are better prepared for the many high wage jobs in STEM fields.
Photo credit: Kim Leeson Photography
Cedar Hill High School students participating in career and technical education, and journalism are already using the greenhouse project as part of their curriculum in school, and Cedar Hill High School teachers are working with Educate Texas to include the project as part of English, biology, agriculture, nutrition, graphic design, and IT courses.
Visit edtx.org to learn more, and learn more about the Freedom Day greenhouse restoration project Educate Texas hosted with Cedar Hill ISD below.
CEDAR HILL GREENHOUSE RESTORATION PROJECT
A note about CFT’s Freedom Day:
Honoring the lives lost and forever changed on 9/11/01, CFT for Business hosted Freedom Day on September 11th for 20 years. Freedom Day was a community-wide event dedicated to the individuals who fight for our freedom and the first responders who protect us.
Between 2002 and 2022, Freedom Day brought together 14,000+ volunteers who committed to 50,000+ hours of volunteer service around the September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, turning a day of tragedy into a day of doing good.
In 2023, the annual celebration of Freedom Day transitioned into a month-long recognition during National Volunteer Month in April. CFT’s celebration of National Volunteer Month engages the entire North Texas community in volunteer service. CFT continues to recognize the National Day of Service and Remembrance in September by engaging in a local volunteer project.
