5K The 8th Annual ('09) Run & Walk was held on Sun. May 31 in Old Wethersfield. Clik to Visit Calendar Page for Follow-up Pix & Times.
UNICO-Keane GOLF Tournament was held on Mon., June 1 at Gillette Ridge in Bloomfield: A GREAT time and food was had by all! Clik to Visit Calendar Page for Follow-up Pix.
PRESS RELEASE: Nov.19,'08: Life Saving Device Donated by Fire Fighters for 9/11 Sports Center!Details!.
MORE 911-MSC NEWS! Coverage from "New England Cable News: Visit!.
FALL'08 NewsLetter: semiannual summary of memorable KF events & important plans for Future: Read!.
Special Gifts? Consider MEMORIAL BRICKS for family & loved ones in Heirloom WalkWay: Details! [PDF]
Welcome & Thank-you Message from Judy Keane, Pres. on the lead-up to the opening of the 9/11 Memorial Sports Center: Click!Dress Smart
with Apparel from K.F. Store at Triple Stitch while supporting our goals!
BRICKS! Get one or more "Memorial Family Bricks" for our "Family Heirloom Walk" at entrance of "9/11 Memorial Sports Center." Details.
UNITED WAY Donations Encouraged: Anytime,in Hartford area, use or re-select code #AG0831 or write in "Richard M. Keane Foundation"!
Grand Opening & Dedication of our "9/11 Memorial Sports Center" on Thurs., Sept. 11, 2008, was an incredible success, attended by hundreds. Follow links to right for media coverage of that great day! ==>
911MSC NEWS! Sept. '08 report from Community Center Director about the Sports Center: Details.
FREE MOVIE NIGHT Feb.27 AT 9/11 MSC in Pitkin Comm. Center showed "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" for kids of all ages. Follow-up Pop-up Pix & Message!
Judy Keane Spoke on Memorial Day '09 after the Parade.
"3-on-3" '09, Fifth Annual, day-long, BasketBall Tournament at W.H.S. gym on Sun. Apr.5 was again well attended by participants and family members. THANK-YOU, Wethersfield. Now a Shutterfly Pix and Slideshow Review
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Visit Dr.Ken Sokolowski's coverage of events of Keane Foundation in its early years:
Video coverage of the Keane Foundation's efforts to select and acquire artifacts of the World Trade Center destroyed on September 11, 2001, as recorded, produced and televised by WFSB TV Channel 3, Connecticut: (via their web site)
Richard M. Keane, a beloved resident of Wethersfield, CT, a cherished
husband, a devoted father, grandfather, and father-in-law, a lay
minister at Sacred Heart Church, an avid gardener, and a wonderful
friend to all who knew him, was a victim of the September 11th, 2001
attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.
More...
The Richard M. Keane Foundation was established to honor the
memory of "Dick" Keane and to raise funds to provide a community
center for the people of Connecticut. The Foundation has ambitious
goals and
we need your help to reach them.
In October, 2006, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell visited the future site of the "9/ll Memorial Sports Center" within the Wethersfield Community Center and offered her generous assistance...
On May 23, 2008, the Keane Foundation was honored when it was allowed to actually acquire two pieces of twisted steel from the tragic, collapsed World Trade Center, where three Wethersfield residents lost their lives. (Please refer to our Spring 2008 Newsletter Pg.5 for an account of the initial visit to Hanger 17 at JFK Airport in New York.)
On May 24, these two pieces were presented to the awestruck Wethersfield public and guests during the Memorial Day Parade in Old Wethersfield. Both are now installed, one within and and one erected outside at the recently completed, dedicated and opened "9/11 Memorial Sports Center" on Thursday, September 11, 2008. Please stop by the Pitkin Community Center to visit the Center, at 30 Greenfield Street, Wethersfield, CT, and learn about the programs which are available at the 9/11 Center.