Patch
Photo credit: Jin S. Lee
Accession Number: C.2016.151.81
Dimensions: 5.25 in diameter
Dimensions (Metric): 13.335 cm diameter
Dimensions (Metric): 13.335 cm diameter
Source: Marjorie Miller
Credit Line: Gift of Margie (Marjorie) Miller
Description
Embroidered patch for Home Ground with an image of the Twin Towers, rendered as an American flag, a Maltese cross on the left for the Fire Department, and a shield on the right for the Police Department. Below the towers is an embroidered Star of Life symbol for the Emergency Medical Service. Text embroidered in yellow, against a blue background, reads: "HOME GROUND | 911 | WTC RESCUE & RECOVERY WORKERS OUTREACH | SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL."
Embroidered patch for Home Ground with an image of the Twin Towers, rendered as an American flag, a Maltese cross on the left for the Fire Department, and a shield on the right for the Police Department. Below the towers is an embroidered Star of Life symbol for the Emergency Medical Service. Text embroidered in yellow, against a blue background, reads: "HOME GROUND | 911 | WTC RESCUE & RECOVERY WORKERS OUTREACH | SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL."
Historical Notes
Home Ground was a support organization for first responders who worked actively on 9/11 and for rescue and recovery workers who participated in the recovery efforts after 9/11. Hosted by the World Trade Center Family Center in Rockville Centre, Long Island, Home Ground was one of the first groups to provide targeted support for the recovery worker community.
Home Ground was a support organization for first responders who worked actively on 9/11 and for rescue and recovery workers who participated in the recovery efforts after 9/11. Hosted by the World Trade Center Family Center in Rockville Centre, Long Island, Home Ground was one of the first groups to provide targeted support for the recovery worker community.
Curator's Comment
The World Trade Center Family Center, opened by the South Nassau Communities Hospital, took over an unused storefront in Rockville Centre to assist 9/11 family members in the area as early as September 18. In the beginning it was a place for people to get their basic needs met and to find answers and support. In the end, the Center served the community for nearly seven years, assisting more than 2,000 people, including 700 children, and hosting 20 different support groups. It was a place for families to come and be around other people who understood what it meant to be a 9/11 family member. It was a safe place where they could take their children to play and help them begin to understand what had happened. It was a place for parents, siblings, spouses, first responders, and recovery workers to find the support they needed to begin to heal.
Initially funded by the South Nassau Communities Hospital, the Center later operated on funds from Project Liberty, the September 11th Fund, private donations, and grants from the Robin Hood Foundation and other philanthropic groups. From the beginning, the World Trade Center Family Center was designed to be an open and warm environment, decorated with children’s artwork and filled with toys, food, and comfortable couches. The Center offered grief counseling, programming to teach lifestyle skills, and community events to foster resiliency. It also offered art therapy, acting classes, life coaching, writing workshops, pet therapy, discussion groups, retreats, partnerships, and much more. It was a lifeline for a grieving community and a model for how to cope with unthinkable tragedy.
HIDE
The World Trade Center Family Center, opened by the South Nassau Communities Hospital, took over an unused storefront in Rockville Centre to assist 9/11 family members in the area as early as September 18. In the beginning it was a place for people to get their basic needs met and to find answers and support. In the end, the Center served the community for nearly seven years, assisting more than 2,000 people, including 700 children, and hosting 20 different support groups. It was a place for families to come and be around other people who understood what it meant to be a 9/11 family member. It was a safe place where they could take their children to play and help them begin to understand what had happened. It was a place for parents, siblings, spouses, first responders, and recovery workers to find the support they needed to begin to heal.
Initially funded by the South Nassau Communities Hospital, the Center later operated on funds from Project Liberty, the September 11th Fund, private donations, and grants from the Robin Hood Foundation and other philanthropic groups. From the beginning, the World Trade Center Family Center was designed to be an open and warm environment, decorated with children’s artwork and filled with toys, food, and comfortable couches. The Center offered grief counseling, programming to teach lifestyle skills, and community events to foster resiliency. It also offered art therapy, acting classes, life coaching, writing workshops, pet therapy, discussion groups, retreats, partnerships, and much more. It was a lifeline for a grieving community and a model for how to cope with unthinkable tragedy.
HIDE
