The Board of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation wrapped up its quarterly Board of Trustees Meeting with a "Thank You Reception" for 11 outgoing board members. Six of those Trustees had served on the Foundation Board since inception in 1995. Honored for their service, leadership and extraordinary work were Bill Bell, Rowland Denman, DebFerrell-Lynn, Burns Hargis, Frank Hill, Jerome Holmes, Bob Johnson,Polly Nichols, Renée Preftakes, Shirley Shanker and Richard Williams.

The Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation is the organization that built, owns, operates and raises the funds to sustain the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.

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Employees from Dell OKC volunteered their afternoon to hand-washeach of the 168 chairs in the Field of Empty Chairs, wrapping up twomonths of work to rewire and rework the interior electrical wiring ofeach one. Dell’s Global Community Involvement Campaign has connectedDell employees to local non-profit organizations to create andimplement group projects that benefit the community.

"We are absolutely honored to participate in a project as specialand touching as the cleaning of the Field of Empty Chairs," said TomBenson, Site Leader, Dell OKC. "Dell prides itself in helping in thecommunity, and when we were asked to be a part of this project therewas no question that we wanted to help. Each of our volunteers viewthese chairs as representations of the 168 lives lost over 14 yearsago, and we will humbly do our part to make sure each chair is takencare of and cleaned properly. The Oklahoma City National Memorial &Museum has done a phenomenal job in honoring and remembering those wholost their lives, and Dell thanks them for letting us be involved."

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On Friday night, November 6, the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum honored our wonderful volunteers at the annual Memorial Volunteer Program Appreciation Banquet held at the historic Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. This dynamic group of Memorial Volunteers (MVPs) has donated more than 8,000 hours to the Memorial in the past year, equaling a monetary value of over $120,000. Since the beginning of the program our MVPs have given at least 65,000 hours of service, which is valued at over $1,000,000. This incredible donation has been given in the areas of visitor services, archives, administration, education and countless special events.

All MVPS were honored for hours given this past year and total hours given to the program since 2000. Special awards are given each year for those who have shown outstanding service and dedication to the Memorial. This year’s awards included a "Saved the Day" award to Gayle McKinney, the MVP who first discovered the water leak in the Museum so all volunteers and staff could immediately put into place our Critical Incident Management Plan. Other awards given to show appreciation for such outstanding work included the Emeritus Award for past service to Jane Van Burkleo, Above & Beyond Awards to Jane Thomas and Morris Blumenthal, and the June Ranney Special Service award to Jo Wolf. This year’s Outstanding MVP award was presented to Marguerite Christman. All of these MVPs have shown exceptional dedication to the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum.

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Major General P. David Gillett, Jr., Commander , Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, and other Tinker senior leaders joined family and friends of Airman 1st Class Cartney J. McRaven and Airman 1st Class LaKesha R. Levy in a special Veterans Day ceremony on the grounds of the Oklahoma City National Memorial.

Major General and Mrs. Gillett placed wreaths on two chairs and presented both families flags that flew over the Memorial during the ceremony. The tribute included the presentation of colors by the Tinker Honor Guard, the singing of the National Anthem, an invocation by Tinker Chaplain (Lt. Col) David Terrinoni, and comments by Gen. Gillett, the playing of taps and the raising, lowering, and folding and presentation of the flags to Corey Levy, II, LaKesha’s son, and Jean Gliedt-Peter and David Koch, Carntney’s parents.

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The 2009 Memorial Marathon hosted 19,300 runners, up 21% from the 2008 race, with runners from 49 states and seven foreign countries. All five 2009 marathon events sold out before the Health and Fitness Expo closed. The Memorial Marathon has been hailed by Runner’s World magazine as one of the 12 “Must Run” marathons in the world.

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The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum was created to honor"those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever bythe April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. We are dedicated to teaching the impact of violence, andsharing the hope and resilience of this community and country.

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The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum was created to honor "those who were killed, those who survived and those changed forever by the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City. We are dedicated to teaching the impact of violence, and sharing the hope and resilience of this community and country.

The 2009 Memorial Marathon hosted 19,300 runners, up 21% from the 2008 race, with runners from 49 states and seven foreign countries. All five 2009 marathon events sold out before the Health and Fitness Expo closed. The Memorial Marathon has been hailed by Runner’s World magazine as one of the 12 “Must Run” marathons in the world.The 2009 Memorial Marathon hosted 19,300 runners, up 21% from the 2008 race, with runners from 49 states and seven foreign countries. All five 2009 marathon events sold out before the Health and Fitness Expo closed. The Memorial Marathon has been hailed by Runner’s World magazine as one of the 12 “Must Run” marathons in the world.