Update on the Perpetual Memorial on Long Beach Island

Sky Help installed a 9/11 Perpetual Memorial plaque at the Gazebo on Pearl Street in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island in 2002.  The purpose of this memorial was to have a place where family and friends of individuals lost on 9/11 could register their loved one(s) with the Mayor’s office and receive a blue sodalite stone to cast into the ocean with remembrance. 

Our plan has always been to install a sister plaque to be dedicated to members of all military branches who were lost due to September 11^th, 2001.  This plaque will be similar to the original and will have different colored stones representing each branch of the military along with the opportunity to register the deceased loved one with the Mayor’s office. 

The Mayor of Beach Haven, the Town Council, and the local VFW’s are enthusiastic about the memorials and also about plans to rebuild the Gazebo on Pearl Street.  Sky Help is excited to be involved in this process and also looking forward to rededicating the revived original plaque to include all those lost as a result of the toxins released on 9/11 – a large group of volunteers, emergency responders and those involved in the 9-month clean up of the site.  We hope to see this completed by Memorial Day 2012.  Updates will continue as we move towards this goal.