  | The Twin Towers Orphan Fund was founded on September 11, 2001 for the sole purpose of providing educational and welfare assistance to the children who were orphaned (who lost one or both parents) by the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The mission of the Twin Towers Orphan Fund is to provide higher educational assistance and mental healthcare assistance for (a) children who lost parents in the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, or onboard the four downed airliners, and (b) children of victims of future terrorist attacks.
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Mission
The mission of the Twin Towers Orphan Fund is to help mitigate the damage caused by the terrorist acts of September 11 by ensuring the children of the victims have as normal a life as possible. To do so, the TTOF provides higher education assistance and helps meet mental healthcare needs for children who lost a parent in the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, or onboard the four downed airliners.
Via individual Sec. 529 Higher Educational Saving Accounts funded in the names of the child beneficiaries, as well as general program funds, the TTOF helps to provide:
- tuition assistance, books, required fees, supplies and other educational expenses to enrolled students at accredited two- and four-year colleges and universities and recognized trade schools.
- supplemental long-term mental heathcare assistance by providing reimbursements for individual and group counseling and other means available and approved by the TTOF.
- funding for other charitable organizations that offer direct services benefiting mental healthcare, scholastic tutoring for college bound children and other activities deemed beneficial for the long-term well being of enrolled children.
TTOF began its long-term mission by ensuring 100 percent of all donations were used for the benefit of the children. During its first seven months, the TTOF administrative overhead was borne from the pockets of its dedicated co-founders and by monies donated specifically for administration. Beginning in the 2nd quarter of 2002, TTOF implemented a 90 percent model where 10 percent of donations are used for ongoing program expansion, administrative overhead and fundraising efforts. Still well below the 25 - 35 percent that most other national charities require to cover these same costs. TTOF has continued this effort to ensure the children receive as much assistance as possible.
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Kevin Leah Bowser
Remembering My Dad
By: Pharr Ayn Bowser
You were the one who taught me
How to ride my bike.
The one who'd play with me in the snow.
The one who would pick out the raisins
for me, from the trail mix.
And go down to the kitchen late at night
To get me a cup of apple juice.
You would pick me up when I was tired,
And I'd listen to your velvet voice
Lying on your shoulder.
Now you're starting to fade from my memory.
Your voice.
Your face.
Your touch.
Everything.
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Our beneficiaries include more than 1,200 children in 26 states and territories including 32 babies born after 9/11. Nearly $4 million dollars has been distributed to fund over 700 higher educational savings accounts in the names of the child beneficiaries, $3 million dollars was allocated for mental healthcare assistance, nearly $500,000 has been set aside for children of victims of future terrorist attacks, and over $1 million dollars has been distributed in direct benefits – made possible through the compassionate commitment of individuals, communities and corporations working together to rebuild the futures of these children.
It is of note that 90 percent of every dollar donated will reach a child in need. The remaining 10 percent is used for ongoing program expansion, administrative overhead and awareness efforts.
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All Rights Reserved.
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