News & Press - Tucson's January 8th Memorial

January 8th Memorial Dedication

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:24:13 +0000

To our family….survivors, victim’s families and the Southern Arizona Community, we pray for healing for you all and remember this day with the dedication of our memorial.
Monday January, 8, 2018, El Presidio Park
[See image gallery at www.tucsonsmemorial.org]

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JANUARY 8, 2018 Dine On Your Corner: Donate, Remember, Embrace!

Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:25:47 +0000

Monday, January 8th marks the 7th anniversary of the tragedy that shook Southern Arizona and our nation when former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords’ “Congress on your Corner” event was interrupted by a gunman that took the lives of six and wounded thirteen others.

In conjunction with the dedication ceremony that morning, the following Tucson restaurants have graciously agreed to donate a percentage of sales that day to Tucson’s January 8th Memorial.

Bentley’s House of Coffee & Tea

Brother John’s

DOWNTOWN Kitchen + Cocktails

Eclectic Café

Hilton El Conquistador Resort

Frost Gelato

Kingfisher Bar & Grill

La Cocina

Mama’s Hawaiian Bar B Cue

Reilly Craft Pizza & Drink

Piazza Gavi

Pie Bird Bakery & Cafe

Senai Thai Bistro

The Shanty

Sunrise Cafe

Please join your friends and families and Dine on Your Corner on Monday, January 8th.

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Donors offer to match $1M for January 8th Memorial

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 03:40:54 +0000

The plan to build a memorial for the Jan. 8, 2011, mass shooting in Tucson received a boost Monday with the announcement of a commitment to match $1 million in donations.

The largest commitment came from Raytheon Missile Systems and the Kautz Family Foundation, said Crystal Kasnoff, executive director of Tucson’s January 8th Memorial.

The commitment to match funds also came from Tucson Foundations, the Connie Hillman Foundation, real estate investor Michael Kasser, Sundt Construction, attorney Mark Rubin and the memorial foundation’s board members, Kasnoff told about 60 people at the Pima County administration building.

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Montini: How you can honor Tucson shooting victims (AZCentral.com)

Wed, 24 May 2017 01:59:24 +0000

PHOENIX-The Legislature refused to fund a memorial for the Tucson shooting victims, columnist E.J. Montini says, so now it needs your donations to make it happen.

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Jan. 8th Memorial Foundation continue to search for funding to get memorial built (KVOA.com)

Wed, 24 May 2017 01:17:16 +0000

TUCSON-January 8th Memorial Foundation continues to look for funding for building the memorial

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January 8th Memorial Foundation plans to finish campaign (KVOA.com)

Wed, 24 May 2017 01:01:04 +0000

TUCSON – The January 8th Memorial Foundation is getting closer to breaking ground on a permanent memorial Downtown.
On January 8, 2011 a gunman killed 6 people and wounded 13 others outside a Northwest Side grocery store. Ron Barber almost bled to death. Now he is fighting for a permanent memorial.

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6 years later, memorial for Giffords mass shooting struggles (HoustonChronicle.com)

Mon, 22 May 2017 16:41:18 +0000

PHOENIX (AP) — Survivors of the mass shooting that left former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords severely wounded are pleading with the public to help pay for a long-planned memorial after state funding fell through during this year's session of the Arizona Legislature.

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January 8th Memorial moves ahead without state funding (KGUN9.com)

Thu, 11 May 2017 02:14:09 +0000

TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The January 8th shooting touched lives far beyond the six killed and 13 wounded that day. State lawmakers refused to devote two and a half million dollars to build the memorial but organizers see a way to keep going. Organizers are reaching out for more donations to keep the memorial alive. There's a lot of history in Tucson’s old courthouse plaza. There are plans to put a memorial to the January 8th shooting victims there to join the history in that spot. State lawmakers decided not to kick in funding to help make that memorial happen. But organizers are confident it will happen just the same.

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Sneak Preview Celebration

Sat, 08 Apr 2017 18:27:11 +0000

Sneak Preview Celebration, Saturday, April 8, 2017, El Presidio Park, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. With special guests Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Captain Mark Kelly

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Press conference in support of Tucson’s January 8th Memorial

Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:46:00 +0000

NEWS RELEASE

Arizona House of Representatives
Representative Todd Clodfelter (R-10)
1700 West Washington l Phoenix, Arizona l 85007-2844

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Representatives Clodfelter, Friese, and Hernandez to Hold Press Conference Next Week Regarding Tucson’s January 8^th Memorial

STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Representative Todd Clodfelter (R-10) will be hosting a press conference on February 22 at 1:00 p.m. at the Capitol Rose Garden regarding legislation he has introduced (HB 2436) that will provide state funding for a planned memorial to honor the victims of the January 8, 2011 attack in Tucson.

HB 2436 would appropriate $2,500,000 over five years in matching funds to Tucson’s January 8 Memorial Foundation for construction of the memorial if the U.S. Secretary of the Interior establishes a national memorial site. Arizona’s congressional delegation has introduced federal legislation to establish aJanuary 8 national memorial site.

WHAT:	Press conference in support of Tucson’s January 8^th Memorial
WHEN:	February 22^nd at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE:	Capitol Rose Garden
WHO:	Representatives Todd Clodfelter (R-10), Randall Friese (D-9), and Daniel Hernandez (D-2), as well as January 8^th survivor Pam Simon and Crystal Kasnoff, executive director for Tucson’s January 8^th Memorial Foundation

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CONTACT:

Matthew Specht

Director of Communications

House Majority Staff

602-926-5518

[email protected]

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