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Student and alumni to focus on giving back on #GivingTuesday (November 28).
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving.
This year, UNC Charlotte's campus community will be signing holiday cards to send to troops who are deployed over the holidays. Students volunteers will also be collecting donations to send the "Pride of Niner Nation" Marching Band to Normandy, France to perform at the 74th Anniversary of D-Day Allied Invasion and the end of World War II.
Honor a veteran of any war or conflict. A limited number of sashes remain. Each of our 100 band members will wear a sash in honor of or in memory of a veteran as they perform in 5 celebrations in 4 days while in France. Or, for $49, we will plant a US flag in honor or memory of a vet at the US Cemetery while in Normandy.
Please help us spread the word this #GivingTuesday.
The schedule below is what has been designed by the travel provider for the Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band's Musical Salute & Celebration to D-Day, May 31-June 7. PLEASE NOTE there is a separate travel package that will be announced later this week for travel with University Officials.
THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2018
Depart from Charlotte. Travel overnight to France
FRIDAY, JUNE 1
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
SUNDAY, JUNE 3
MONDAY, JUNE 4
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6
THURSDAY, JUNE 7
The dates of travel for the “Pride of Niner Nation” Marching Band’s trip to celebrate the 74th Anniversary of the D-Day Allied Forces landing in Normandy, France are published. The band will depart from Charlotte for their tour, May 31, 2018, as the official US marching band in the D-Day Memorial Parade and “Musical Salute to the Veterans” and perform four other times through June 6, 2018.
Schedule:
For more information on how you can travel to France and enjoy these performances, please contact Joël Gallegos, the Assistant Provost for International Programs for UNC Charlotte in the Office of International Programs, at 704.687.7753 or jagalleg@uncc.edu.
For information on how to support the band and learn more about the Pride of Niner Nation, please contact Mark Colone in the Office of Development at 704-687-5526 or mdcolone@uncc.edu.
Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the Allied invasion of Nazi-held France on the beaches of Normandy.
Operation Neptune was part of the larger Operation Overlord. The belligerents included the Allied forces, consisting of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Free France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Poland, against Nazi Germany.
By late August, all of northern France was liberated from the Nazi stronghold thanks to Operation Overlord, which started with D-Day. In military terminology, “D-Day” is the day on which any given combat operation begins. There has been more than one D-Day throughout history, but “Operation Overlord” is the most famous of these.
D-Day was also a turning point in the war, as it led to the total defeat of Adolf Hitler and his regime.
Join us next June as our University’s Pride of Niner Nation Marching Band pays tribute on the 74th Anniversary of the invasion as the US Marching Band representative in the parade and four performances throughout select sites in and around Normandy, June 4-9.
For more information, contact Mark Colone (mdcolone@uncc.edu; 704-687-5526).
Thank you.
Live Exponentially,
Mark '83
Mark D. Colone
Honor your military veteran by placing two American flags in his or her memory.
Honor your military veteran with a specially designed sash, which will include his or her name and branch of service.
