CBS5 TV Solicits More Participants

August 27, 2011 - Greg Collaco is interviewed on local CSB5 about the Memorial Climb, with an appeal for more participants to meet the 343 goal. He also discusses how firefighters and first responders deal with the stress of the job.

(video 4:17, 15MB)

Online T-shirt Ordering: Flawless and Fast

Graphic Sportswear LLC, the company that is assisting the SF 9/11 MSC Team in raising funds through t-shirt sales, has a fantastic online ordering system set up. I ordered two t-shirts on Aug 16th, paid with my PayPal account, and received them in 2 days!

This is the first time that Mike Smith and his team have implemented a payment and shipping option on t-shirt ordering for special events. Excellent work, you guys!! Plus, the t-shirts look awesome. Here's the photo of my order:

Many thanks to an awesome supporter!

Martin

SF 9/11 MSC Team Launches T-Shirt Shop to Help Raise Funds

July 27, 2011 – The SF 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb Team, in partnership with Graphic Sportswear LLC, has launched an online t-shirt shop to help raise additional funds for the event. 

The t-shirt sports the SF 9/11 MSC logo on a dark blue, 100% cotton shirt, available in 5 sizes: small, medium, large, x-large and xx-large. The shirts cost $20, plus tax and shipping (up to 8 shirts can be purchased and covered by a single shipping charge).

Participants who register for the Climb will receive an event t-shirt with their registration that is a heather grey version of the fundraiser shirt.

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Climber pays tribute to those killed on 9/11

San Francisco firefighter Greg Collaco is back to raise awareness for the America Lung Association. Each year, the association holds a “vertical road race” up 52 floors of San Francisco’s tallest “climbable” building.

 

This year, Collaco will captain the FNDY 343 Tribute team. Each member of the team will climb the skyscraper, wearing the name and photograph of one of the 343 firefighters who died on 9/11.

 

“Whenever I think of 9/11, I have an image of the firefighters in the high rises, so the stair climb for me is synonymous with firefighters in a stairwell,” Collaco said in David