[Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United

About Me

HUGE thanks to Jaci for making this for a members request!

thanks to Blair Hurlburt, Tim Rysedorph, Chris Elko, Andrew Carpenter, and James Thomas for sharing their photos from the vigil for the slideshow. Other photos from Roanoke Times, AP, MSNBC and FoxNews.

many thanks to Heather for sending the link to the picture. thanks to the photographer wherever you are!

My Interests

If you'd like to place names and/or pictures of your lost friends/family to the main page, please send the pic with a few words about them to:
[email protected]

Thanks!

I'd like to meet:

This profile is created for everyone to have somewhere to connect with and talk to other students that may not have known each other before this tragedy.

Here is the link to a guestbook to leave your thoughts:

VT Guestbook
thanks to Natasha for the link

Music:

Important phone numbers:

Parent/family info line: 1-800-533-1144

Police tip line: 540-231-6411

Heroes:

Wind sweeps through the mountains,
Wiping away the innocence,
Tears stream like rivers,
Oh what senseless violence!

A nations heart is broken,
Youthful lives hardly begun,
So many yet to have spread their wings,
So early to have stopped their run.

An act of utter cowardice,
A senseless attempt to hurt,
So many lives this has affected,
Optimism and hope left inert.

Today we are all Hokies,
No matter where we are from,
Though on the field we may be enemies,
Today we hold Virginia as our Home.

Author unknown to me, if you are or know the author please let me know so I can give credit for this beautiful poem.

My Blog

Work on temporary memorial at Virginia Tech is underway

Work is already underway on Virginia Tech's temporary memorial to the victims of April 16th. The memorial will have engraved Hokie stones in an arc surrounded by a walkway. Ernest Lang's been...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:17:00 PST

Moment of silence at Roanoke Valley Horse Show

http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6701649 Saturday evening, a moment of silence was held at the Roanoke Valley Horse Show for the 32 victims gunned down on April 16th. They ...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:14:00 PST

Tech creates new emergency alert system

Virginia Tech will begin signing up students, faculty, staff and friends to a new emergency notification system, called VT Alerts, beginning July 2nd. The program will become operational the first day...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:10:00 PST

Virginia Tech student wins British Am

http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/6953516?MSNHPHMA LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) - Virginia Tech student Drew Weaver became the first American to win the British Amateur golf tournament si...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:07:00 PST

Mega Charity Event July 3 & 4 for Community Recovery

Former Virginia Tech football standout and current Seattle Seahawks player Darryl Tapp recently confirmed he will play in the "Blacksburg Gives Back" golf tournament on July 4, and the auction on July...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 06:06:00 PST

New York Yankees make a large donation to Virginia Tech memorial fund

New York Yankees make a large donation to Virginia Tech memorial fund ..> ..> The fund to help the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy is getting a major donation. The New York Yankees are donating...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Wed, 23 May 2007 01:24:00 PST

A local voice in the national RocaWear Fall Campaign

Ciara has been tapped as the new face of Jay-Z's Rocawear line for women. The 21-year-old "Goodies" singer celebrated Wednesday night at a small, intimate dinner at Buddakan in NYC with Rocawear co-f...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Thu, 17 May 2007 02:03:00 PST

VT Tribute at ACM Awards by Rascal Flatts

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Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Thu, 17 May 2007 07:35:00 PST

Virginia Tech: How to give

Hokie Spirit Memorial FundEstablished by Virginia Tech to aid in the healing process to pay for expenses including grief counseling, memorials, communication expenses, comfort expenses and incidental ...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Tue, 15 May 2007 07:32:00 PST

A few more words from me!

As I sit and think of the graduation tonight I thought it would be the perfect time to thank each and every single one of you for continuing to be here every day. Still seeing messages and comments co...
Posted by [Memorial] VT 4.16.07 Hokies United on Fri, 11 May 2007 12:26:00 PST