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Las Vegas · September 11, 2026 · 25th Anniversary

Las Vegas 9/11
Remembrance Wall.

Led by Arbor View High School senior Aiyana Castro and Creating a Giving Culture LV, more than 1,000 Clark County School District students created handwritten reflections so a generation born after September 11 could carry remembrance forward.

Completed youth-created Las Vegas 9/11 Remembrance Wall with handwritten tribute cards from more than 1,000 CCSD students

Event One

Las Vegas Ten-13 Club
9/11 Remembrance

At Police Memorial Park in Las Vegas, veterans, first responders, community leaders, and families gathered to read the students’ messages and honor the lives, courage, and sacrifice of September 11.

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Las Vegas students who weren’t alive on 9/11 find way to remember

Watch Aiyana share how more than 1,000 CCSD students helped turn remembrance into a promise carried by a new generation.

Aiyana Castro at the Las Vegas Ten-13 Club 9/11 Remembrance
Youth-created 9/11 Remembrance Wall displayed at the Las Vegas Ten-13 Club event
Guests reading CCSD student messages on the Las Vegas 9/11 Remembrance Wall
Las Vegas Ten-13 Club 9/11 Remembrance gathering
Aiyana Castro sharing the youth-created 9/11 Remembrance Wall in Las Vegas
Community members beside the youth-created Las Vegas 9/11 Remembrance Wall
Veterans and community members at the Las Vegas Ten-13 Club remembrance
Aiyana Castro with guests at the Las Vegas 9/11 Remembrance Wall
Remembrance Wall honoring those lost on September 11, 2001
Aiyana Castro at the youth-created Las Vegas 9/11 tribute

Event Two

Southern Nevada’s 3rd Annual
9/11 Community Day of Service

At Cornerstone Park in Henderson, Aiyana and local youth shared the wall with Governor Joe Lombardo, Congresswoman Dina Titus, first responders, veterans, service organizations, and community leaders. JustServe created space for a generation born after 9/11 to be seen, heard, and trusted with carrying remembrance forward.

Aiyana Castro and youth with Governor Joe Lombardo, first responders, veterans, and community leaders at the Las Vegas 9/11 Remembrance Wall
Aiyana Castro with community leaders and a first responder at the JustServe 9/11 Community Day of Service
Aiyana Castro and youth with Congresswoman Dina Titus at the Southern Nevada 9/11 Community Day of Service
Aiyana Castro and youth with a veteran and service dog beside the youth-created 9/11 Remembrance Wall
Youth and community guests at the JustServe 9/11 Community Day of Service in Henderson
Aiyana Castro and youth with Las Vegas Athletics mascot Stomper at the Remembrance Wall
Stomper viewing handwritten CCSD student cards on the Las Vegas 9/11 Remembrance Wall
Aiyana Castro standing before the completed Las Vegas youth-created 9/11 Remembrance Wall

Event Three

Commissioner Justin Jones’s
Great American Kickoff

Commissioner Justin Jones welcomed the Remembrance Wall to Desert Breeze Ballfields, where it stood behind the Color Guard as Clark County, LVMPD, CCFD, veterans, families, and neighbors gathered in unity. The placement gave hundreds of student voices a powerful place in a community tribute honoring service and sacrifice.

Color Guard standing before Aiyana Castro’s youth-created 9/11 Remembrance Wall at the Great American Kickoff
Aiyana Castro with Commissioner Justin Jones and a community honoree at the Great American Kickoff
Aiyana Castro with Great American Kickoff organizers in front of the Las Vegas 9/11 Remembrance Wall
Aiyana Castro and a community honoree beside the 9/11 Remembrance Wall at Desert Breeze Ballfields