Individuals and organizations throughout the world are planning commemorations to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Thus far, nearly 185 America Supports You Freedom Walks, eight of them overseas, are scheduled on and around Sept. 11. America Supports You is a Defense Department program connecting citizens and companies with service members and their families serving at home and abroad.

“This will be a special year for Department of Defense employees, as the National America Supports You Freedom Walk begins a week of commemorations culminating in the opening of the Pentagon Memorial on 9/11,” said Defense Department spokeswoman Allison Barber.

The fourth-annual national America Supports You Freedom Walk will be held on Sept. 7. Participants will leave the Women’s Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery at 9 a.m. and will proceed about one mile to the Pentagon’s south parking lot, near the site where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the building.

More information is available at the America Supports You Web site, www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/index.aspx.

Job hunting made easier for disabled veterans

Disabled veterans seeking employment have a new online tool available to tackle that task. Job Opportunities for Disabled American Veterans, a national online recruitment service, offers an application geared specifically to help disabled veterans find work.

The goal is to connect disabled American veterans with employers who are proactive in hiring them and is a free service to disabled veterans. Employers listing job openings on the site pay a nominal fee to help maintain the site.

The site offers resumé writing tips as well as pointers on how to give a good interview. Veterans must register with the site to search the job listings.

Disabled veterans also can take advantage of recruitABILITY, an application that DisABLEDperson Inc. offers to the wider disabled community. Many state and federal agencies, along with 1,200 employers nationally, are using recruitABILITY as a recruitment tool to find skilled workers with disabilities. For more information visit Job Opportunities for Disabled American Veterans online at www.jofdav.com and its sister site, www.disabledperson.com.

Sports equipment

The Independence Fund offers iBot wheelchairs and modified sports equipment for disabled veterans.

The fund also provides two types of therapies for injured troops. Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom can apply for funds through the Independence Fund’s Web site, www.independencefund.org.

Reentering civilian life

Wounded veterans and their families looking for help in returning to civilian life can turn to an organization in Huntsville, Ala., that takes a holistic approach to that task.

Still Serving Veterans a valuable resource

Still Serving Veterans offers counseling, coaching, guidance and job transition and helps veterans obtain benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Priority is given to severely wounded veterans, and all services are provided at no cost to participants. For more information visit the Still Serving Veterans Web site, www.stillservingveterans.org/. To find career resources for the severely injured, visit Military.com’s Severely Injured Career Center at www.military.com/support.

Sports clinic set

One hundred recently injured veterans from around the country will participate in the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic, sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs, in San Diego from Sept. 28 through Oct. 3.

The event is open to veterans with recent spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, certain neurological conditions, amputations and other mobility impairments, and posttraumatic stress disorder.

Events include sailing, cycling, surfing, kayaking and track and field events. For more information or to volunteer during the week, visit the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic Web site at www.summersportsclinic.va.gov.

Governor’s Veterans Affairs Advisory Council

The council will hold its quarterly meeting at 1 p.m. today in the south building conference room at the Rhode Island Veterans Home, at 480 Metacom Ave. in Bristol.

Veterans of Foreign Wars

Gatchell Post 306 and Auxiliary units meet today at 7 this evening in the post home, 171 Fountain St., Pawtucket. Smithfield Memorial Post 2929 will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the post home, 47 Farnum Pike, Smithfield.

American Legion

Post 12 will meet tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Saratoga headquarters, 6854 Post Rd., North Kingstown. Berard-Desjarlais Post 88, at 111 Chapel St. in Harrisville, will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m., and Raymond Fontenault, Burrillville’s veterans service officer, will hold office hours at 6 to 8 that from evening at the post.

Marine Corps League

The Bucci-Atwood Detachment will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Armed Forces Reserves Center, Fields Point, Providence. The South County Detachment will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in VFW Post 916, 155 High St., Wakefield, at 7:30 p.m.

Army Special Forces Association

Rhode Island Chapter 48 will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., at the Corner Tavern, 20 South County Trail, North Kingstown. A bowling fundraiser for the chapter’s emergency assistance fnd will be held Sept. 12, at 6 p.m., at East Providence Lanes, 80 Newport Ave.; a $25 donation covers bowling, shoe rental, pizza and beverage, and payment is due by Sept. 4. Call Robert Paquette at (401) 714-2207, or e-mail him at robertpaquette@cox.net.

Association of the U.S. Army

The state chapter’s executive committee will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m in VFW Post 10011, 354 Fruit Hill Ave., North Providence.

Vietnam Veterans of America

Chapter 273 will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in VFW Post 4651, 7 Haven Ave., Cranston.

George W. Reilly can be reached at VeteransColumn@verizon.net or by writing to The Providence Journal, 75 Fountain St., Providence, R.I. 02902.