Saturday, March 1, 2014
President's Message March 2014
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
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| Division One President Kevin Ellis |
March 2014
Brothers,
The
Month of March is here! Get on your best
pair of shoes, because Division One will be putting its boots on the ground in
4 St. Patrick’s Day Parades this year!
More on the parades in a little bit.
I first would like to congratulate our 2014 Division One Hibernian of the Year Kevin Hartnett! This award
has been given each year to members who have contributed greatly to the success
of our Division, and Kevin is definitely no exception! Kevin is a tremendous Hibernian who has
assisted us in all that we do. Kevin
will be presented the award at our Annual Communion Breakfast at St. Joseph’s Seminary on March 2nd. The breakfast is shaping up to be another
great success this year. I would like thank
to Brendan Murphy and the rest of the breakfast committee for another
outstanding job!
The Division is already hard at work
beginning preparations for our 17th Annual Charity Golf Outing to be
held at The Ardsley Country Club on April 28th. This event is the primary fundraiser for our charities
program, which reached a new level of achievement in 2013 with $25,390 in
donations. It’s never too early to begin
lining up those hole sponsors.
Now on to the parades; Division One will
be participating in the 17th Annual White Plains Parade on March 8th,
The 10th Annual Eastchester Parade on March 16th, the 253rd
Annual New York City Parade on March 17th, and The 59th Annual
Yonkers Parade on March 22nd.
The Officers and Members of
Division One would also like to congratulate the following Hibernians who are
being honored in the various local parades this month.
LAOH Division 19 Member Cathy
Marshall
Westchester County Aide to The
Grand Marshal-NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
AOH Division 18
Member Cathal McGreal- Grand Marshal
Peekskill St. Patrick’s
Day Parade
AOH Westchester County President Aiden O’Kelly
Lynch
Aide to the Grand
Marshal-Peekskill Parade
AOH Division 11
Member Paul Clarke- Grand Marshal
Sleepy Hallow St.
Patrick’s Day Parade
LAOH Division 19 Member
Allison Mosher Burke
Aide to the Grand
Marshal-Yonkers Parade
And of course, our
own
Division 1 Yonkers Member Kevin
Hartnett
Aide to the Grand
Marshal-Yonkers Parade
The fact
that so many Hibernians in Westchester County are being honored for their
service to the Irish Community is no accident, I personally know each one of them
and all of them are so well deserving of the honor!
Congratulations to you all.
Finally, I want to remind all of you what
St. Patrick’s Day is truly about. I just
finished reading an article on Irish Central.com about the origins of St.
Patrick. In the article, the writer
states that “To celebrate Saint Patrick’s
Day is to commemorate his life and works and to give thanks to God for the gift
of this great Saint, while imploring his intercession before the Most Blessed
Trinity.” This simple sentence
captures what is at the heart of St. Patrick’s Day, and no amount of empty rhetoric,
meaningless clichés, tired old platitudes, self serving politicians or disingenuous journalists
can ever change that.
The members of Division One will be
marching this month, and we will march knowing that the great St. Patrick will
always be the focal point of our commemorations. We will also march forth and take comfort knowing
that the central message of St. Patrick’s Day will be preserved, defended and
protected, now and for generations to come.
Wishing
all of you a Happy and Blessed St. Patrick’s Day!
Kevin
Ellis, President
Division
One, Yonkers
