Wednesday, March 2, 2016
President's Message for March 2016
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
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| Division One President Kevin Ellis |
MARCH 2016
Brothers,
March 1st marks the beginning of the St. Patrick’s
Day Parade Season and we have a very busy schedule of events coming up over the
next several weeks. Let’s just recap things
that occurred the past few weeks before we dive into all that is in store for
us this month.
Several of our members attended the LAOH Division #19
Yonkers Annual St. Brigid’s Day Mass that was held at Clarke’s Restaurant on
February 6th and it was a great success! I am glad to see so many members actively
supporting our ladies in Yonkers!
Our Annual Communion Breakfast was held this past weekend
and it was another triumph for Brendan Murphy, who has served as chairman of the breakfast
committee for many years. I again would
like to congratulate Dennis O’Brien for being recognized as our “Hibernian of
the Year”. We were also able to make a
$1,000 donation to St. Joseph’s Seminary as well as a $500 donation to the
Xavier Society for the Blind. Great job
by everyone who helped make this event a tremendous success!
On a most serious note, I have learned that Division #1
member Jimmy Casey suffered catastrophic injuries during the blizzard several
weeks ago. I was just informed of this terrible news this past weekend, and we must keep Jimmy in all of our prayers. We will have more information and an update
on Jimmy’s condition at our membership meeting.
Now for the month of March……Division #1 is proud to
announce that we will be participating in 4 St. Patrick's’ Day Parades this
year. We will be marching in White
Plains on March 12th, Sleepy Hollow on March 13th, New York City on March 17th,
and Yonkers on March 19th. I will be
providing the specific formation times and locations for these parades at our
monthly membership meeting and thru email notifications. I expect maximum participation from our
membership since this is our 125th Anniversary Year! Please make every effort to attend as many if
not all parades on our schedule this month.
We will once again be providing a bus for The New York City Parade that will
depart Dunwoodie Golf Course at 11:00am on St. Patrick’s Day. The bus will return us to Dunwoodie where we
will host a gathering for members and their families from 4-6pm. Admission is free and we welcome our members
who have to work that day to join us there.
Sadly, the month of March is also the time of year that some
retailers make large profits by selling merchandise that is defamatory towards
the Irish. This happens every year and
we must stand up and challenge these retailers both as a group and
individually. Please notify myself or
any Division Officer if you spot local retailers selling this garbage and we
will let them know that this is not acceptable!
As we look ahead to the month of April, there are several important
dates to save. Division #1 will be
presenting the City of Yonkers with a beautiful framed copy of the 1916 Easter
Rising Declaration at the City Council Meeting on the evening of April 12th. The AOH Westchester County Board will host
its Annual Dinner Dance and 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration on Saturday, April
16th at The Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown. The AOH National Board will hold the Easter
Rising Centenary Commemorative Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on April 23rd.
(Bus will be provided for that event as well).
Don’t forget our Annual Charity Golf Outing is Monday, May
9th!
This is the beginning of our busiest season, and I know
the schedule would be a challenging for any organization! Luckily I know that our membership is more
than up to the task!
I would like to wish you and your families a very Happy
and Blessed St. Patrick’s Day!
Yours in our Motto;
Kevin Ellis, President
Division #1, Yonkers
