Tuesday, December 1, 2015
President's Message for December 2015
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
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| Division One President Kevin Ellis |
December 2015
Brothers,
I trust all of you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving Holiday
and hopefully you did not over eat. (I must admit I did!) The month of November
was a busy one for us so allow me to recap.
I would first like to thank all of the Division members
who took time to attend the wake of Past AOH State President John Egan on
November 4th. Over 25 of you
attended and it was great to have a very large Yonkers presence there. There was hardly any room to fit all of the
AOH members into the funeral parlor and I know John would be impressed with the
large turnout. May he Rest in Peace.
I attended The AOH New York State Board meeting that was
held in Albany on November 7th.
There were many issues discussed and I will have a full report for the
entire membership at our meeting on December 2nd at The Lakers
Athletic Club. There was a meeting held
by a committee of affiliated organizations to the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
at Cathedral High School on November 18th. Unfortunately I was unable to attend this
meeting but our parade delegates Dennis & Dermot O’Brien were able to be
there. I expect they will have more
information to report to us at our meeting.
Bob Eggen and I were able to attend the Archbishop John Hughes Memorial dedication
which was held on November 22nd at The Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old
Cathedral. It was a truly historic event
and both of us were privileged to take part.
There are pictures and descriptions of the day’s events on the main page
of this site.
I attended the AOH Westchester County Board meeting in
White Plains and we are going forward with plans for the Annual Dinner Dance to
be held at The Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown on Saturday, April 16th. More details will be provided later.
All eyes this month are on our 2nd Annual
Officer Installation and Christmas Gathering to be held at Dunwoodie Golf
Course on Saturday, December 5th from 2pm-6pm. This year we are happy to announce that this
will be a combined installation ceremony with the ladies from the LAOH Division
#19 of Yonkers. It is my hope that we as
Yonkers AOH & LAOH Divisions will share this event together going
forward. We will also have our drawing
for our 2 round trip tickets to Ireland that day! We expect to have a very heavy turnout so
please get your RSVP into Tom Allison as soon as possible! This promises to be
a very enjoyable afternoon. The event
flyer is listed below.
I would like to remind all members to please bring in all
of your outstanding raffle tickets and monies to our meeting on Wednesday,
December 2nd. Please also
remember that membership dues for 2016 are payable beginning this month. The dues are $35.00 per member so please do
not forget your dues!
I would like to wish all of our members, our friends and
our supporters and their families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and
Healthy New Year!
Yours in our motto,
Kevin Ellis, President
Division #1, Yonkers
