Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Allison Burke Named Aide to NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade
Ladies
AOH President of Yonkers Named Aide for 2018 NYC St. Patrick’s Parade
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| Allison Burke - The 2018 Westchester County Aide |
The New
York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has announced its Aides for the
upcoming 257th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on its website, and
LAOH Division #19 Yonkers President Allison Burke was named Westchester County
Aide to the Grand Marshal. The Grand
Marshal is Loretta Brennan Glucksman, Mrs. Glucksman is one of Irish America’s
leading philanthropic figures and is Chairman Emeritus of the Ireland Fund.
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| Loretta Brennan Glucksman is the 2018 Grand Marshal |
Allison
Burke has led the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians of Yonkers for several
years and has set in motion several new initiatives that has led to impressive growth
in it’s membership. Kevin Ellis, who is
the 2017 Westchester County Aide, could not be happier. “Choosing Allison Burke as the Aide to the
Grand Marshal is recognition of her dedicated work and accomplishments in
supporting the Irish Community of Yonkers, she could not be more deserving!”
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| Allison Burke (center) with Officers of the LAOH Division #19 of Yonkers |
Mrs. Burke
will be formally installed at a special dinner hosted by the NYC St. Patrick’s
Day Parade Committee on February 25th that will be held at Antun’s
in Queens .
The parade will step of on 5th Avenue 11:00am .
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Yonkers Hibernian President Appears on Local Television Interview Program
Yonkers Hibernian President Appears
on Cable Interview Show
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| Division #1 Yonkers President Kevin Ellis Appears on Emerald Focus |
Division
#1 President Kevin Ellis recently appeared as a guest on the cable talk show “Emerald
Focus” with host Bob Stauf. The Emerald
Focus Show has been airing for over 25 years on the Optimum Cable System and is
viewed in Yonkers, Harrison and Portchester each week.
During the
interview, President Ellis announced that the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Committee had honored the Ancient Order of Hibernians of Yonkers with a 1st Place Westchester County New Rochelle Yonkers
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| Division President Kevin Ellis on Emerald Focus with Bob Stauf |
The
complete interview and show is shown below.
Emerald Focus with Bob Stauf airs on Tuesday on Optimum Channel 19 in Yonkers Harrison .
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
9th Annual Firefighter Sean Tallon Gaelic Sports Tournament
9th Annual Firefighter Sean Tallon Memorial Tournament moves to
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| The Sean Tallon Tournament was held at the Rockland GAA Fields in 2017 |
The 9th
Annual Firefighter Sean Tallon Tournament was held on November
5, 2017 at
its new location in Rockland County
The location
change was the result of a scheduling conflict in which Gaelic Park Bronx became unavailable only days
before the event was to be held. The tournament
avoided having to be rescheduled when Rockland Pearl River .
Once again
the teams were led onto the filed by the FDNY Honor Guard and FDNY Emerald
Society Pipes and Drums. The family of
Sean Tallon was also on hand for the opening ceremony.
The
tournament has continued to grow this year with the addition of 2 teams that traveled
all the way from Boston Suffolk County
The GAA
Minor Board welcomed AOH NY State Vice President Tom Lambert, AOH NY State
Secretary John Manning, and AOH NY State Sports Committee Chairman Mike Byrne who came away impressed with the efforts of local
Divisions and County Boards
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| The Tallon Family (center) with members of the AOH Sponsoring Units |
Congratulations
and special thanks to all of our sponsors who make this event possible! Thanks to the AOH Bronx, Queens , and Westchester County Boards as
well as Divisions 3 & 5 of the Bronx and Division #1 Yonkers
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
President's Message for November 2017
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
Division #1 Yonkers
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| Division One President Kevin Ellis |
November
2017
Brothers,
The fall season
is always a busy time of year for the AOH, and while busy schedules are nothing
new when it comes to the Yonkers Division, I have been somewhat late with the
November update due to the many events that have occurred and I finally have an
opportunity to bring you up to date on what is going on.
I am happy
to announce that we have completed our Tax Exempt Application paperwork and it
is finally in the mail. I will update
the membership once we have received an update on our status. In the meantime, we have invested in a
computer with accounting software that will be used by our treasurer to
modernize the reporting process going forward.
This will hopefully keep us in full compliance with year end reporting requirements
and this will never be an issue again.
Thanks to brothers Mike Morley and Paul Tuffy for all of the hours of
work they put in over the past several months to bring us up to par!
I wish to
congratulate the entire membership as Division #1 Yonkers was awarded a 1st Place Marching Unit Award by the NYC St.
Patrick’s Day Parade Committee at its delegates meeting on October 16th! This is the very 1st time the
Yonkers Division was recognized as the Best AOH Marching Unit and it is a testament
to your dedication for proudly representing not only the AOH, but the City of Yonkers as well! The parade committee had high praise for how
we looked on 5th Avenue and I wish to congratulate each
and every one of you! Keep up the great
work!
I was privileged
to take part in a founding ceremony for the first new AOH Division in Westchester County in over 50 years. Please join me in welcoming our new brothers
of the Thomas Addis Emmet Division #17 of New Rochelle.
This Division was possible due to hard work of many brothers especially newly
installed Division #17 President James McGlashin who recruited many Iona College students that make up a majority
of the new membership. I look forward to
having our members get to know them and I am very encouraged to see so many new
and young members join.
I attended
the New York State Board Meeting in Pearl River on November 4th and I
will have a full update along with State Officer reports for the membership at
our December Meeting and Installation Party.
I am also
glad to report that the Division #1 Facebook page is now a “verified”
account. If you visit our FaceBook page,
you will notice a small check mark placed near the top of the page. This “verified” status means the Facebook has
confirmed that our page is authentic and legitimate and as a result we will be pushed up the
list when it comes to searches and news feed placement. Hopefully this will result in higher visibility
for our Division and will lead to increased membership inquiries. I am still working on getting our Twitter
Account verified so stay tuned……
I was also
privileged to be a guest on the “Emerald Focus” Show which will air on Tuesday,
November 14 on Optimum Channel 18 at 9:30pm.
I had a wonderful interview and conversation with Bob Stauf and I would
like to thank him for the gracious welcome and for giving me an opportunity to
promote the great work of our Division in the City of Yonkers.
Finally, I
would remind all of you that our final Officer Nominations and Installation
will take place at our December Christmas Meeting and Celebration on December 6th
at the Laker A.C. Club on Lake Avenue beginning at 7:00pm.
I would encourage all members to make every effort to attend as this
will be our final gathering before the Christmas Holiday. Please check the home page of our website
where there is a map and directions link.
I would
like to wish every member and their families a very Happy Thanksgiving and to remember
to keep in your thoughts our dedicated service men and women who are serving
overseas this holiday season.
Yours in
our Motto,
Kevin
Ellis, President
Division #1 Yonkers
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