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AOH Division 32 - 2013 Annual Dues Div #32 will be accepting dues for 2013 next month. Our yearly dues remain at $50.00 per year despite an increase in the national dues. Division dues collected to date in 2012 was from 105 of our members. Please note that the Division is required to pay a per capita tax ($13) to the AOH National Office for all of our members; paid and unpaid. Thanks for Your Support! Mail dues to: Ancient Order of Hibernians - Div 32, P.O. Box 300445, Chicago, IL 60630. Members can also mail dues to: Financial Secretary Patrick Flaherty, 5142 N. Leavitt St., Chicago, IL 60625-6829. AOH Div #32 Events Recap The 2nd annual Christmas Party at the White Eagle was a success, thanks to the hosting efforts of Marty Moriarty, Dan Helfenbein & Kevin Riordan. Upcoming Events Please note that the January General Meeting has been rescheduled to the 9th at Edgebrook. December 26th (Hams) Soup Kitchen is scheduled at Our Lady of Lourdes. This is a scholarship events & a great opportunity for our Catholic School students to fulfill service hours & qualify for the tuition stipends. Wrapped gifts should be marked for gender-i.e. men's extra large gloves. Additional food items previously mentioned have been generously taken care of by brother Ray Prendergast. The February 6th general meeting will be a special "Pay Your Dues" event with a special menu. St. Pats Party is scheduled for Saturday March 16, 2013, at Gordon Tech & will again be chaired by Gerry Loughran & Tom Rowan. More details & opportunities to assist will be discussed at upcoming meetings in 2013. The Division is considering purchasing some tickets or a table to the Annual Parade fundraiser being held at the Plumbers Hall on Thursday January 17th. Our other Chicago area divisions will be asked to join in with us & see if this helps our spot in the parade. Let Sean or the Executive Committee know if you are interested in attending. AOH County News – Frank Kehoe The December winners for the Cook County AOH Board raffle are:$100 #250 Megan Loughran; (5) $25 #117 Theresa Tunk, #216 Mike Welsh; #340 Joe Kennelly; #083 Sue Strom; #286 Emily Dongo. Congratulations to the winners and Merry Christmas to all! President's Message Brothers, From the Executive Committee and Trustees, may you & your families Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We appreciate the trust you have put in us and look forward to serving you in the upcoming year. May God bless all of you! — Fraternally, Sean O'Dowd Charity-Ed Morley / Don Kehoe If you are requesting a charity donation please come to the Exec meeting a month before the request is due and present your case. This will give the Committee time to review the request as well as ensure that adequate funds are available. We will be making charitable donations to these causes: Irish Immigrant Support. An additional opportunity to offer our Christian Charity; Our Lady of Lourdes Christmas (12/26) soup kitchen-see p1 for wrapped gifts to be distributed. The Division is contemplating assisting on an additional 2013 soup kitchen at OLL-more to follow... General Topics
Deceased: Pat Travers, Bill O'Connell, Brendan Malanson, Michael Schaffer, Mark Schultz, Maureen O'Connor, Bernadette Lynch & victims of Sandy Hook. Sick: John Resch, Ed Morley, Martin Byrne, Roseanne Maher, Kevin O'Connor, Dan Barker, Fr. Dom Grazzi, Bill Britt, Sally Foy, George Clough, Pat O'Driscoll, James Wahl, Doris Malani, Cornelius Horan, Dorothy Denzler, Dan Hickey, Bill Pinter, John Gollogly, Patsy Denton, Joe Cook, Elizabeth Kalina, Joe O'Leary, Ann Pinter, Char Padavano, Ben Staton, Luke Vander Loop & Mary Burke. Division #32 Web Site Update Our new web site is up and running, but is in need of membership participation to become a useful resource. Please visit it and let us know what you think. Check out our "new website" at http://www.aooh.org/. We are looking into issues with the website based on feedback & will provide more details as available- Still awaiting an update. Email Address Request If you currently have an email address but do not receive the newsletter via email, please send it to Tom Burke and I will include you in our electronic distribution: burke1117@sbcglobal.net Subject line: AOH E-Address. This will help eliminate additional postage costs & effort to mail. | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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