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NEWSLETTER: APRIL 2013 Edition Chicago Division #32 AOH					Trustees Updated December, 2013
President		Sean O'Dowd			John Byrne
Vice-President		Kevin O'Malley			Marty Moriarty
Treasurer		Mike O'Malley			Jim O'Malley
Recording Secretary		Tom Hoffman			Tom Birt
Financial Secretary		Pat Flaherty			Kevin Riordan
Marshall		Tom Rowan			Gerry Loughran
Sentinel		Dan Helfenbein
Chairman Stand Com		John Moriarty
Past President		Kevin O'Connor
Chaplain		Father Dan McCarthy

Calendar of Upcoming Events:
April 3, 2013		Meeting at Edgebrook, 6100 N. Central, 7:30pm
April 17, 2013		Executive Board Meeting at Dugans, 7:00pm
April 26-27, 2013		Misericordia Candy Days: Milwaukee / Devon
May 1, 2013		Meeting at Edgebrook, 6100 N Central, 7:30pm
May 17, 2013		Golf Outing Day at Chevy Chase
May 22, 2013		Executive Board Meeting at Dugans, 7:30pm
June 19, 2013		Executive Board Meeting at Dugans, 7:30pm
June 26, 2013		Soup kitchen @ Our Lady of Lourdes, 4:30pm

AOH Division 32 - 2013 Annual Dues
Div #32 will be accepting dues for 2013 at all meetings. Our yearly dues remain at $50.00 per year despite an increase in the national dues. Sixty one members have paid to date. 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 at 5142 N. Leavitt St., Chicago, IL 60625-6829.

AOH Div #32 Events Recap
he annual St. Patrick's Day party was a tremendous success. The parade & party at Gordon Tech had over 250 in attendance and everyone had a great time. Special thanks once again to Tom Rowan and Gerry Loughran for organizing the event, accompanied by the extraordinary culinary efforts of Kevin Riordan & crew. The LAOH deserves special recognition for all their help decorating the hall. It looked great! Also thanks to all of our volunteers & attendees for coming out and making our signature event such a great success. Lastly, kudos to Marty Moriarty for ordering & providing the event tee-shirts, to add a special look of sartorial splendor for Division 32 membership.

Members also took part in the Northwest Side Irish parade in Norwood Park on March 17th.

The Easter Soup kitchen took place on March 27th at Our Lady of Lourdes. Thanks to all who gave their time in feeding the grateful attendees & for the generous meat donation from Przybylo's White Eagle.

Upcoming Events
An impromptu members poker night at Dugans has been proposed for Friday April 19th-more to follow.

Joe Hickey is again recruiting volunteers for Misericordia Candy Days on April 26th & 27th. This is a scholarship event. Help is especially needed for the Saturday 12-2pm & 2pm-4pm shifts.

Mike O'Malley & Dan Helfenbein have scheduled the Golf Outing at Chevy Chase on Friday May 17th-Hole sponsorships for a nominal amount. Members on e-mail have recently received updated registration & sponsorship info. Please make an effort to obtain a sponsorship this year — Thanks!

AOH County News – Frank Kehoe
The Cook County Financial report is available for any members in good standing to view.

President's Message
Brothers,
I'd like to thank and acknowledge all those who made the Saint Patrick's Day Parade & Party the success that it was. Party co-chairs: Gerry Loughran, Tom Rowan once again assembled a team of volunteers that worked tirelessly to provide an enjoyable celebration of our Irish Heritage. Thank you everyone for attending and bringing your family, friends and neighbors.

Next on the horizon is our annual golf outing on May 17th. This is our main fund raising effort and can only succeed with your help. Mike O'Malley & Dan Helfenbein are asking for your continued support in obtaining sponsorships of any amount as well as your participation in this fun outing.
— Fraternally,
Sean O'Dowd

Please Note - Executive Meetings start at 7pm

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. Division 32 made charitable donations in excess of ten-thousand dollars for year of 2012.

Additional opportunities to offer our Christian Charity; Misericordia Candy Days (4/26-27) & Our Lady of Lourdes summer (6/26) soup kitchen serving turkeys. Both are scholarship events.

• We will be looking at our membership profile in an effort to update & bring current the membership in good standing records. Once accomplished, we will supply our Webmaster with the list for display.
• Division 32 is providing our expertise & assistance to the LAOH as they work on an upcoming "Danny Did" fundraiser to be held at St. Benedict's in April 2013. More details to follow.
• AOH has provisions for a "social membership" for $25 that Division 32 has implemented. Welcome to Marty Jablonski who has joined our ranks.