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LAOH Division 1 - Daughters of ErinThe Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians was founded in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1894 as the "Daughters of Erin."
The Organization pledged itself to God and Country.
The motto of the Ladies is "Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity."
Our patron saint is Saint Brigid.
NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday, November 10 at 7pm
at the Rooster
PHILADELPHIA RIVER WARDS
SUPPORTS OUR TROOPS RALLY III
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 from 6-8pm
CAMPBELL SQUARE
Allegheny Ave. & Belgrade St.
Port Richmond, Philadelphia
Thank you to all who came out to support
the Benefit for Andrea Corey
Please keep Andrea & her family in your prayers!
Isi & Andrea's father-in-law
Division 1 Table
Thank you to all who came out to support the
LAOH Division 1 of Phila & LaSalle College Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for the Police Survivor's Fund at
B & G Commons @La Salle College
We are grateful to Division 87 for once again hosting us
& making our Irish Potatoes fundraiser possible!
Please consider helping WIT in any way you can!
Lifestyle Management Services by Ann Marie
that take away from your hectic schedule, so that you may focus more on your career and family.
"Let Go & Let Me!"
AOH National Presidents Dinner 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
A testimonial dinner will be held at the Radisson Hotel at Old Lincoln Highway and Route 1 in Philadelphia on October 31, 2009 in honor of Seamus Boyle, National President of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Celebration of Mass will be held at the hotel at 4:00 p.m. Cocktails will be 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner.
Seamus has done a tremendous amount of work on behalf of the Irish people, his community and the labor movement over the past 30 years, and we are asking you to help us celebrate his great works this fall.
At the testimonial dinner that night, the prestigious Dr. Sean MacBride award will be presented to Ray O’Hanlon, Editor in Chief of the Irish Echo, the largest circulated Irish American newspaper in the country. Ray was one of 10 very qualified candidates who were nominated, and it was for his contributions to peace, justice and supporting the economic well being of the Irish people that he was voted the winner to receive this biennial award.
Many prominent people from the surrounding area, around the country and overseas will be in attendance that night and any assistance in making this a night to remember for both Seamus and Ray will be greatly appreciated.
To receive an ad form or dinner reservation form, please email as follows: Dinner request form: email Nancy Cullen – ncp806@verizon.net
Ad request form: email Tom O’Donnell – nlnod@comcast.net
Sincerely on behalf of the Committee,
Thomas O’Donnell
Nancy Cullen
The Hibernian Hunger Project Cook-In has, in the last six years, prepared, packaged and delivered over 90,000 individual meals to organizations like Aid For Friends, the Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service & Education Center, the St. Francis Inn and St. John's Hospice to name a few. All of these Organizations help to feed the elderly, homeless and less fortunate.
Aid-for-Friends normally struggles to get through the summer with enough meals to feed all 2,200 shut-ins. While volunteer cooks often go away on vacation during this time, the Hibernians from Philadelphia are ready to lend a hand.
The "Cook-In" is the main annual event of the Philadelphia Hibernian Hunger Project. The Philadelphia AOH - LAOH Hibernian Hunger Project cook-in has prepared, package and delivered individual meals to Aid-for Friends since 2000.
Hibernian Hunger Project
Aid For Friends needs help on Wednesdays packaging meals.
The HHP is hoping that on Wednesdays you can find a few hours to come out and help package meals. Remember this is a good way for students to receive Community Service hours as well. You can show up anytime during the day but most of the help will be there in the evening from 5-8 p.m. Even if there is no one present from the HHP there is always someone present at Aid For Friends that would be willing to get you started. They have the food, we need the people.
Please pass this info on to anyone you think might be able to help out. If you have contact with any schools, grade schools, high schools, please let them know about this for Community Service purposes.
If you need directions please check out the website www. Aidforfriends.org.
Irish Philadelphia - Log on & sign up for your Mickmail!
Please check out the latest issue of the
Pennsylvania State LAOH Newsletter by logging onto:
http://www.statepalaoh.com
The Hibernian Hunger Project
From Ed Dougherty:
It was announced in the recent Hibernian Digest that the Philadelphia County was awarded the March 2008 An Gorta Mor Award for our dedication to the Hibernian Hunger Project. This is a honor for all of our Hibernian
brothers and sisters in the Philadelphia area.
On behalf of the men and women from Philadelphia County, I would like to thank past National President Ned McGinley and the Hibernian Charity Board for awarding the Philadelphia County the March 2008 An Gorta Mor award.
The Philadelphia Hibernians have supported and dedicated countless hours to the Hibernian Hunger Project. The money from this award will be used to
prepare and package meals for the less fortunate and elderly shut-ins at our
annual cook-in in March 2009.
From Seamus Boyle, National Vice President, AOH
The Hibernian Hunger Project started in Philadelphia under the leadership of Bob Gessler, with the help of a few people, grew until some neighbouring counties joined us. The PA State Board then got on board and, when it really got the attention Bob wanted, the National Board became involved under Ned McGinley. And when we asked Jack Meehan to continue he never hesitated and appointed Ed Dougherty to head it.
Today we should be proud to say that we have started a project that hopefully will continue until there is no more hunger in the world. Ed Dougherty is to be commended for his tireless efforts in keeping the HHP going and spreading it throughout the country.
Congratulations on receiving this award and for the way it is to spent!
Congratulations to Bob for starting it - to Ed for keeping it going - and to Philadelphia County for supporting it from day one - as well as everyone who helps out!
Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service and Education Center.
Funding for PVMSEC has been drastically cut.
Check out their website at http://www.PVMSEC.org
Irish Commentary
HE DIDN'T DIE ALONE AT ALMOND & SCHILLER
by PAT KOZLOWSKI
On May 17, the community of Port Richmond held a Mass for Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski at Nativity BVM Church. I was asked to speak at the end of the Mass on behalf of the people of my neighborhood to address the Liczbinski family. This is adapted from what I said.
Let me tell you about the corner of Almond and Schiller streets. You don't just pass by Almond and Schiller; you have to be going there. It's an intersection of porch homes and minivans, kids playing hockey in the street, people sitting on their front steps. And now it's infamous for something else.
When Sgt. Stephen Lizcbinski gave the ultimate sacrifice on May 3, I found comfort that he was at Almond and Schiller streets.
Sure we want the good guys like Stephen to pass away of old age, in their sleep, after having a dinner of steak and ice cream, and watching the Flyers win the Stanley Cup. But he died on May 3 at the corner of Almond and Schiller in Port Richmond.
He took his last breaths and spoke his last words to Erik and Tom Krajewski, and Kevin Pettacio. He wasn't alone. Nancy Barton's kitchen towels were held against his chest and her prayers were said for his soul. He didn't die alone. In times of devastation and violence, it's human instinct to run away from the danger. But the people of Port Richmond ran into it. Stephen Lizcbinski didn't die alone on that corner. Ruthie Gaydosh ran toward the shots when a police officer was lying in the middle of her street. She had a tough question to answer when she got home. Her son asked, "Mom, why did you go outside? You always told us to get down and hide if we ever heard gunshots." Ruthie told her son: "We went to help the police officer. He was hurt and he needed our help."
This is a window into what the people are really like in Port Richmond. Human kindness is overflowing at Almond and Schiller streets. We are not Society Hill. We are not Rittenhouse Square. We are not Chestnut Hill. We are Port Richmond.
We send our children to the school that we went to, and our parents went to. We still have corner stores were we buy the milk and the bread. We play the daily number, but not with the state lottery, if you get my drift. Our kids still play at the Rec and we know who has the wrench we're not supposed to have to turn on the fireplug on a hot summer day. Our kids get baptized and make their First Holy Communion, but we know the only way they're getting into heaven is if Father Dan Moriarity gave them a lollipop when he saw them in the neighborhood. Everybody has a parking spot, legal or not. We live on water ice in the summer. Sitting on the steps out front is more entertaining than "Dancing with the Stars." In fact, we bet those stars aren't up to a polka by the Polish American String Band. We over-decorate our homes for Easter and Christmas and St. Paddy's Day and Halloween. Don't knock on the door during an Eagles game on Sunday. Our kids play for the Tigers or the Leprechauns or at the PAL with Officer Ernie. We go to church. Our grandmoms still wear the plastic babushkas when they sweep their pavements or when it rains.
We take the 60 bus and then the El to get into town. We know all the dirty words in Polish. If there's dirt on our pavement, we sweep it up. Our corners have a bar, a pizza place, a beauty shop or a deli, and that's OK because we go to all of them. Sneakers hang from our telephone wires and clothes still hang on our backyard clotheslines. We never got reception for Wi-Fi Philadelphia, and that's okay, too. Our kids aren't sitting in our parks on the Internet on their laptops - they're riding bikes or shooting hoops.
We are Port Richmond. Our rowhouses are so close together, we know when our neighbors are going to have a baby before the OB-GYN does. And Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski died in our house - but he didn't die alone. And he told those who held him in their arms at Almond and Schiller, "Tell my wife and kids I love them" because he knew we would. And he knew he didn't die alone…because Port Richmond takes care of its own.
Joey Vento, of Geno's, held a 24-hour marathon selling his famous cheese steaks with all proceeds going to Sgt. Liczbinski's family. It was about 9 p.m. when I took my new dog, Porkroll, for a walk to Almond and Schiller. A van pulled up and two boys dressed in their Port Richmond Tigers uniforms hopped out. They had a cheesesteak in their hand, and asked the police officer standing guard if they could leave it at the memorial for Sgt. Lizcbinski. So they left a cheesesteak atop a bouquet of roses. I walked up to the memorial and genuflected, kissed my hand and then touched the police barricade and proceeded to walk home. Half a block later, I notice that something was in Porkroll's mouth. It was Sgt Liczbinski's cheesesteak. Needless to say, later that night when Porkroll had gas, I blamed it on Sgt. Liczbinski.
There is an old Polish proverb that goes something like "It's hard to find a poor man's friends and family when he dies." The outpouring of love and support we've seen stretch over Port Richmond and the city since May 3 proves that Stephen Liczbinski was one of the richest men in the world.
On behalf of the entire Port Richmond community, God bless Sgt. Liczbinski. And God bless Port Richmond and the people at an intersection called Almond and Schiller streets. They're good people. Always have been, always will be. *
Patty
-Pat Kozlowski lives in Port Richmond
