July 2009 Newsletter

Thank you: To everyone who contributed to the Sprinkler Fund. Through your generous contributions and participation in all our fund raising events we were able to complete the job without taking loans or accessing the membership. The membership is grateful and we look forward to and welcome your future participation in all Division 11 activities.

Annual Golf Outing: This will be the 4^th year this event will be offered. Tee off on September 11^th at The Meadow at Peabody. Tee time will be a shotgun start at 1PM with a 12:30 Check in. Complete details of this event are enclosed and posted on the Division 11 website at www.aohpea.com. The AOH awards two $500.00 Scholarships to the sons, daughters, or grandson or granddaughters of AOH Division 11 members in good standing. In addition to the scholarships, money raised by this event will go to upgrading the Function Hall and building maintenance. We need your support if you cannot attend the golf you can come to just the dinner after golf. There will be prizes, a catered dinner, and karaoke.

Help Wanted: Anyone who has any expertise in anything please apply. You are our greatest resource and we need your help. Some of you own your own businesses, do side work part time, whatever it is let us know. We would like to include you in any bid list for work we may do to the building. Send us an e-mail at www.aohpea.com. We can use web designers, painters, carpet and tile installation, interior designers, carpenter, plumbers, all trades. Let us know. Thank you.

Members Dinner: Come and break bread (or crack a lobster) with some old friends. This is the best deal around. Your choice of 2 lobsters, corn on the cob, salad and potato, or 1 lobster and 1 steak with corn on the cob, salad, and potato, or 2 steaks, corn on the cob, salad and potato for $20.00. This event will be offered once in August (Friday the 28^th) and once in September (Saturday the 26^th).

Travel: Jack Lawless has identified the following events for anyone interested in attending:

· AOH ceremony at Grosse Ile in Canada in August (14, 15, 16) marking the 100th anniversary of the coffin ships arriving from Ireland.

o Gross IIle trip  Bus/Hotel Packages are available - contact Jack Lawless @ 978-531-7680

· Dinner for National LAOH President, Mary Ryan, on Sept. 19^th in Braintree, Ma.

· Dinner for National AOH President Seamus Boyle, Oct. 24th in Philadelphia.

· For more details for the above contact Jack Lawless at 978-531-7680

Peabody International Festival: The AOH will again have a booth at the festival. We look forward to your support and welcome any volunteers. The date of the Festival is Sunday September 13^th. Hope to see you all there.

Stop the Mail: Something not heard by the U.S. Post Office but we need your help. Mail is expensive. Each mailing we do cost in excess of $300. In addition to the financial cost it is a lot of work printing and stuffing envelopes. If you could all send us an e-mail address we could get Division 11 communications out to all of you on a more consistent basis. Please help. It won’t cost you anything. Thank you!

Sick Members: Please keep Recording Secretary Jack Brennan in your prayers.