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October 2022 Calendar – Pete Hawkins

Date Event Lead Remarks         October       2 Down’s Syndrome Assoc. of No Va Buddy Walk; Oakton Pete H Social/Charity Event 4 Officer Meeting;  Greg Gibbons house: 6547 Davis Ford Road,; 7:00 pm Pat Sullivan…

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Veteran’s Report – Doug Morrison

AOH Veterans Report (October 2022) National: Summary of AOH National Veterans Just a quick summary notes of some of our discussion items from our 9/20 meeting: 1.         VA PACT Act Information – AOH Digest submission for the upcoming Oct/Nov/Dec 2022…

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Purple Heart Legistlation – Doug Morrison

Purple Heart Legislation Update (September 19, 2022) Top Level Summary A major breakthrough occurred September 1, 2022 when Senate Republicans and Democrats reached preliminary agreement about a “compromise” legislative proposal to help Purple Heart veterans. The compromise would improve the…

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Wild Bill – Mike Eggleston

He is best known for his exploits during World War II as the head of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the precursor of the CIA, but his story begins much earlier. He was an Irish-American born in Buffalo, New…

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Minutes of the September 12, 2022 meeting – Mike Eggleston

Highlights of the Meeting: Changes to the calendar and new events were discussed. The results of our activities over the last month were reviewed. The schedule of activities for the remainder of the year were reviewed. Planned fund raising events…

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Strategic Planning Report – Mike Riley

12 September AOH Strategic Plan – fit parameters of AOH: friendship, unity, and Christian charity In Q1 2023, I recommended we take stock of current activities. ·       Target, identify and recruit new members; engage them – Example was the note in…

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September 12, 2022 Division Calendar – Pete Hawkins

Date Event Lead Remarks         September               6 Officer Meeting;  Club Room; 7:00 pm Pat Sullivan Organization 12 Division Meeting; Club Room; 7:30 pm (Cookout – bring sides and desserts) Pat…

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President’s Report for September 2022 – Pat Sullivan

First: Father Dan has accepted our invitation to be our Division Chaplain.  Now all we must find the Medallion which allegedly is in the Parish office somewhere. Second: Our Request for Membership paragraph made it into this past Sunday’s (11…

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Father Kelley Division Cookbook – Mike Eggleston

As of September 12, 2022, most of the work is done on the Father Kelley Division Cookbook Fundraiser, the Hibernian Cookbook of Irish Recipes. We have 133 recipes after asking our Brothers to provide family recipes by September 30. Our…

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Veterans Report – Doug Morrison

AOH Veterans Report (July-August 2022) National: As I write this on September 11th, 21 years after the attacks of 9/11 on the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, I thought it appropriate to note the observance…

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