CALENDAR/DIVISION EVENTS

 CALENDAR OF 2012 AND ANNUAL DIVISION EVENTS:  

JANUARY:

• 19th - Monthly Meeting - (6:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 19th - Installation of Officers - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 19th - Shamrock Degree - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)

FEBRUARY:

• TBD -   Emerald Ball - (Villa Borghese Wappingers Falls)
• 16th - Monthly Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)

MARCH:

• 4th -    1PM Dutchess County St. Patrick's Day Parade - (St. Mary's Church Wappingers
• 22nd - Monthly Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• TBD -  Castle Point Veterans Saint Patrick's Celebration - (Castle Point)
• 17th - ST. PATRICK'S DAY
• TBD - Hibernian Hunger Project

APRIL:

• 19th -  Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 1st - PALM SUNDAY
• 5th - HOLY THURSDAY
• 6th - GOOD FRIDAY
• 7th - HOLY SATURDAY
• 8th - HAPPY EASTER - "HE HAS RISEN!"
• TBD - Membership Drive - St. Peters Church - Poughkeepsie (Chair: TBD)
• TBD - Hibernian Hunger Project for 11th Grade Students (Chair: TBD)

MAY:

• 13th - Mothers Day
• TBD - Membership drive @ St. Mary's Wappinger's 5:30 Mass
• TBD - Membership drive @ St. Mary's Wappinger's 7:30am, 9am, 10:30am, 12 noon Masses.
• 24th - Monthly Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 26th - NYS Highway Clean-up Route 9D (Meet at Lily Logan's at 8:30am (Chair: Bill Leo))

JUNE:

• TBD - Membership Drive @ St. Peters Poughkeepsie School Mass 4:30pm
• TBD - Membership Drive @ St. Peters Poughkeepsie Our Lady of The Rosary Chapel Masses 9am, 10:30am, 12pm TBD -
• 21st - Monthly Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 21st - Jets Ticket Raffle Kick-off - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 21st - Shamrock Degree Ceremony - (7:00pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• TBD -  Summer Picnic for Vet's at Castle Point - Castle Point (Chair: TBD)
• 17th Father's Day

JULY:

• Summer Break - none/few activities

AUGUST:

Summer Break none/few activities

• TBD Kevin Barry Irish Club Picnic - Town of Washington (Millbrook) Park Rt. 44, Noon to Dusk (bring a dish)
• 26th - NYS Highway Clean-up Route 9D (Meet at Lily Logan's at 8:30am (Chair: Billl Leo))
• TBD - Membership Drive - Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Church - Lagrangeville

SEPTEMBER:

• 20th - Monthly Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• TBD - Good Council Home charity baby shower (Chair: TBD)
• TBD - Wappinger Falls Community Day

OCTOBER:

• 18th - Monthly Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• TBD - Hibernian Hunger Project
• TBD - Division Charity Dance (Chair: Matt Fitzgerald)(7pm $TBD PP @ Elks Club Route 376 Wappingers Falls)

NOVEMBER:

• 2nd - Msgr., Sheahan Memorial Mass - St. Peters Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Chapel - Poughkeepsie (Meet 6:30pm, mass @ 7pm)
• 22nd - Monthly Meeting - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 22nd - Nominations for next year officers - (7:30pm K of C Hall 2660 E. Main St. Wappingers Falls)
• 22nd - Happy Thanksgiving

DECEMBER:

• 20th - Christmas Party Meeting - (6:30pm The Dubliner Irish Pub Main St. Poughkeepsie)
• 20th - Election of Officers - (6:30pm The Dubliner Irish Pub Main St. Poughkeepsie)
• 25th - Merry Christmas

Help Needed 

Always, especially for all upcoming Events! 
 

OTHER "GOINGS-ON":

• Brother Jim Sweeney has reached out to the Greater Southern Dutchess Chamber of Commerce (GSDCC) who supports the House of Faith/House of Hope.  This facility is a domestic violence shelter with 14 beds in Southern Dutchess New York and provides 24 hour assistance, counseling and crisis intervention. The mission of the facility is to eliminate sexual assault and domestic violence through sensitive prevention, intervention, and treatment. We believe "There is Hope" for every person. 

Please consider bringing an item listed below to any meeting and Jim will drop it off on behalf of the AOH.

These are some of the items that would be most greatly appreciated to be received by the House of Faith/House of Hope.
 
Coffee, regular and decaf
Tea Bags
Powerdered coffee creamer
Canned soup (all varieties)
Cans of fruit (small 1 serving, or  multiple serving cans)
Juice Boxes (individual sizes)
Sugar ( 5lb. bags)
Granola Bars (variety of types)
Hand soaps
Dish detergent
Clothes detergent
Kleenex
Diapers (any variety)
Baby wipes
Neosporin ointment
Benadryl cream
Children’s vitamins
Jelly beans
Chocolate Easter eggs 

To Learn more about HOUSE OF FAITH/HOUSE OF HOPE please contact:

House of Faith
P.O. Box 1326
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
Business lines: (845) 765-0293;  (845) 765-0295;  (845) 765-0296
Hotline - (845) 765-0294

Poughkeepsie Journal Article: April 25, 2010

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20104250346

THANK YOU LETTER TO THE AOH

OTHER LOCAL EVENTS:  Stay Tuned - Planning Is Underway!!!! Please participate and demonstrate your Friendship, Fellowship & Christian Charity! THE DUTCHESS AOH ARE PROUD SUPPORTERS OF: Dutchess County St. Patrick's Day Parade Dutchess Outreach and it's annual Golf Tourney Mahoney's Annual Golf Tourney to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital Adopt-A-Highway: The AOH has adopted a 2 mile stretch of Route 9D from mile marker 9D/3022/8023 - 9D/3022/8042.  This stretch of road spans the town's of Fishkill and Wappingers just north of the Castle Point Veteran's Hospital.  This 2 mile stretch of road will be cleaned and maintained by the AOH with litter clean-up commencing 4 times per year beginning in the April-May time frame. Meals on Wheels The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne Walden Rotary Club - 6th Annual "Echoes Of Ireland Show" St. Denis Church Annual Golf Tournament PAST EVENTS:  2011 SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US! PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT JUNE 18th 2011 Click Here To See Pictures ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL HELD MARCH 13th 2011 Lunch for  35 Vet's including, family and staff of Castle Point Veteran's Hospital (Thank You Brendan Daly of the Dubliner Irish Pub Poughkeepsie for providing the food (Traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage & all the trimmings), as well, as the Entertainment show casing Brendan Folley & friends, an All Ireland Fiddler and the Brissler Irish Dancers.  Fun was had by ALL!  Thank You AOH Member Jack Fedigan for coordinating this and to the VA staff for taking care of these fine men, you are all very special!! Click Here To See Pictures The AOH marched (21 members) in the Wappingers Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 5th 2011 Many thanks to Mike Quinn for coordinating our parade involvement and Jack Fedigan and his team for maintaining our Irish Cottage (The music was great and smoke was  attention getting). The Dutchess County AOH won 1st Place for Best Float in the 2011 Parade!!!!  Our new trophy will be placed next to our 2010 1st Place for Best Float trophy, 2009 1st Place for Best Float trophy and our 2005 2nd place trophy which was also for Best Float.                                                                         Article from March 1st, 2011 Poughkeepsie Journal outlining the great works the AOH perform in our community! 2010 SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US! ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL HELD MARCH 13th 2010 Lunch for  35 Vet's including, family and staff of Castle Point Veteran's Hospital (Thank You Brendan Daly of the Dubliner Irish Pub Poughkeepsie for providing the food (Traditional Corned Beef & Cabbage & all the trimmings), as well, as the Entertainment show casing Brendan Folley & friends, an All Ireland Fiddler and the Brissler Irish Dancers.  Fun was had by ALL!  Thank You AOH Member John Kelly for coordinating this and to the VA staff for taking care of these fine men, you are all very special!! The AOH marched (21 members) in the Wappingers Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 6th 2010 Jim Whalen Parade Thank You Letter Click to see article and pictures from the Poughkeepsie Journal 3/7/10 Many thanks to Jim Whalen and his team for maintaining our Irish Cottage (The smoke was  attention getting). The Dutchess County AOH won 1st Place for Best Float in the 2010 Parade!!!!  Our new trophy will be placed next to our 2009 1st Place for Best Float trophy and our 2005 2nd place trophy which was also for Best Float.                                                                         2009 The AOH marched (43 members) in the Wappingers Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 7th 2009 Click to see pictures from the Parade SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US! PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL HELD JUNE 20th 2009   Hibernian Hunger Project 2009 Press Release   Hibernian Hunger Project 2009 Pictures from Castle Point   2008 The AOH marched in the Wappinger Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 1st 2008 along with our member Noel Morris who was this years Grand Marshal. Click to see article and picture from the Mid Hudson News 3/3/08 The AOH held a St. Patrick's lunch on March 16th, 2008 for the veterans of Castle Point Veterans Hospital.  The lunch was provided by The Dubliner Irish Pub and also included traditional Irish Dancers Click to read article from May 2008 Hibernian Digest SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US! PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL  PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL PICTURES 2008 BABY SHOWER FOR GOOD COUNSEL HOME      2008 GOOD COUNSEL HOME BABY SHOWER PICTURES 2007 SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US! PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL 2007 VA Thank You Letter 2006               "AN GORTA MOR"  - THE GREAT HUNGER THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE               Hunger Project 2006 Press Release               BABY SHOWER FOR GOOD COUNSEL HOME         On OCTOBER 5th In support of Respect Life month, our annual baby shower for the mothers and babies of Good Counsel Home was held at the Wappinger Falls Knights of Columbus Hall.  2006 GOOD COUNSEL HOME  BABY SHOWER PICTURES

•  Stay Tuned - Planning Is Underway!!!!

Please participate and demonstrate your Friendship, Fellowship & Christian Charity!

THE DUTCHESS AOH ARE PROUD SUPPORTERS OF:

Dutchess County St. Patrick's Day Parade

Dutchess Outreach and it's annual Golf Tourney

Mahoney's Annual Golf Tourney to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital

Walkway Over The Hudson

Adopt-A-Highway: The AOH has adopted a 2 mile stretch of Route 9D from mile marker 9D/3022/8023 - 9D/3022/8042.  This stretch of road spans the town's of Fishkill and Wappingers just north of the Castle Point Veteran's Hospital.  This 2 mile stretch of road will be cleaned and maintained by the AOH with litter clean-up commencing 4 times per year beginning in the April-May time frame.

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne

Walden Rotary Club - 6th Annual "Echoes Of Ireland Show"

St. Denis Church Annual Golf Tournament

PAST EVENTS: 

2010

The AOH marched (21 members) in the Wappingers Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 6th 2010

• Jim Whalen Parade Thank You Letter
• Click to see article and pictures from the Poughkeepsie Journal 3/7/10

Many thanks to Jim Whalen and his team for maintaining our Irish Cottage (The smoke was  attention getting). The Dutchess County AOH won 1st Place for Best Float in the 2010 Parade!!!!  Our new trophy will be placed next to our 2009 1st Place for Best Float trophy and our 2005 2nd place trophy which was also for Best Float.

2009

• The AOH marched (43 members) in the Wappingers Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 7th 2009
• Click to see pictures from the Parade

SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US!

PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL HELD JUNE 20th 2009

•   Hibernian Hunger Project 2009 Press Release
•   Hibernian Hunger Project 2009 Pictures from Castle Point

2008                                                                     

• The AOH marched in the Wappinger Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 1st 2008 along with our member Noel Morris who was this years Grand Marshal.
• Click to see article and picture from the Mid Hudson News 3/3/08

• The AOH held a St. Patrick's lunch on March 16th, 2008 for the veterans of Castle Point Veterans Hospital.  The lunch was provided by The Dubliner Irish Pub and also included traditional Irish Dancers
• Click to read article from May 2008 Hibernian Digest

SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US!

PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL

•  PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL PICTURES 2008

BABY SHOWER FOR GOOD COUNSEL HOME    

•  2008 GOOD COUNSEL HOME BABY SHOWER PICTURES

2007

SERVING THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED US!

PICNIC AT CASTLE POINT NY VETERANS HOSPITAL

2007 VA Thank You Letter

2006

              "AN GORTA MOR"  - THE GREAT HUNGER THE IRISH POTATO FAMINE

•               Hunger Project 2006 Press Release

•               BABY SHOWER FOR GOOD COUNSEL HOME    

    On OCTOBER 5th In support of Respect Life month, our annual baby shower for the mothers and babies of Good Counsel Home was held at the Wappinger Falls Knights of Columbus Hall.

•  2006 GOOD COUNSEL HOME  BABY SHOWER PICTURES