Dear Brother’s,

This past week our order held their 95th Biennial AOH National Convention in Cincinnati with a turnout of over 800 delegates. We reelected four very fine men to lead us over the next two years; Seamus Boyle - President, Brendan Moore - Vice President. Judge Jim McKay - Treasurer and, Tom McNabb - Secretary. Congratulation’s also goes out the six National Directors that were elected; Keith Carney (DC), Chris Norris (PA), Bob Mott (SC), John O’Connor (MT), Dan O’Connell (OH) and our New Jersey State President Jere Cole. I wish them the best of luck.

On July 23rd there will be a benefit for the Vol. Patrick Torphy Pipe and Drums at our hall at 7pm with music by our own Sean Hennessy and Amadan to include a special piper gathering. For a $20 advance ticket purchase price you can enjoy great music, support our up and coming pipe band while enjoying beer, wine, soda, burgers, dogs, salad and dessert. If you choose to pay at the door that is fine but the cost per ticket will be $25. Tickets will be available at the meeting or for more information go to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

As you know our next big project is the Wounded Warrior Tank Pull to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project is to honor and empower wounded warriors. The purpose is to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women; to help severely injured service members aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet the needs of severely injured service members (www.woundedwarrior.org). We are rewarded for our fund raising efforts with the knowledge that we have assisted those that wear our country’s military uniforms and fight for our freedom and also, to allow us to have the honor of participating in the Wounded Warrior Tank Pull (more information below).

On August 6th we will be having a fundraiser to kick off our fundraising efforts for this worthy cause. The night will begin at our hall at 7pm with music by our own Kevin Guerin and The Round the House Band with tickets modestly prices at $10. Please feel free to bring appetizers, snacks, etc. since no food will be served at this event. Domestic beer is free. Also, a Chinese Auction with some really great gifts will be taking place. For more details please go to http://aohtankpull.blogspot.com.

On August 27th we will be having a fundraiser to benefit the Howard Family at our hall from 7-12pm with music, dinner, beer, wine and soda - $30 per ticket. Please come and show your support.

September 12th - Wounded Warrior Tank Pull – teams from all over the state will compete to pull a Sherman Tank with 20 Tank Crew Members per tea. Anyone interested in participating please sign up at the meeting. We will have a bus to take us to the event in Clifton. The bus will leave our Hall at 8:00 AM for Clifton and will return by 5:00pm. The cost is $10 for the bus, food and beer. We need 20 people to pull the Tank and the remaining seats are for supporters. Come on and give a hand literally!!! Details at http://aohtankpull.blogspot.com.

Our 12th Annual Irish Festival at the Jersey Shore is Sept.18th 2010 at the Sea Girt National Guard Base. This year’s festival will be our largest to date. We have an exciting music line up and our festival Chieftain will be State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Essex). Festival meetings will be a one hour before division meetings.

Yours in Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity

Jack Sullivan