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National Programs
AOH Credit Card
The AOH and US Bank have partnered to bring you a new AOH affinity credit card. Show your Irish pride with every purchase, and at the same time help the charitable works of our noble Order.
Hibernian Charity
The Hibernian Charity is the charitable fund of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and is Incorporated as a 501(c)3, tax deductible, public charity. The Hibernian Charity is comprised of three programs; Hibernian Hunger Project, Project St. Patrick, and the AOH Scholarship Fund. The projects represent the very icons the Ancient Order of Hibernians, a fraternal organization that is almost 170-years old, and whose labor of love is grounded in the Christian Charity portion of the Motto, but incorporates the Loyalty and Friendship of its membership.
Political Education Committee
To aid and advance by all legitamate means the aspirations and endeavors of the Irish people for complete and absolute independence promoting peace and Unity for all of Ireland
Freedom For All Ireland
To maintain our support for our ex-prisoners so that they may receive the education and training necessary to lead a productive life after release and to aid the families of those who have fought and died for the cause of Irish Freedom.
Charities and Missions
This position is basically to live one of the three parts of our motto and help those who are less fortunate than we are whether it is feeding and clothing those who need it or just helping those in need no matter what the circumstance or the background.
Veterans Affairs
To help in any way possible those veterans from previous, past and future wars and conflicts. We, as Hibernians and Americans, must support and help our troops at home and abroad.
Immigration
To educate our members and the Irish American people in general concerning the current immigration laws and policies with the focus on Immigration reform, Deportation and Extradition, and the Undocumented.
Project Irish-American Heritage Month
Background: United States Presidents have proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month throughout the United States each year since 1991. These proclamations provide AOH Divisions tremendous grassroots opportunities to ask their local/state taxpayer supported institutions, e.g., public libraries and public colleges, to commemorate Irish-American Heritage Month. Indeed, the National AOH Convention, July 2004, unanimously adopted a resolution which endorsed Project Irish-American Heritage Month and which states in part: “… local AOH Divisions are hereby urged to unite in this worthy mission by appointing Divisional IAHM Committees charged with developing and implementing strategies for the promotion and expansion of Irish-American Heritage Month celebrations in taxpayer supported institutions …”. AOH Division actions on this Project will significantly help to ensure and increase an appreciation of the Irish-American heritage, history, and culture deep into the twenty-first century.
Committees’s Mission and Vision: Each AOH Division should consider establishing a Project Irish-American Heritage Month Committee consisting of a few members who will do the ground work for the Division’s President, e.g., write letters and make follow-up telephone calls, etc. The Committee’s Mission and Vision should be as follows:
Mission: To ensure that taxpayer supported institutions join in the commemoration of Irish-American Heritage Month as designated by the Proclamations.
Vision: The Committee will constantly seek and use innovative means over the long-term to accomplish the Mission, and the Committee will always be diplomatic, patient, and most importantly persistent with the Mission execution.
Recommended Actions: Division past experience with this Project has shown that the effort and costs needed are very small, the benefits are significant, and it is a fun and rewarding Project. Divisions should select actions which will yield the highest visibility during each March. Also, Divisions can increase the number of actions each year as success is achieved over the long-term. It is recommended that Divisions start with the following two actions:
- Contact your county/city public library system using the following sample letter (PUBLIC LIBRARY) which asks that tables are set up in branches during March with books, DVDs, VCR tapes, and CDs on the Irish-American heritage, history and culture accompanied by a sign which simply states “MARCH IS IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH”.
- Contact your local public community college, university, and college using the following sample letter (PUBLIC COLLEGE) which also asks their libraries to conduct the same actions.
After your Division achieves these two successes, then the Division should take additional actions, e.g., contact your public television station, public radio station, public schools, etc., in following years.
Bottom Line: It is critically important that AOH Divisions lead by action!
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