HOPe is a non-sectarian, charitable organization, dedicated to supporting development projects that empower local communities in Third-World countries. |
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| November, 2010 | Vol 2, Issue 8 |
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Happy Thanksgiving! | |
Dear Friends,
We at HOPe have so much to be thankful for this year!
First of all, we are grateful that we have been able to help people around the world meet their basic needs of water, education and safety.
We are thankful to you, our families, friends and supporters, for all of your encouragement, support and contributions.
We are grateful for those of you who are on the frontlines working with the poor, daily.
We are grateful to our volunteers who have travelled to remote places to see firsthand the needs of the poor, who work at our fundraising events or volunteer their time at the thrift shop,
We are grateful to those who come to dance at our ceilis, shop at our store or simply send a note of encouragement.
To all of you, you are all in our thoughts on this Thanksgiving Day.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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| HOPe at ROSIE O'GRADY'S MANHATTAN CLUB was a Success! | |
 | | Donating to HOPe for a worthy cause! |
The HOPe Annual Dinner at Rosie O'Grady's Manhattan Club on Tuesday, November 9th was a success! More than 150 people attended this event. It was a fun night in the center of NYC.
HOPe thanks Mike Carty of Rosie O'Grady's Manhattan Club for his generous donation of the wonderful venue and delicious dinner. With Mike's contribution, all proceeds, go directly to HOPe projects.
Visit our website (www.hope-charity.org) or the Irish Voice of 11/17/10 for more pictures. |
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| Save the Date! |
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Friday, December 3rd, 2010
HOPe Ceili
Kerry Hall, Yonkers
8-12 pm. Music by John Whelan. This ceili is in honor of our beloved friend, Alfie Pakenham. Please join us to honor his memory. If you have any questions about this ceili, please call Pat Buckley at 718.644.9569
Sunday, December 26, 2010
St. Stephen's Day (Wren Day)
will be celebrated by HOPe. Please call Pat Buckley (718.644.969)
for more information. Saturday, January 1, 2010 Mineola New Year's Ceili 297 Willis Ave., Mineola, NY 5-10pm. Music by Green Gates. $40. Buffet Dinner. Contributions will benefit HOPe. Please see "Around Town" for more info. |
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| HOPe THRIFT SHOP |
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The HOPe Thrift Shop, located at 301 McLean Ave., Yonkers, NY is a great place to stock up on Christmas decorations! Eileen Kennedy and her team of volunteers have created beautiful, colorful wreaths and table top decorations. The wreaths are hand crafted and the average price is $40. We also have other Christmas decorations, Santa figurines and ornaments.
This would be a great time to donate new or gently used toys and children's books to help brighten some local children's Christmas.
In addition, if you would like to contribute your time, we invite you to participate as a volunteer at the shop. It is a great way to contribute and to meet some of the local people we are helping during this tough economic time.
The Thrift Store is open Friday, Saturdays and Sundays from 10 until 6pm. Stop by and visit if you can!
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HOPe ABOUT TOWN |
St Stephen's Day, aka Wren Day, 12/26, will be celebrated by HOPe. Beginning at Kerry Hall in Yonkers, volunteer musicians, dancers, and vocalists will entertain in the local pubs, passing the hat. Please join us for this fun day! All contributions go to HOPe. Please call Pat Buckley 718.644.9569 for more information. Thanks to Denis Keane, HOPe and a worthy Bronx charity, POTS, will again benefit equally from a dinner and ceili that will be held on New Year's Day in the Irish-American center, 297 Willis Ave. in Mineola. Music will be by the Green Gates Ceili Band. The celebrations will start at 5.00pm with a hot buffet dinner, and the music will continue until 10.00pm. The cost is $40 per person. We want to have a strong HOPe representation at this event to show our appreciation to Denis and his committee. Reservations required. Please call 718.468.3622 before 12/23/10.
The December HOPe meeting will be held on Thursday, 12/16/10 at Tom and Eileen Kennedy's home at 34 Shaw Lane, Irvington, NY. The meeting is at 7pm and will be followed by a holiday celebration. The Thrift Shop is urgently looking for computers and printers for a special customer. If you know of any company that is updating its computers, please let them know that HOPe is very interested in the used ones. Our Mary O'Sullivan, who helped at the Rosie event and is at the HOPe Ceili every month, is in St John's Hospital on the 8th Floor. Please keep her in your prayers this holiday season. Congratulations to Ashley Brady, our young techie expert, for her recent profile by April Drew in the Irish Voice. Her committmenet to the charitable work of HOPe is stressed as an important part of her life. And, by the way, the accompanying beautiful photograph of Ashley in the newspaper confirms her elegance. Our Facebook page keeps growing! We now have 242 fans in less than 3 months! If you haven't done so already, please become a fan and keep abreast of the events and news of HOPe. Visit www.facebook.com/hope-charity . Feel free tag yourself if you see a picture you are in, comment, spread the word to your friends. We need to grow our membership if we are to keep helping others around the world.
And, we have also have a LinkedIn page, which is a business version of Facebook. If you are on LinkedIn, please join our group at www.linkedin.com/hope-charity and spread the word about HOPe! |
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FEEDBACK FROM OUR READERS | |
November 10th, 2010
Dear Gerry
I was inspired by the meeting of HOPe last evening.
As someone who works at the UN, representing the invisible millions of people that Passionist men and women work with and for round the world, it was great to witness a group of privileged people enjoying themselves and working together to provide some resources so that the entrepreneurship of those who live in poverty can open up further possibilities for a better life.
The rationale of HOPe seems to be that of building capacity among the people on the ground, rather than thinking of it as a handout.
Justice, not charity, is the way forward into the future.
God bless all your efforts.
Kevin
I love the idea of Hope and her 2 lovely daughters:
Anger that what must no be WILL NOT be
and
Courage that what can be WILL be
REPRESENTING THE PASSIONIST FAMILY AT THE UNITED NATIONS
Promoting Justice, Reconciliation and Care of the Earth
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All Souls Day.
I think of the living Souls in Haiti, Africa, Central America and beyond who are the recipients of
your love, compassion & hard works. Each year HOPe continues to amaze me with the bigger and bigger commitments to the poor souls on earth!
In Solidarity,
Father Leo Shea, M.M
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Great story about Sylvia and the dress she purchase from Hope. In the article she mentioned that she wanted to go to Sears to be photographed with her beautiful dress.
If she hasn't already done that she can get the photos and makeup for free thru a local charity. http://help-portrait.com/ They will be doing makeup and photoshoots for free for people in need. It is a great movement and it will be done all over the world on December 12th.
I signed up to volunteer and they will be doing the shoots in all boroughs. Just figured I would let you know.
Best Regards
James Supple
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- Joseph A. McCarthy, President, 914-433-8413
- Dr Elba Nilda Lopez, Vice President, 718-931-3870
- Michael Pryce, Secretary, 914-699-1503
- Eileen Kennedy, Treasurer, 914- 557-1595
- Gerry O'Shea, PRO & Newsletter Editor, 914-237-4957
- Billy O'Sullivan, Director of Fundraising, 917-337-5353
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