Action on Hunger
The Irish were intentionally starved out of their homes and Country.
This exodus caused by the Great Hunger brought many Irish people to the USA. Many who made this journey did survive but many thousands did not.
The Irish Immigrant knew hunger as few others ever did. One of our major efforts under the HIBERNIAN HUNGER PROJECT is to help our local food pantries. No one in this country should want for food. Or have their children go without the nessassary nutrition.
If Possible Please Donate to the Food Pantries.
Every Cent Donated through AOH Division 11 earmarked for the Food Pantry makes it to The Local Pantries. Unlike charities that have only a percentage of your donation make it to where it was intended.
Holy Family Outreach Center - January Needs -
Pancake syrup, Mayonnaise, Tomato Sauce, Catsup, Salad Dressing, Canned Meat, Mixed Vegitables, Instant Patatoes, Beets, Canned Fruit, Cooking Oil, Sugar, Beef-A,Roni, Spaghetti-Os, Coffee, Tea, Baggies, Wax Paper, Aluminum Foil, Paper Towels, Toilet Paper, Tissues, Toothpaste, Dish and Laundry Detergent.
Saint Ignatius Human Resources - Needs -
Fruit in Cans or Jars, Fruit Juice, Rice in Bags and Boxes, Canned Meat, Shampoo, Bags of Rice, Cans of Black Beans, Whole Kernel Corn, Pancake Mix and Syrup, Chunky soups are always needed. And many non food items are needed as well like Foil, Wax paper, Toothpaste and Brushes, Diapers (size 1,2 & 5), soaps and detergents.
Here is an article that was published about the food not getting to those people who need it. Also the food they have on hand and pay to store is not a variety of food needed by the pantries! …Note: The article in Newsday did not even address this point.
Pantries Bare while Food Banks Full
To AOH from Saint Ignatius Social Service Outreach Thank you Division 11
Saint Ignatius Social Service/Outreach Pantry,
Saint Ignatius Social Service/Outreach pantry
Thank you letter to the Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 11 John Barry A.O.H. for the tons of food this year.
Over 2,000 lbs in the past season has been delivered to the local outreach centers in Hicksville NY through Division 11. That helped a lot as more than 1,495 distributions were made from the St. Ignatius center in November alone. And this number includes 692 Children and 510 households!
( Double Click here to read letter. )
Reasons for Learning:
An Gorta Mor – The Great Hunger
The Ancient Order of Hibernians, America’s largest Irish Cultural organization, has assembled the information contained in this site to advance the understanding of An Gorta Mor – Ireland’s Great Hunger from 1845 through 1851 and beyond – a tragic time in world history whose impact has yet to be truly recognized. There are only two instances in history in which ethnic cleansing has been perpetrated against a people not as a reprisal for rebellion, civil strife nor political retaliation. Those two are the Holocaust and An Gorta Mor.
( Just Click Here for the full publication on the AOH National site)
