The 2007 St. Patrick’s Day party will be
held on Saturday 17 March 2007 and will be considered as the March general
meeting. The St. Patrick’s Day party is for members and their guest
only. The party will be held at the Galleria Marchetti located at 825 W.
Erie St. in Chicago. The Galleria is located just north of the Ohio St.
feeder ramp, south of Ogden Ave between Milwaukee Ave and Halsted St. Food
will be provided by O’Connor’s Unforgettable Edibles. The cost for admission
is $20.00 for uniformed officers and federal agents marching in proper attire,
$30.00 for adults and non uniformed officers and $15..00 for persons under
21. Children 12 and under are free. The parade steps off at noon on
Columbus Drive north of Roosevelt Rd. We will not know our parade number, or
staging area until the week before the parade. Transportation will be
provided to and from the parade route. We will muster at the Galleria
Marchetti when the doors open at 10:00AM. Wrist bands will be on sale
in the morning and also at the parade route. Parking is at a premium in this
area! We have workout a deal with a valet service who will provide parking
for $8.00 a car. For further information please check the web site a few days
prior to the event, www.illinoisemeraldsociety.org
.
All members and guest marchers are
reminded that there will be no drinking of alcohol in the staging area or
while marching in the parade. If anyone feels the need to drink alcohol
during this time they will be asked to leave. Do not embarrass yourself or
the Emerald Society. Be proud of the fact that you are representative of the
Irish American Police Association of Illinois.
The 2007 golf outing will be held on
Monday July 9, at Carriage Greens Country Club in Darien Illinois. There will
be a shotgun start at 10:00 AM. The cost for this years outing is $100.00 per
golfer or $400.00 per foursome. The price includes green fees and cart, lunch
on the course, four hour open bar including bottled beer and seven course
meal. Each golfer will also receive a souvenir shirt for participating in the
outing. The outing has sold out for the past five years so the committee
suggest that you make your reservations early. Only your payment will secure
a position in the outing. For further information or to find out where to
mail your check, contact Patrick Moriarty at
pjmoss1@sbcglobal.net
. Please include your name, e-mail address and phone number or call my voice
mail at 847-772-0709. Please make checks payable to the Emerald Society of
Illinois. The golf outing is the most successful fund raiser for the
building fund and generates the bulk of the revenue from its sponsors, not the
golfers. You are paying for what you get. We hope to see you at the outing
again this year. If you know of anyone that would like to sponsor a hole
or make a donation, please contact Patrick Moriarty at the above e-mail or
voice mail for further information.
The 2007 picnic will be held on Saturday
Aug 4th at Lions Woods in Des Plaines, Illinois. Lions Woods is
located at the corner of Milwaukee Ave and Golf Road. The price of admission
is $10.00 per person or a maximum of $20.00 per car.