I would like to thank you for your attendance at the Annual State Scholarship Ball. We had more than one hundred ninety guests joining us for the evening. We were blessed to have Assistant State Chaplain Rev. Robert Smolley in attendance for the celebration. Four $750.00 scholarships were awarded to deserving college students living in the State of New Hampshire and $5,000.00 in Charity Raffle Prizes were also awarded. The activities during the evening included a Silent Auction where many items were up for bid including a basket of religious articles donated by Rev. Robert Smolley.
I would like to personally thank State Ad Book Chairman William McCarthy and his daughter Mary McCathy Hoegen for publishing the ad book for the State Scholarship Ball. I would also like to thank bill's daughter, Brenda Gile for her great work as the State Council Photographer.
I would like to thank all of the councils that participated in the donation program for the Birth Right Dinner. We collected more than 115 baskets full of items for both mom and baby. We also had a capacity crowd and we were privileged to have Bishop Peter Libasci as our guest speaker. We were served a wonderful meal by the members of Suncook Council 4666 and we were entertained by the master of ceremonies and State Culture of Life Director, Ron DiStasio.
State Church Director Rob Eib introduced the NH Baby Safe Haven Program. Rob will be the chairman of this program and his daughter, Meredith will be NH Baby Safe Haven Spokesperson. The details of this program are available on the state website. I would like to thank all who participated in the Birth Right Dinner program including my fellow state officers and state program director, Tim Kingsley.
Please be advised that I will be in Munich, Germany on business from February 20, 2016 to February 27, 2016. I will not have access to email during that time so I ask you to address all matters relating to the State Deputy to State Secretary, Glenn Camley at gpcamley [AT] comcast [DOT] net or (603) 682-5318.
Thank your for all the you do for our Order.