Newsletter
May 2008
Board of Directors' Message
Dear Members,
Spring is here, and May will be filled with many celebrations - from Mother's Day to First
Communions to Graduations. The Center is the place for all of your family celebrations.
The Center has a lot planned as well! We hope you will try your luck at the 32/50 Drawing
Luncheon on May 4. Cheer on our lovely Irish young ladies as we crown the San Francisco Rose
of Tralee at the Rose of Tralee Dinner on May 10. The Board would like to wish all mothers a
happy Mother's Day, and we will honor all mothers at the Mother's Day Brunch and Dinner on
May 11. Later in May, the ICCC Leo Walsh Scholarship Program will award 10 scholarships to
young students in our community. The GAA games have begun! Call the UICC for weekly
updates as to which teams are playing.
In April, we sent a notice to all members about our upcoming Annual General Membership
Meeting on Thursday, May 22, 2008. At this meeting, we will elect four members to the Board,
as President Karen Kinahan, Vice-President Bill Luque, and John Ring are terming out this
Month.
At the May meeting, we will also vote on transferring the Patrick J. Dowling Library to the ICCC
(Irish Cultural Centre of California) in order to receive the benefits of tax-exemption. You will
have an opportunity to support the Library and other ICCC programs by purchasing an inscribed
brick through the ICCC Brick Campaign. Look for an order form in the mail in May. The UICC
membership will have first opportunity to be part of this campaign. The ICCC looks forward to
working with Librarian Wendy King to implement a plan to preserve the treasure we have, while
expanding on the services we offer. The Brick Committee and the ICCC Board will schedule
information meetings in the months to come. If you have questions or suggestions about the campaign,
please attend one of these meetings.
We are very excited by the opportunities we have upon us. And, we are enlivened by the energy
of everyone who is working hard to make sure the Center is here for the generations ahead.
We'll see you at the Center!
The UICC Board of Directors
Sincerely,
UICC Board
