LORETTA BRENNAN GLUCKSMAN HONORED
Chairman of The American Ireland Fund, Loretta Brennan Glucksman was presented with an honorary CBE (Commander of the British Empire) from British Ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer, in recognition of her services to the United Kingdom in promoting reconciliation and regeneration in Northern Ireland.

DEREK BELL
Our sympathies to the family and friends of Derek Bell, seen here with Chairman of The AIF Loretta Brennan Glucksman at the Worldwide Ireland Funds Conference, who died suddenly earlier this year. Derek Bell was the legendary harpist and orchestral arranger for the five-time Grammy award winning group the Chieftains, who favored The Funds with superb entertainment at our events over the years and also received The AIF 2002 Performing Arts Award at the New York dinner.

NEW VIDEO
Our thanks to Ed Eskandarian and Arnold Communications for producing the new AIF video that premiered at the Boston Dinner in November. Thanks also to Liam Neeson who generously donated his time again this year to narrate the video. Copies of our video are available from the Boston office.

DINNER JOURNAL
Our thanks to Mike Sheehan, President of Hill Holliday and Advertising Chairman of the Boston Dinner and Dennis Farrington of Hill Holliday for producing a record-breaking dinner journal, raising over $300,000. It's theme was focused on 21 year-olds whose lives have been affected by the work of The American Ireland Fund.

Dinner Journal click here