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Flax Trust 32nd Annual Luncheon

IA Newsletter October 8, 2022

October 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Enrichment Through Respect for Difference Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm The Links 36 East 62nd Street, New York City Join the Flax Trust as it celebrates its first in-person luncheon in New York since 2019.  The annual luncheon supports leadership, management, and business development for the social economy sector and young musicians of the future … [Read more...] about Flax Trust 32nd Annual Luncheon

Flax Trust New York Banquet

By Irish America Staff
November / December 2018

November 1, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Jim Quinn, President of Flax Trust America with honorees Ed and Brigid Kenney and Sr. Mary Turley, Director of Flax Trust.

The 28th annual Flax Trust New York banquet took place in the 21 Club on October 10, 2018, honoring Ed and Brigid Kenney and Tom O’Brien, Director and Audit Chair of Prudential Financial Annuity Funds for their support of the work of the Trust over the years, having seen the projects firsthand. The Flax Trust is a registered charity formed in Belfast in 1977, and has as its … [Read more...] about Flax Trust New York Banquet

Flax Trust Honors James Nesbitt, John Kelly

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2016

December 3, 2015 by Leave a Comment

The Flax Trust honored James Nesbitt, actor and chancellor of Ulster University, and John Kelly, a partner at Hanover Stone Partners LLC, at its 21 Club Banquet on October 7. It was the organization’s 25th annual New York event, and a packed audience were in attendance. The Trust, formed in Belfast in 1977, is committed to the reconciliation of a divided community through … [Read more...] about Flax Trust Honors James Nesbitt, John Kelly

Flax Trust America
Honors Charlie Rose

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2015

December 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Talk show host and journalist Charlie Rose was honored at the Flax Trust annual luncheon at the 21 Club, New York on October 15. Rose was introduced by Norah O’Donnell, his co-host on “CBS This Morning,” and presented with the Flax Trust Award by Sr. Mary Turley, trustee and director of the Flax Trust, who said, “Where so much of broadcasting is prejudiced and partisan, Charlie … [Read more...] about Flax Trust America
Honors Charlie Rose

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President John F. Kennedy receives a warm welcome upon his visit to his ancestral home in Co. Wexford, Ireland. Marking the second day of his four day trip through Ireland, Kennedy also visited the nearby town of New Ross, where his great-grandfather Patrick Kennedy left from in 1848 during the potato famine. Kennedy made a speech stating, “When my great-grandfather left here to become a cooper in East Boston he carried nothing with him except two things–a strong religious faith and a strong desire for liberty. I am proud to say that all of his grandchildren have valued that inheritance.”

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