Happy New Year

Brothers and Sisters,

I hope that you have all had a Happy Holiday Season and wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year to You and Yours!

In reviewing the year 2009 it is amazing how many activities our Society participated in which were meaningful in the law enforcement community, the Irish cultural community, and our community at large. Here is a list of the activities we were proudly involved in during the past year:

1. Welcome Home for the 173rd Quartermaster Company, US Army, Rose Bowl, Pasadena
2. Newton St. Memorial Motorcycle Ride, Baldwin Park
3. Celtic Games, Queen Mary, Long Beach
4. California Peace Officers Association, IC, Pasadena
5. Irish Fair, Pomona
6.St. Patrick's Day Parade, Hermosa Beach
7.St. Patrick's Day Parade, Los Angeles
8.Los Angeles Police Protective League Picnic
9.Pasadena Hospital Fundraiser
10.State of California Police Memorial, Sacramento
11.Memorial Day Parade, Canoga Park, Los Angeles
12.Irish Fair, Irvine
13.Emerald Society Summer Picnic
14.AOH Awards Ceremony, Newport Beach
15.Concerns of Police Survivors Family Picnic
16.Celtic Arts Concert at the Ford Theater
17.Public Safety Mass, Los Angeles Police Academy
18. Children's Parade, San Fernando Valley
19. Dedication of the new LAPD Police Headquarters Facility
20. LAPD True Blue Event
21. Dedication of the New LAPD Topanga Station
22. "Friends Outside" benefit for the children of the incarcerated, Anaheim
23. Santa and Emerald Society Visit to the Ronald McDonald House, Pasadena
24. Long beach Veterans Hospital visit to visit our wounded veterans
25.Welcome to the Irish Route 66ers benefiting Dublin Childrens Hospital
26.Visit to Maeves' Residuals to support the toy drive for LAPD North Hollywood Station

These are among the many activities which our Los Angles Police Emerald Society proudly participated in. Thanks to all who, by their very presence, supported these worthy activities and especially our Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipe and Drum Band who performed so magnificently at so many of these events!

While we reflect for a moment on what we have accomplished as a unified Society in the past year, let us rededicate ourselves to what is best in our law enforcement and Irish traditions for our heritage and our nation!

Steve Saletros
President
Los Angeles Police Emerald Society