Division 2 of the AOH, which meets at the Fraser-Ross-Sack-Watchko VFW Post 8695 on Lyndhurst Avenue in Marmora, recently received $500 from the national organization to fight hunger.

Called the An Gorta Mor Awards, or The Great Hunger, the national AOH selects local divisions to receive the awards each year. They are meant to honor Irish victims of the Great Famine, which lasted from 1845 to 1852, and caused 1 million deaths in Ireland and a million more emigrations.

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