ST MARYS FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES TO HOST CHILD ADVOCACY DAY

PRESS RELEASE

The Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #4379 will host a Child Advocacy Day on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Activities will begin about 10:00 a.m. and conclude about noon. The event will take place at the St. Marys Aerie at 101-C Industrial Drive in St. Marys located directly behind the St. Marys Police Complex on Pt. Peter Road.

The event is free to all. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office Drug Canine officers will be on sight and deputies will do identification finger printing. The Camden County Fire Department and St. Marys Fire Department will teach about fire safety. St. Marys Police Department will be on hand to do Stranger Danger instruction. The U.S. Coast Guard will do a program on water safety and there will be other activities for the kids. The Eagles will provide free lunch for all.

Event Co-chairman Tricia Perrine said, “The Fraternal Order of Eagles has recognized May 1 as Child Advocacy Day sine 2004; all local Aeries are encouraged to do something to empower and protect the kids in our communities on that day. We have done this several times in the past. It is a good time for the kids and for those of us working with them. We are a family oriented organization but this is for all the kids in our community, as many of our Eagle members do not have young children. We hope to have a good response from the community. Our target is kids from about age 6 to age 12 but we will not turn away any one. An exciting part of this is that the program will enter us into competition with other Eagle Aeries for a $3,000.00 grant from our Jimmy Durante Children’s Fund which I would love to give to one of our local charities. We won that grant the first year and would like to do that again. After all, our motto is People Helping People.”

The St. Marys Aerie #4379 Fraternal Order of Eagles is a non-profit benevolent organization whose focus is community service and charity. For information on Child Advocacy Day contact Pat Perrine at 882-5505 or Dr. Jim Burnham at 882-4377. To learn more about the Eagles visit our websites at http://FOE.com or for our local sit http://4379.FOE.com.