{"id":12534,"date":"2025-12-08T08:55:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/?p=12534"},"modified":"2025-12-08T08:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:55:46","slug":"hartford-division-2-holds-christmas-toy-gift-card-drive-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aoh.com\/2025\/12\/08\/hartford-division-2-holds-christmas-toy-gift-card-drive-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartford Division 2 Holds Christmas Toy\/Gift Card Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hartford Division 2 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians held a successful Toy\/Gift Card Drive on December&nbsp;6 and 7, 2025. Several carloads of toys were collected in addition to over $500 worth of gift cards. The collection took place at Christ the King Parish in Wethersfield and at the Breakfast With Santa at the Irish-American Home Society in Glastonbury.&nbsp; The drive benefitted The Giving Tree Project at Saint Augustine Parish in the south end of Hartford. The generosity of those that donated will make Christmas brighter for many families in Connecticut\u2019s capital city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hartford AOH has been sponsoring Food Drive for the pantry at Saint Augustine\u2019s since May 2020 and will continue to do so. The Toy\/Gift Card Drive concluded our \u201choliday\u201d season with drives in October for Halloween treats and in November for Thanksgiving sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"12536\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1590-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1590-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1590-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1590-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1590-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1590.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AOH Hartford Brothers John Gallivan, Tom Breen, Tom Coleman and Rick Doran join\u00a0Millie Ramos of Saint Augustine Parish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" data-id=\"12537\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1594-1024x629.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1594-1024x629.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1594-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1594-768x472.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1594-1536x943.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1594.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AOH Hartford collected over four carloads of toys for Saint Augustine\u2019s in Hartford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" data-id=\"12535\" src=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4428-1024x469.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4428-1024x469.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4428-300x137.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4428-768x352.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4428-1536x703.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_4428.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AOH Hartford Brothers Tim Tully and Tom Coleman join\u00a0Millie Ramos of Saint Augustine Parish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<div class = 'socialMediaOnEveryPost'><div id=\"sgmbShare1-1\" class=\"sgmbShare jssocials-theme-classic sgmbWidget1-1\"><\/div><div class=\"dropdownWrapper dropdownWrapper1 dropdownWrapper-for-widget \" id=\"dropdownWrapper-for-widget\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownLabel\" id=\"dropdownLabel-share-list\"><span class=\"sgmbButtonListLabel1\">Share List<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dropdownPanel dropdownPanel1-1\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><script>  SGMB_URL = \"https:\/\/aoh.com\/gobansaer\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-builder\/\"; 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