05/30/2024
We want to thank everyone for your help with making this spaghetti dinner happen. With all the donations, ticket sales, raffle basket sales, 50/50s, merchandise sales and because of everyone that made this happen, we were able to raise over $8,000.00 for the Ahern Family.
That being said, after having had private conversations with Lindsay Ahern , it's important to shed light on the fact that everyone who came and participated in whatever ways they could helped Lindsay and her family on what could have been a day filled with not much more than sorrow. Lindsay expressed several times the gratitude she had for everyone being there for her and her family on a day that "should have been" a lot different. Instead, we were able to take Sean's impossibly positive outlook and attitude and turn a sad day into a day of celebration. Lindsay said her children kept calling it Sean's Retirement Party. And though Sean should really have been there with us in person, he certainly was in spirit. It's never the same, but with the help of everyone we made it just a little easier for them.
Going forward, Lindsay, you and your family will always be a part of the Endicott Family. You will always have a community to turn to in a time of need.
Life goes by fast and it's easy to get caught up. We hope that our family in blue continues to grow and remembers that no one quite understands the demands of this job like the ones who live it everyday. In that, you have bonds that can unexpectedly overcome even the most severe of differences. We hope we all remember the bigger picture and make it a point to support those next to us and those who sit next to them. With Lindsay's permission we are sharing her words of gratitude that she expressed after this event. Please understand that you all made a positive difference in her and her children's lives. On behalf of the Endicott Police Benevolent Association we cannot thank you all enough for supporting one of our own.
Photos will be uploaded shortly from the event. Feel free to tag us in your own photos in the meantime.
We would like to again thank our big sponsors, JJ's Catering at En-Joie Golf Club , The Brickyard Endwell (remember your dine-in stub gets you a discount at The Brickyard through the end of the week), DJ Chris Jach, Price Chopper Supermarkets in Endicott, Edward P. Maloney Memorial Pipe Band ,Cops for a Cause, BAE, multiple businesses, multiple police agencies, and every other person who volunteered, donated raffle baskets, monetary donations, and those who just showed up however they could. With all of you we made this happen for the family.
