Support the GDICC

The Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Center (GDICC) has initiated an exciting campaign to raise the necessary funds to complete renovations to our new home on Lake Avenue. Our goal is to raise $150,000.00, over the next two months, by selling building bonds to our current members and friends.

The bonds will be issued by the GDICC, in denominations of $500.00. That means to achieve our goal we must sell a total of 300 bonds. These bonds will be a non-interest bearing loan to the GDICC, and the board of directors has approved a bond redemption plan that will cash in a minimum of ten bonds per year ($5,000) by lottery selection. Please click here for the bond form to submit along with your check. If you have trouble viewing this link, please contact us and paperwork will be mailed to you.

You may be wondering why we have chosen this process to raise the necessary capital to finish our building, versus a traditional gift campaign. Since the Danbury AOH/LAOH divisions created the GDICC in 2006, we have been refining the corporate structure and by-laws. It was recently decided to file the GDICC with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity. The application is still pending and we cannot yet accept personal and corporate donations on a tax deductible basis. Once our status is confirmed with the IRS, we would encourage those individuals wishing to make a gift to the GDICC, to donate their bonds back to the organization. The matter at hand today is our need for immediate capital to finish the project. Failing to do so will cause the project to stall indefinitely.

The officers and directors of the GDICC, as well as the leadership of our local AOH/LAOH divisions, recognize that not every member or family is in the same financial circumstance. If they were, we would simply ask our 200 member families to give $750 and we would be done. What we are asking is that everyone attempt to participate by purchasing at least one bond. For those who can do more, recognizing that not everyone will participate, we ask that you consider purchasing multiple bonds.

These are difficult times, and this request is asking much of those who have already worked so hard to achieve the goal of establishing an Irish center in Danbury. It is time to complete the task, however, and having given so much of your time and talent, we now need you to commit your treasure. Please push us across the finish line and help us celebrate the opening of our new home this Spring.

Faithfully Yours,

Vincent Nolan
President, GDICC