The AOH, Ancient Order of Hibernians is holding a Maggie Gibson Spaghetti and Meatball Event on Saturday, January 18 in Port Monmouth to help offset expenses for Maggie, currently undergoing Hodgkins Lymphoma treatment.
The AOH Fundraiser will be held at the VFW Post Home at 1 Veterans Lane and Route 36 from noon to 8 p.m.
All are invited to attend and enjoy the catered dinner anytime between the noon and 8 p.m. hours of the day long event where there will be live music, a silent auction and raffle prizes, in addition to draft beer and wine at the cash bar which will be available. throughout the day.
Tickets for the dinner are $25 per person and can be purchased at the door, or at the Columbian Club. Tickets and donations can also be arranged by e-mailing AOHFORMAGGIE@gmail.com. Checks should be made out to AOH, and mailed to PO Box 852, New Monmouth, NJ 07748.
Maggie is the daughter of AOH brother Kevin Gibson. Maggie is 23, a recent graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, and a popular young woman known in a variety of social, friend and church circles.
In urging support for the AOH event, Atlantic Highlands resident Mike Rybeck noted the Rybecks and Gibsons as parents watched their seven youngsters, including Maggie, grow up together, attending the same catholic schools and “becoming amazing adults.”
Maggie was accepted into and studied under the Pinnacle Scholars Program and won first place in her Senior Entrepreneurship project, earning the prestigious Ansary Prize for Entrepreneurship in Bio Mechanics at Stephens. She graduated with honors in May and is currently undergoing chemotherapy and experiencing all the negative side effects attributed to her treatments which will continue for another four months.
