Congratulations to Aaron Todd who received a Meritorious Award for Community Service from the Marine Corps League in June 2007. Aaron donated his time and talent to pipe for several charitable concerns including the Army Transportation Corps, The Henrico County Victim/Witness Assistance Program, The Mechanicsville Relay for Life, The Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, The Henrico Police and Fire Academies, the VCU Student Association Prayer Vigil for VT, and many more.
The House of Gordon, Virginia received the BEST CLAN TENT Award at the Potomac Celtic Festival in Leesburg, VA on June 9, 2007. Our Wall of Honor and Time line wall were huge hits at the festival. We had much interest on the various branches of the Gordon Clan around the world, especially the Russian Branch and had one lady who discovered her Scottish roots via Russia at our tent that day!
We were blessed to have three young men volunteer their time to assist us with tent set-up, take-down and more. Thanks to Jake Kite, Aaron Todd, & William San Soucie for all their help! Thanks especially to Aaron Todd whose piping brought many visitors to the tent!
Congratulations to Aaron Todd on being named Honor Cadet at the Marine Corps JROTC Advanced Leadership School at MCB Hawaii in July 2007. Aaron is a Cadet Corporal and rising sophomore at Hermitage High in Henrico County, VA. At 15, Aaron was one of the youngest of the 90 cadets from around the USA at the school. The course earned him one high school credit and invaluable lessons in leadership. Ooh Rah Aaron!
Congratulations to Lois Todd on being named MVP at this years House of Gordon USA AGM held at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in July. Lois was named as the Communications Chairman at last year's AGM and has created a website, newsletter and an annual publication for the clan. Lois was confirmed as USA Communications Chair for the 2007-2008 term.
Congratulations to Barbara Gordon Wray who was confirmed to continue as our House of Gordon USA Secretary at this year's AGM. Barbara is also the Secretary/Treasurer of the House of Gordon Virginia.
Congratulations to Morris Gordon on being named as one of three Commissioners for the House of Gordon USA at this year's AGM. Morris will be heading up the North East Region with responsibility for the area from Maine to Virginia and over to Ohio. He will be coordinating with the various conveners and working toward finding and developing new conveners in areas currently not represented in the House.
Congratulations to David Todd who has been named as Convener for Virginia following the AGM in July. David takes over for Morris and will continue forward in building the House here in Virginia just as he has done as our Events Coordinator.
THE HOUSE OF GORDON VIRGINIA received the BEST CLAN TENT Award at the Williamsburg Scottish Festival on Sept 29, 2007! Again our time line and Wall of Honor were big hits. Congratulations also to our Haggis Hurl Team headed up by Heather Gauthier came in 2nd place!
The HOUSE OF GORDON VIRGINIA received the CELTIC SPIRIT Award at the Richmond Highland Games held October 27-28, 2007. The Gordon Grill was open, the tent display looked fantastic, and we had a huge crowd all weekend. Everyone who came by was offered our famous Virginia Gordon Hospitality. We had the corner with Clan Donnachaidh -- with the Donnachaidh Diner and the Gordon Grill we had massive amounts of food and drink and we are now known as Ceilidh Corner!
