Breakfast and a fitting tribute to Patrick Kerr

Today was the 4th Annual AOH Division 1 Charity Irish Breakfast. We hold it every year at Fado (same place St. Baldrick's was held). This year went really well, raising approx. $4,000 for scholarships and the Hibernian Hunger Project. The money for scholarships goes to help kids attend Roman Catholic High School and to the Patrick Kerr Skateboarding Scholarship.

Patrick Kerr was a 15 year old skater who was extremely active in helping to raise funds for non-profit skateboarding organizations and raising support for public skate parks. He was also an honor student at Roman Catholic High School, so this first skateboarding scholarship in the United States has been named in his honor.

A Brief exerpt from an article on Irish Philadelphia:

Get Your St. Patrick's Day Breakfast and Help a Great Cause

Published: Mar 11, 2009
By: Jeff Meade

When Patrick Kerr passed away in 2002 at the age of 15, he had only just finished his freshman year at Roman Catholic. But, says his mother Liz Kerr, Patrick had already set down deep roots in Roman. On St. Patrick’s Day, his family will pay tribute to his memory by hosting an Irish breakfast at the Center City restaurant Fado, with proceeds to benefit a scholarship fund in his name at the big school on North Broad.

“He really loved Roman,” says Kerr, “so we try to keep the connection to that school.”

The Kerrs are already well known for helping to establish another—and altogether unique—scholarship. The Patrick Kerr Skateboard Scholarship helps defray college tuition for high-achieving students who are also notable advocates for skateboarding. Patrick himself had already established quite a name for himself as an activist on behalf of skateboarding. In a tragic irony, the young man slipped under the wheels of a truck while skateboarding in Jenkintown.

Myself, John Riley, Liz Kerr, Pearse Kerr, Tom McCourt