To Your Health! A Hundred Thousand Welcomes

Vision:

“To be an ever growing fraternal singing organization that is dedicated to the average singer having fun creating and preserving extraordinary music that preserve the traditional music of Ireland. The Dr. Tom Dooley Choraliers are an organization that is known in the community for making a difference singing the songs of Ireland. A Group that makes a difference in the lives of both the singer, the listener and the community by performing the traditional music of Ireland”

Mission: 

“Making Life Better performing the traditional music of Ireland”Vision: 

1.“Promote fellowship and friendship among men of good character” 2.“Perpetuate, celebrate and preserve harmony in the traditional Style of Ireland” 3.“Provide the opportunity to experience the joy of singing”. 4. “Sustain music in the lives of people in our community” 5. “Service to others through our Music”  

Physician, Author, Humanitarian. Best known for his philanthropic work in Indochina. Born in St. Louis, MO, Dooley served as a medical officer in the U.S. Navy after graduation from St. Louis University Medical School. In 1954, he was assigned to the USS Montague, which was traveling to Vietnam to evacuate refugees. While with the Navy, he organized refugee camps in Vietnam where he developed strong anti-communist sentiment. His experiences there are related in his first book, "Deliver Us from Evil: The Story of Vietnam's Flight to Freedom". In 1956 he left the navy to start a private, mobile medical unit in Laos. He helped found the Medical International Cooperative Organization (MEDICO), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing medical aid for developing countries. Dooley personally raised nearly $1 million for MEDICO through his television appearances, lecture tours and books, including "The Edge of Tomorrow" and "The Night They Burned the Mountain", both about his experiences in Laos. In 1959, Dooley returned to the U.S. for cancer treatment. He died in 1961 from malignant melanoma. Dooley was awarded the Legion of Merit, the National Order of Vietnam, and posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. After his death there were unsuccessful efforts to have him canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. Dooley's example was cited by President John F. Kennedy when he launched the Peace Corps.