january 2003 newsletter


OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF COUNCIL ST. THERESE COUNCIL 7406 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

GRAND KNIGHTS REPORT

Minutes from the Knights of Columbus Council 7406 Business Meeting held on 1/27/03.

Welcome to Jarrod Patzer and Gary Galloway who were visiting for the first time. They filled out their form 100’s and are planning to take part in a First Degree at our next social meeting, Monday, February 10th.

We should have four or five candidates for the degree which will fill our quota from Supreme. Dave Wellmon, our Insurance representative will be at the Degree.

Our State Warden, Dave Jones was at the meeting and encouraged us all to work on recruitment.

We received thank a note from Joe Domain for our prayers and flowers. He is doing much better. It was good to see Tom Joy, Irv Hoechner, Clayton Brown, and Leigh Bullin at the meeting. They all reported they were on the mend as well. Special thanks to Klaus Boldt for keeping up with our brothers in need.

Checking Account: $12,644.72
Building Fund: $29,243.94

ADVENTURE BOOKS

The Adventure Discount Coupon Book sales have been moderately successful. We plan to finish this project on the 1st of March, so plan on turning in any unsold books, or better yet, any money collected by then. We NEED to have everyone bring in any money collected and any unsold books to the next business meeting on Monday, Feb 24th.

Thanks to Ed Kane and Ken Fusaro for heading up this project. Contact Ed at (704) 799-9575 or email him at eakane@adelphia.net for information.

PANCAKE BREAKFASTS

We have had three very successful pancake breakfast’s, netting us over $800. Father Jerry has commented he is very pleased with the turnout and the sense of community that it is building.

Leigh Bullin and his crew are to be congratulated on a job well done. We have been placed on the church calendar for the first Sunday of every month for the rest of the year.

COUNCIL BUDGET

The Board has decided to give up on preparing a Budget for this fiscal year, July 1, 2002 to June 31, 2003.

As discussed at great length in previous meetings, we have used up all our discretionary spending for the year.

The books, breakfasts and dinners planned ensure we will end the year in the black with enough to take care of our regular expenses and cover any emergencies. Instead, we are going to start work on a budget for next year and have it approved by June 31, 2003.

COUNCIL RAFFLE

Congratulations to John Carter for winning the raffle. His prize was a $50 gift certificate to Mickey and Mooch in Cornelius.

STATE RAFFLE TICKETS

State Raffle tickets are here and will be mailed out with this newsletter.

Half of the proceeds from this raffle come back to our council. We need your support for this huge fund-raising program.

If you did not receive your tickets please contact a council office as soon as possible.

LENTEN FISH FRYS

We are planning a series of Lenten Friday Fish Fry / Pasta Dinners in conjunction with the Youth.

We will do the cooking and the youth group will do the setup, serving, and cleanup. We will split the proceeds with them.

The dinners will be followed by Stations of the Cross, then a movie in the Family Life Center on a 9’x 12’ screen. This will start March 7th and continue through April 11th. John Bigliardi is heading up the committee and is recruiting cooks.

PARISH HELP NEEDED!

The parish has asked us to come up with a "chair" committee to assisit in setting up chairs for Mass when the regular staff can’t get to it.

Ed Kane will be the contact and will be recruiting volunteers as needed. Call Ed at (704) 799-9575 if you want to help.

BLOOD DRIVES SCHEDULED

Blood Drives have been scheduled for Saturday March 8th, and Saturday June 7th in the multipurpose room.

We hope to see you there.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER

Preliminary planning is underway for a St. Patrick’s Day dinner on Saturday March 15th. The Family Life Center has been reserved and this time we will do the cooking ourselves rather than have the meal catered.

Joe Callahan – moved to Hospice Care facility, Nan Fabio, Marian Reilly, Harold & Betty Butler, Sean Madsen – Dave Smith’s nephew who is Navy Corpsman assigned to a Marine Infantry Regiment on his way to the middle east.