As I start the new Columbian year
as your Grand Knight, I would like to take the opportunity to thank
all of you for your confidence in me and the newly elected officers
and trustees.
We must all take time to thank our outgoing Grand Knight, Dave
Smith, for all the time and efforts he has expended to make our
council what it is today.
During the upcoming year you will see several changes especially in
the area of fund raising. We as a Council, will be doing all the
cooking at a spaghetti dinner in October, the New Years Eve dinner
on December 31st, and at the St. Patrick’s dinner in March. In
addition we are going to undertake a Grand 50/50 project with a
limited amount of tickets. This one event has the potential of
raising $5,000.00 for the Council. As with any fund raising event,
participation is a must.
Please take time to read and give your input to the new proposed
budget. You will see that our giving to the parish and other
charities has increased. Charity is the first principle of our
Order. It is one of the primary reasons we exist. There are many
worthwhile projects within the parish that we as a council should
lend our support too.
I would also like to thank Jim Richart, Frank Schaffer, and Ted
Benell, for the time they spent making repairs at the Rectory. There
will be additional work needed, and your time and talents would
certainly be appreciated.
With every dollar we raise, a portion currently is put aside for a
future council home. A committee has been formed to look into all
the pros and cons regarding this endeavor. This committee will give
its recommendations at the November business meeting. Every member
of the council should be in attendance to render his thoughts.
ABOUT THE RACE more to follow in our next newsletter. The suspense
mounts.
Do you have e-mail? If so, please forward it to webmaster@sainttherese.net,
so that you will receive the newsletter through e-mail. It will
really save the Council money. Thanks!
In closing, our Council lost two special people during the month of
June. Brother Joe Callahan and Betty Butler, wife of Brother Harold
Butler passed away. In addition to several members attending the
funeral masses, the Council sent fruit baskets to the families. The
Council will have masses said for the repose of their souls in the
future. —Ed Kane, Grand Knight
You've got Mail, or do you?
The newsletter is always available
via E-mail and/or our council website. Feel free to contact Tim
Vogel, at his email address: webmaster@sainttherese.net
with your email addresses so we can send out the news letters
electronically. It saves time and a lot of postage money.
When was the last time you attended our meetings? Attend a meeting.
Get involved and support your council so we can support our
charities!
The Council Website is a great place to find out the latest news and
upcoming events. It includes photos (when available), newsletter
downloads, forms and publications from Supreme, audio and video
clips from the Supreme and the council database.
The Council website address can be accessed via links from the Saint
Therese website or by going to: http://knights.sainttherese.net.
Note that there is NO www in this
address. If you have any questions about the website call Tim at
704-660-3931.
The new username and password for
this quarter: Username: 7406knights and the Password: 07012003
Operation Lamb
This is the 29th year for the Lamb
program. 3 new councils started a Lamb program. 83 % of the money
received comes from candy and 16 % comes from Corporations.
Roanoke Rapids gained 197 % of
their goal. For the best efficiency. The largest corporation
collector was Jacksonville with $3700
We will spend 1500 now for awards
and 2900 next year.
Donations collected per member…
Lenoir had $ 274 per member. A
gross of $15,000 and Goldsboro had $22,000.
Raleigh has collected $ 700,000
cumulative.
Little Washington collected $
15,000 for $ 221 per member and is # 3 in the state.
Belmont was 208 % of their goal.
Huntersville was $246 per member.
Clemmons was $ 15,000 and $
6,000 corporate.
Hope Mills was 211% of budget
collecting $22,000
New Bern collected $ 22,000 with
$9,500 Corporate and other means. They put a Lamb on the bar and
collected LOTS. They were # 2 in the state.
Greensboro was # 1 with $41,783
plus $ 8,675 Corporately…They have a cumulative of $600,000.
Southern Pines was $ 34, 500
$12,100 Corp and $ 2,100 by new means They were $ 173 per member.
$ 600,000 cumulative.
Lamb Hero Award goes to the
person who developed the software package to make everyone's life
easier.
Awards
Scrapbook Awards: Kill
Devil Hills, Newton Grove, Wilson and Charlotte 10852.
NewsletterAward:
Elizabeth City
BestWebSite:
Charlotte 10852, Henderson and Elizabeth City.
MembershipAwards: Wrightsville
Beach, Huntersville, Goldsboro and Charlotte 10852.
Honor Council Award:
Albemarle, Mocksville, Roanoke Rapids, Brevard, Salisbury,
Henderson, Newton Grove, Denver, Wilmington, Mint Hill,
Burlington, Greenville, Hendersonville, Hope Mills, New Bern, Cary
Charlotte, Clemmons, Charlotte, Raleigh, Charlotte, Pinehurst.
DistinguishedAwards:
Apex, Charlotte, Edenton, Fayetteville, Wrightsville Beach,
Swannanoa, Morehead City, Belmont, Garner, Raleigh, Durham,
Goldsboro, Havelock, Swansboro, Elizabeth City, Kernersville, and
Fayetteville.
GrandKnightAward:
Edenton, Havelock, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville.
StateKnight of the Year: Pasquale Wojokowski
Family of theYear:
Knight and Son. Joe, Lilian, Kevin and George Goldmen
Knight of the Year:
Roland McHeffy from Wilson.
Best CouncilSpecialAward: St. Thomas Aquinas, Swansboro, Apex and Havelock.
SupremeServiceAward:
Brevard, Elizabeth City, Jacksonville, Havelock.
The State
Raffle Winner: T. Panam from Shelby, Joe Thomas from
Indian Trail won second place. $200 each to McNabb, Camp Lejune,
Van Stowe, Fayettevlle, Susan Pheur and Buchanan from Clinton.
50 / 50 winner: Tom
Smith.
LittleKnown fact….K of C
owned Yankee Stadium Had to sell in 1960’s?. Got $5 million.
Adventure Coupon Books are back!
We had 146 Adventure coupon books left over. At
the last business meeting we voted to sell them for $10.00 per book.
The entire proceeds of all sales goes to our Council. We could
realize $1460.00 profit. We need to get these books sold as soon as
possible, they expire on Dec. 31st. There is $700 worth of dinning
values in these books. Buy one or two for your own family. Contact
Ed Kane at 704-799-9575 for your book.