The annual St Michael Parish Picnic was Oct. 1.
Once again this year, K of C 11369 passed out free pop and water to everyone attending.
We went through nearly all 30 2-litre bottles of pop as well as about 150 small bottles of water.
Brother Knight Mark Curtis headed up this activity.
And special thanks to Soon-to-be-Brother Don Kutsko for helping out the entire 3 hours.
The Champs of the Council 11369 Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge held Saturday September 9th are:
Age 9:
Age 10:
Age 13:
Here’s how the competition worked: high score after 15 kicks at an undefended goal split into 5 scoring zones from 12 yards away from the goal.
20 points were awarded for two upper corners, 10 points for two lower corners and 5 points for middle portion of the goal.
Thanks to Dan Pappalardo and Knights Mark Curtis and Vic Buente for making the event a success.
Champions advance to the Diocese of Youngstown regional competition.
At the August council meeting, Grand Knight Miros Maszczak appointed chairmen for each of the committees that coordinate our regular activities.
These are the committees: Church, Council, Community, Family, Youth and Culture of Life. Activities are reported to the state; in each committee, there are two mandatory activities to be completed each fraternal year.
GK Maszczak announcing that making Star Council is a goal for the 2017-2018 year.
The annual Knights of Columbus picnic will be on Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Chestnut Hill pavilion at Mill Creek Park starting at 5 p.m.
The council will provide burgers, sausage sandwiches and corn on the cob; please bring a dessert or other food item.
We will eat at 5 p.m. as we are to vacate the shelter by about 7:30.
If you can attend, please email Miros Masczcak.
What
The 2nd annual Lobster Feast at St Michael Parish.
Date, Time and Place
August 19th at 5:30 at St Michael Family Life Center.
Tickets
The goal is to sell 300. The office at St. Michael’s has 100 tickets. Brother Pete, Brother Ernie, Brother Ron, Brother Jim R., Brother Chuck and Brother Vic all have tickets for sale.
If any Brother Knight knows of anyone who would like to buy tickets, or who would like to be a sponsor, let us know.
Help
We need “all hands on deck” for this event. Brother Chuck may need help in the kitchen, Brother Ron may need help at the bar, and Brother Vic may need help at the door.
We DEFINITELY need help with setup and clean-up. Let us know. We need you!
Publicity
We need to get the word out. We plan to advertise through Living Bread Radio and the Town Crier.
We have posters up in our Church and other Churches. If any Brother Knight knows of businesses or other facilities where we can put up our posters, contact Brother Ernie.
K of C Council 11369 had a very successful Measure Up campaign for 2017.
We recently turned in $926.00 to the campaign.
That includes $811.00 from our St Michael Parish campaign as well as $115.00 from the “Gimme Five” campaign.
“Gimme Five” is conducted as part of the dues program at the beginning of the year.
80% of the total ($740.80) will go to Golden String, the non-profit that provides entertainment and activities for the adult developmentally disabled population.
20% ($185.20) will go to the state Special Olympics.
Thanks to all for their hard work in this campaign.
And thanks to St Michael parishioners for being so generous, as always.
Another successful state Cash Bonanza Charity Raffle has come to an end for Council 11369.
We sold 821 tickets this year! We surpassed the goal of 10 tickets per member, or 700.
That also tops last year’s total of 800. The record is 2015 with 919 tickets sold.
Our first turn-in was 710 tickets. The recent, final turn-in was 111.
More importantly, the goal of getting more council members involved was a success! 36 members sold tickets for this campaign. Last year, that number was 21.
A final campaign report (minus the rebate check, which won’t arrive until August or September) will be presented at the June 7th meeting at St Michael Church Hall.
It’s believed to be the biggest one-day collection ever for Measure Up for Council 1139. We collected $811 at the three Masses at St Michael Parish this weekend.
We are so thankful and continue to be amazed at the generosity of our St Michael’s parishioners. May God bless you for being so giving.
We will combine this money with the Gimme Five campaign funds collected as part of dues payments at the beginning of the year, and forward it to the State Council.
The state will keep 20% for state Special Olympics. We have designated the 80% local share to Golden String, the Youngstown-based non-profit that provides recreational opportunities for developmentally disabled adults and children.
Funding was expected to go to the farm the organization operates on Route 224 in Coitsville. Each day, about 50 adults and children learn and work with the animals at the farm.
We have had larger collections in the past when we were permitted to stand outside the Yager’s and Giant Eagle stores for our two-day collections.
We’re glad the St Michael community is there for us for this great cause.
The weekend of April 29 and 30 is Measure Up weekend at St. Michael Parish.
Members of the council will stand outside the doors, collecting money for the developmentally disabled. This year, 80% of the money will go to Youngstown-based Golden String and 20% will go to the state Special Olympics.
This is an activity that Father Terry particularly loves, so we’re looking forward to making it a nice collection. He will also announce the collection at the end of Mass.
Congratulations Brother Knights of Council 11369! Our first ticket turn-in was 710 tickets! (Update: tickets were in the hands of the State Council on Wednesday, April 12)
This surpasses the 10-tickets-per-member goal of 700 tickets.
With 710 tickets sold, we have maxed out the program and will eventually receive 90% of the money back. (We pay the state council about 50% of the money now, we’ll get back another 40% in September as a rebate.)
Here’s another goal achieved: 36 members of the council sold tickets. (So far!) The goal was 35. Last year, the number of ticket sellers was 21.
If you still have tickets, buy or sell them! The FINAL turn-in is at the Wednesday May 3rd meeting at St Paul in Ellsworth.
Hats off and pats on the back to all our hard-working Knights for such a great accomplishment. And, as always, the money goes to the great charities we work for.