If you have Cash Bonanza raffle tickets to sell, please buy or sell them and get them to Brother Miros Maszczak or Brother Pete Rich by May 10.
Our first turn-in was 574 tickets, which is about half of our goal of 1130 tickets, or ten tickets per member.
Please refer to this previous article on how to get tickets, where to send the stubs and money, etc.
K of C Council 11369 matched a donation by one of our Brothers, giving assistance to the fish dinners that the Our Lady of Lebanon National Shrine in North Jackson has been providing for our front line COVID workers.
FS Tom Moran challenged the council at the March 3 Zoom meeting to match his $500 donation, and the council responded with a unanimous ‘yes”!
Shrine Rector Chorbishop Anthony S Spinoza thanked the council for the contribution.
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Sunday, April 10th is the date to have sold raffle ticket stubs and money into Miros.
That goal of 1130 tickets seems large, but this council has reached that goal of 10 tickets per member for the last 16 years.
You can also call Miros at 330 540-0383.
His address is:
Miros Maszczak
1520 Fox Den Ct.
Canfield, OH 44406
And thanks for selling those tickets!
Most Council 11369 members should have their allotment of 2021 Super Cash Bonanza state raffle tickets by now.
If you don’t have them, email Miros Maszczak or call him at 330 540-0383.
Our goal to maximize the program is 1130 tickets sold.
We can get as much as $4.50 back from every $5 ticket by selling those 1130 tickets.
Last year we sold 1169 tickets.
But with pandemic limitations, the council had to purchase 205 tickets to meet the same 1130 goal.
The first turn-in is April 10.
Ticket stubs and checks (made out to K of C Council 11369) should be sent to ticket co-chair Miros Maszczak at: 1520 Fox Den Ct., Canfield, OH 44406.
Charitable monies will go to our food ministry efforts and other regular charitable gifting, including monies to St Michael Parish and St Paul Monastery.
There are 25 great cash prizes, with the drawing on May 22.
If you are not a Knight and wish to purchase a ticket, email or call Miros.
If you are interested in joining our organization, click this link.
The fraternal organization has developed an easy, new way to bring in new members.
Here is the new link that brings a prospect right into line to join Council 11369.
Please pull this page up on your phone and bookmark it.
Seven Brother Knights took part in the council’s first-ever Drive-Thru Coffee and Donuts event after the 9 a.m. Mass at St Michael Parish on Sunday February 14th, the Sunday before the start of Lent.
We estimate we had 70 customers who drove up to the south doors of the parish hall, where they were handed the treats in their cars in a very safe way.
Even the two dozen paczkis we ordered were a hit: we handed them all out!
Thanks to Father Terry for letting us do this.
It was a small undertaking, but it brought a lot of joy to us and our fellow parishioners in these difficult times.
Here’s the email from Worthy Grand Knight Vic Buente:
Brother Knights: “Hats Off!” to Brother Knights Jim K. and Miros for leading the Coffee and Doughnuts Drive Through after 9 o’clock Mass last Sunday at St. Michaels, and thanks to Brother Knights Dr. John Esarco, Mark Curtis, Ron Roman and Paul Kalosky for helping out. We saw many smiling faces, young, old and in between, and we were able to say, “Courtesy of the Knights of Columbus”. We should do it again, maybe next month. Thank you all! Vivat Jesus! Brother Vic
Remember coffee and donuts after the 9am Mass at St Michael?
The Knights are bringing it back in a pandemic-safe way on Sunday February 14 after the 9am Mass.
We will line up cars at the south entrance to the church complex; those are the double doors going into the parish hall.
We will also serve that pre-Lenten favorite, the paczki.
It’s all free!!
Our council was saddened to learn recently of the December death of Past Grand Knight Edward “Gus” Rogus.
Gus had contracted COVID-19 according to his family, and died on December 16, unable to spend the Christmas holiday with family.
Still, daughter Mary tells us he is in a better place now, having been ill for some time.
Gus led our council for several years in the mid-2000s, but actively participated for many years afterward.
We remember his untiring efforts standing outside St Michael parish selling raffle tickets, or outside the doors at Giant Eagle collecting food for the needy.
The family plans a memorial event at St Michael in the spring or summer, and the K of C hopes to be an active part of that.
God bless you Gus Rogus, and our sympathy to your family.
Four Knights from Council 11369 participated in a modified Christmas version of the Andy Skrobola Memorial Food Drive at the St Michael Family Life Center in Canfield on December 22 from 9am to 11am.
About 50 families were notified of the event; unfortunately, only about 15 came.
Others may have stopped in at a Saturday December 19 similar event at the Covelli Centre, sponsored by Gleaner’s Food Bank.
Gleaners provided milk and other fresh items for our giveaway, and the council and the Canfield Lions Club worked together to hand out $100 Rulli Brothers Market certificates.
Names of Canfield School District residents in need and participants in Judge John Durkin’s Mental Health and Recovery Program were informed of the food giveaway.
The program had to be modified due to COVID-19.
We thank the Canfield Lions Club for their fundraising effort and for matching the $50 our council was offering in vouchers, with their generous $2500 donation.
Thanks to Joe Lordi with Gleaners and his lifetime of dedication to feeding the hungry in the Youngstown area.
And thanks to Brother Miros Maszczak for all his efforts in putting this event together.
The council also purchased 180 hams for distribution to several non-profit agencies for Christmas, obtaining the hams for a discounted 99-cents a pound from Fresh Mark.
The hams went to St Vincent dePaul Society, the Beatitude House, Our Community Kitchen, Dorothy Day House, the Rescue Mission, the Salvation Army, and St Paul Monastery.
We hope for a more normal food drive in 2021, carrying on with Andy Skrobola’s wishes for an event involving several organizations, combined with an event involving food and not just money handouts.
About ten brother Knights helped the Mahoning County Veteran’s Service Commission and Gleaner’s Food Bank distribute Thanksgiving food items to over a thousand families at the Canfield Fairgrounds on Saturday November 21.
The used COVID-19 precautions, with everyone masked and trying to keep their distances.
Food recipients drove through the fairgrounds, with no need for them to exit their vehicles.
The Knights were happy to be part of this effort, with the inability to carry on the annual Andy Skrobola Food Drive in the usual way.