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.