September-Octoboer 2010 Newsletter

Sept / Oct 2010
Grand Knight’s Corner
Dear Brother Knights:
Fall is already upon us, gentlemen,
and for council that means an
exciting and event filled time of the
year. There will be a variety of opportunities for all
of us to get together whether its good works, raising
money for our charities, corporate communion, or
gathering our families together for events like the
fall family picnic or Christmas Party.
The council has and will continue to be a leader
in the Parish in its support of Pro-life activities here
at home and other events throughout the diocese.
On a local level we will, continue to assist the Loreto
House, support our local Catholic radio KATH 910,
Expand the Giant Rosary to follow each of the morning
masses on the third Sunday of the month. On a
diocesan level we will again be convoying down to
Ft. Worth to support the 40 days for Life and many
other activities that we will keep you updated on.
The council has through the Good Works Fund,
Ric Hoff Scholarship fund, Benevolent, Seminarian,
and Charities funds, been able to provide thousands
of dollars in financial assistance locally and across
the United States.
To continue these efforts we as a council must
continue to grow in size but most importantly in
participation by our members. The burden of many
should not be carried by a few. When a call goes out
for volunteers, its easy to blow it off with excuses of
why we can’t help, been there done that myself, but
we offer enough opportunities that there is spot for
you to help, no matter how small, we can always
use the HELP!
I would like to personally invite everyone to come
to our general council meeting which is the second
Thursday of the month with a meal at 6:30 and meeting
at 7:30. We have grown to over 260 members
and I have not met but a handful of my brothers in
this council. So I hope you will accept my invitation
and come out to our next meeting on October 7th.
God Bless You Brothers,
Tim Schoendorf,
Grand Knight
Breakfast Burritos
A big thanks to Don Paddack, Bill
Grubbs, Dan Pajak, Dan Greico,
Sean Stenovich, Jim Hawk, Danny
Reid, Gary Graff, Ben Luke, Joe Davis and
Wayne Wilson for coming out, braving the August
heat, and helping us raise $202 for our seminarians.
The next Burritos project is on Sunday, October
15th. We meet at 8:00 AM.
Cans for our Seminarians
Cans thrown away in the Denton collection sure
doesn’t help our collecting cans to support our
Seminarians program. We need more Knights saving
cans for us. We can do a lot better than we are
with a little more effort to SAVE THOSE CANS for
the Knights.
Update--------total pounds---2789 and total value
$1,591.00 Thank You. The next aluminum can drive
will be October 17th.
Blood Drive
A big THANK YOU to all who donated
blood in August, making it the most
successful drive that I can remember.
We had 46 people attempted to donate
and we drew 43 pints of blood and 1 double red
donation which is also a first. Enjoy the blue bell
you deserve it! This was the first blood drive we
have had where we could donate double reds.
We will continue to grow the drive to be even more
successful.
If one teaspoon of blood can save the life of a
premature baby just think how much good you were
able to do with your donation. We will have the next
drive in about 8 weeks look for the announcement in
your email and at the next council meeting. Giving
blood saves lives; it’s that simple!!!
C h a r i t y — U n i t y — F r a t e r n i t y — P a t r i o t i s m
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