I want to thank all of you that attended the last meeting. During that meeting we elected the new officers for our Knights of Columbus Council. They are:
Grand Knight ------------------------Robert Julien
Deputy Grand Knight-----------------Walter Moneypenny
Treasurer---------------------------John Gaven
Secretary---------------------------Lee Hough
Advocate---------------------------Joe Fritz
Warden-----------------------------Phil Matson
Chancellor---------------------------Louis Ambrosino
Inside Guard-------------------------Edward Dobbins
Outside Guard-----------------------Robert Rupp
Trustee 1 Year----------------------Jim Stehlik
Trustee 2 Year----------------------Frank Gulion
Trustee 3 Year----------------------Ron Cacini
Financial Secretary------------------John Rodi-----The Fin Sec is appointed by State/Supreme and John Rodi will continue in this position.
Our council if only as effective as the willingness of our members to become active and to support the various initiatives that the councils takes on. Please give Bob, Walter, and all the other officers your full support to help our council in its work.
We had a health report at our last meeting from Bill Gillman, Bob Rupp on his wife Jackie and Bob Mason on his wife Judy. We are grateful that all are making good progress. Please keep them and all our Brothers and their families in your prayers for their continued health and health improvement.
We have a busy and exciting calendar for this coming year. We will continue to have our tradition efforts for donuts and newspaper, the tootsie roll drive to help people with developmental disabilities, sponsoring of food drives as well as selling raffle tickets for the KOC. In addition, we will again be having pancake breakfasts and our first ever pasta dinner. The Fenlon Hospitality Center kitchen will readily support any of the actions that we wish to take . The calendar of events for the 2008-2009 fiscal year is posted on our web site. There are other events planned for the 2008-2009 year. With you commitment and help they will all be very successful.
We are having a food drive on the 14th and 15th of June. Collection of food and cash will take place before each mass on these days. The distribution of grocery bags for the food drive will be on the 7th and 8th of June after each mass. We need volunteers for both of these efforts. Collection of food requires that you be at the collection site approximately 45 minutes before mass starts. Distribution of grocery bags will take about 15 minutes of you time after mass. Please send me an email or call me at 480-816-9661 to let me know the dates and times that you will be available to help with the drive. We are also attempting to get some teen help with the collection of the food itself. All donations received will be given to Paz de Cristo.
Finally, I would like to thank all that helped me during the past two years that I spent as the Grand Knight. There is no way that we could have accomplished what we did if it were not for your commitment and dedication. I appreciate all that each of you have done and am proud to say that I was the Grand Knight of the St. Patrick's Knights of Columbus Council, 12449.
It is time for us to get behind Bob, Walter and the other officers to make sure they know they have our support and commitment.
Reminder, please send me an email about volunteering for the food drives efforts on the 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th. Tell me the dates and mass times you can work. Thank you.
Vivat Jesus,
Jim Stehlik, Grand Knight
