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Knights Of Columbus Council 12455
Meeting
Highlights
The following are highlights from our last business
meeting. This is not meant to replace the official meeting minutes. The
intent is to inform all of our members on our activities. Please send any
corrections or omissions to dsofra@bellsouth.net. Council 12455 Web Site (and
previous meeting highlights) can be found at: http://www.stlukeonline.com/ministries_pages/knights.html.
The State K of C website is at www.kofcnc.org.
Meeting Date: Wednesday,
November 7, 2007 @ 7:30pm
Applications for new
membership: Two (Approved by Members)
The treasurer reported
our new balance as: $2,256.63
New Reports and Actions:
- Jim
Haag thanked all phone tree volunteers and Frank Sancineto for his
direction of the Parish Picnic.
- Joe
Rothengast and Terry Whalen are the Council's new Fourth Degree
knights.
- Mike
Benigno is the Council's Financial Secretary-elect. His application
is awaiting approval by Supreme.
- Larry Opansenko reported that we collected $5,300.00
less about $100.00 for the tootsie rolls from Operation Lamb. This
is approximately 40% more than collected in 2006.
- $610.00
has been collected to date for the lift-chair donations for Peter Kraehenbuhl and Liam O'Connor.
- Car
Raffle: 194 tickets have been sold to date per Frank Sancineto. We
need $18,000 for prize money and about $1,300 for reception
food. Frank mentioned that, as it is right now, we will break
even. A motion was made and approved to proceed as planned with
the November 11 drawing date and not delay the raffle to December.
- Veteran's
Day: Key rings made by Dan Tomczak will
be handed out after all masses next weekend. It was recommended
that the cost of the Veteran's Day event for the parish be included in
the Council's annual budget.
- Two
upcoming Council events are Adopt-a-Highway on 12/8/07 and Pancake Breakfast on 12/9/07.
- "Keep
Christ in Christmas": We have sold approximately $350.00 in
Christmas cards to date per Terry Whalen. 50% of the revenue from
the card sale is income for the Council.
- Right-to-Life:
Tom Lindsey mentioned that the Respect for Life Gala on 10/25/07 was very successful
with almost 600 people attending. Jim Haag reminded the
members of the Raleigh-for-Life
march on 1/12/08 and
the National March for Life in Washington,
D.C. on 1/22/08.
- The
fundraiser for Ralph Poyo (Texas Hold'em Night) was deferred to 2008.
- The
Council Christmas Party is tentatively scheduled for December 15, 2007 at Frank Sancineto's house at 7:30
p.m..
- Program Committees:
Larry Opansenko
- Church:
Rodger Ewbank, Joe Rothengast
- Vocations: Roger
Egan
- Pro Life Couple:
Tom & Debbie Lindsey
- Community:
Gary Corsmeier
o
- Adopt a Highway:
Dave Abell
- Operation LAMB:
Larry Opanasenko, Tom Lindsey
- Council: Jim
Kuszaj
- Family: Frank
Sancineto
- Youth: Matt
Aremia
- Membership:
John Kupec
- Next Meeting: Wednesday December 5, 2007
@ 7:30 pm at St. Luke’s
with pre-meeting Social starting at 6:30 p.m.
Thank you,
David Sofra,
Recorder
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