Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
Council #7444
• P.O. Box 7444
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Milford, MI 48381 • 248-363-0646 •
Knights Knews
2008
Christmas Food
Baskets
A special thanks to
Co-Chairperson's John Rogers and Kathy LaFave for another successful
Christmas Food Basket Program. This year, we were able
to box up fresh and non-perishable food items for approximately forty
families in the Milford area. This is up from twenty-two families
last year. Our council is very grateful to Mr Scott MacGregor from
Milford High School. He is the director of student activities
and supervised the collection and delivery of several dozen boxes of
non-perishable food items. Thank-you Scott and all your students who help
collect, deliver and sort the food items. Without your help, we
would not be able to help so many in need. Also, proceeds from
Christmas Tree Sales and donations from local grocery stores help fill the
baskets. John gives special thanks to Kathy for helping John make
this a success and gives thanks to all the fellow Knights and their family
members who donated their time and efforts to collect, sort, distribute
the food baskets. Please keep all these families in your
prayers.
2008
Christmas Tree Sales Report
Larry
Donnellon is proud to announce that our Council sold 97% of the Christmas
Trees we purchased. This relates
to over $4500.00 that will be transferred to our Council's general
charity fund. This is wonderful news in these uncertain economic
times. Larry gives thanks for all the Council Members who donated
their time, charm, and muscle to selling the trees and the subsequent
clean up. Larry is also very grateful that students needing to
fulfill their Community Service, alos contributed time and muscle.
As a reminder, trees are sold from the Milford Dairy Queen Parking Lot on
Milford Road. It is right across from Baker's Restaurant. The
trees are set up the day after Thanksgiving and sold immediately
afterwards and continue until just a few days before Christmas or until we
sell them all out. Volunteers are needed to sell trees;
especially on weekends. Evening and weekend hours only. Larry
promises a little bit different layout next year. Remember, Brother
Knights, this is one of our largest fund raisers. Please lend a few
hours each week and make this a huge success.
Council Spelling Bee
Contest
Deputy Grand Knight Phil Parker announced that our
Council's Spelling Bee Contest was another success. Thiry-seven
children from grades four though six participated this year. First
place was Natilie Kewin (Johnson), second place was Jackie Negro (Country
Oaks), third place Bradley Maquire (Baker) and fourth place Paige Haguelet
(Johnson). Natilie and Jackie move onto the District Spelling
Bee Contest. Thank-you Phil, John Rogers, Tony Mesa, and Bob
Sobczak for donating your time during this event. Students,
how many mispelled words can you find our our website???
Polish
Dinner a Big Hit
Our council's 3rd annual 'Super Polish Dinner' St.
Judes Research Hospital Fund Raiser was
held on Saturday, November 15 at St. Mary's Hall. Dinner
included some real Polish food and was catered by Tammy Bucinski of
Prissy B's Catering. Some of the food was donated by Snookers, Village Butchery.
Thank-you so much. Our council was also
presented with a plaque for winning 3rd placeYouth Activity International Service
Program Award in 2007. The plaque was presented by members of
the State Supreme. A special thank-you to Deputy Grand Knight Phil Parker
for making all the arrangements and the dinner a huge success.
Also, a special thank-you to Brothter Knights from the Holy
Spirit Council (8500) for attending our fund raiser.
Baker's Car Show 50/50
Raffle
Our council raised over $400 in the selling of 50/50
raffle tickets and from contributions at Baker's Classic Car Show that was
held on Sunday, August 31. A very special thank-you to Tony Massa
and Chancellor John Rogers for helping to organize this event. Kudos
to Linda Massa, Grand Knight Bill Cosnowski, Deputy Grand Knight Phil
Parker, Advocate Bill McMillian, and fellow Knight Paul Castigilone
for spending a very long day selling tickets to make the raffle another
success. Finally a very special thank-you to the Baker family for
allowing our Council to hold this fund raiser at your restaraunt and
banquet facility. We deeply appreciate and so do the kids. All
proceeds are donated to the St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
Thank-you again to all.
Congratulations to Deputy Grand Knight Phil Parker, Chancellor John Rogers and Advocate Bill McMillian for the success of the St. Jude's Benefit Golf Outing. The outing was held on Saturday, August 23 at Beacons Hill's Golf Course in Commerce Township. The host was much gracious, weather was beautiful and there were 13 four-somes this year; up over double from last year. All the proceeds will go to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Thank-you to all the golfers who participated and thank-you for the sponsors who donated prizes. And a special thank-you to Phil's daughter Kelly, who helped getting the golfers organized and registered and was our 'official photographer'. Without everyone's help and participation, we raised over $1800 from the golf outing and contributions. Job well done and for for a very worthy cause. Please stay tuned for infomation on next year's outing.
Concert in the Parks Fund Raiser Ends
The Milford Concert in the Parks Fund Raiser ended on July 31. Our council sold those delicious hamburgers, hot dogs and brauts for a total of seven consecutive Thursdays. This year's fund raiser was chaired by Larry Donnellon and was a total success. A special thanks to Larry for organizing the event, Doug Sordyl for cooking, Don Sheridan for running the till, all the others who helped with setup, cooking, cleanup and hauling our multi-functional trailer.
Council Special Rosary Service Held for "Lady of Charity" Icon
On Monday, July 16, a special Rosary was said at St. Mary's for this year's Orders Pilgrim Virgin image for 2007 / 2008. Various St. Mary Members and Knight Council Members led the Rosary and was dedicated the the five Decades to: For the Pro-Life Movement and the Unborn; For the Sick and Suffering; For the Service Personnel Whom are Serving Our Country; For the Religious and Vocations; and For the Loss of Jobs and Those in Financial Stress. Thank-you for all those who attended and participated and a special thank-you to John Rogers who help organized this special event, to Fr. Leo Lulko, who help lead us in prayer and provide additional information about the Lady of Charity Icon, to Chris Cosnowski who helped serve refreshments immediately after the service and to Mike Wojnar who created the program.
Council 7444 Wins Prestigious Award
Congratulations to Archbishop Fulton J Sheen Council 7444 of Milford, MI on winning the Youth Activity International Service Program Award that was presented at this year's Knights or Columbus State Convention on Mackinaw Island. Past Grand Knight and current Chancellor John Rogers created scrapebook that was part of 'A Knight for the Kids at St. Jude Hospital' fund raiser that John spearheaded last October. The fundraiser was a Polish Dinner that was held in St. Mary's social hall. Proceeds from the fund raiser were sent to St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, TN. A check in the amount of $11,700 was sent in April 2008 to St. Jude's Hospital. Proceeds from a 50/50 raffle at Baker car show on Labor Day weekend 2007 and sale of wrist bands were also included in the check amount. Congratulations John. Job well done and deeply appreciated. Back in August, 2008, the award tookd third place internationally! In the entire world! Congratulations team.
Council Spelling Champion Places in Top 10 at State Spelling Bee Championship
Congratulations to Natalie Zielinski from Milford Michigan. She was our Council's spelling bee champion and placed in 7th place at the recent State Spelling Bee Championship. Our council donated $100 to the Zielinski family to help cover trip expenses. We're very proud of you Natalie and keep up the fine, fine work.
Council's Free Throw Champions Do Well At State's Finals
Two participants who won our Council's Free Throw Contest back on January 12, 2008 won the District Free Throw Contest at Fr. Battersby Council in South Lyon that was help on February 16th. District winners include 12 year old Tony Dawson and 13 year old Brandon Wallace. Congratulations to all who participated at the this year's event.
DTE Energy Helping Hands Beneficiary
Fellow Knight Ed Martins was a recent beneficiary of DTE Energy Helping Hands program. DTE Energy volunteers came over to Ed's house in Milford and painted his entire house, along with cleaning up his property. Members from the council also helped with the cleanup and provided moral support.
Council Distrubutes MI Checks to Worthy Charities
At the recent council's social on May 28th, checks totaling over $6,000 were distributed to the following worthy charities in the Milford area: ARC of Oakland County, Lee Home, Precious Children Respite Home, SCAMP, and the Special Olympics. Funds were raised from this March's Mental Impaired Tootsie Roll Drive. Harly Thome, chaiman of the drive, passed out the checks to these charities. Cake and ice cream were also served.
Council Pancake Breakfast Serves 170 Meals
On Sunday, June 8, our council served approximately 170 pancake breakfast meals at St. Mary's social hall. Meals were served after the 8:00am, 10:00am and 12:00 noon masses. Food and brevages included gravy and bisquets, pancakes, sausages, eggs, friut cocktail, coffee, tea, milk and orange juice. A special thanks to Ken Gregory for organizing the breakfast and all the Brother Knights who helped out with the purchasing food, cooking, setups, serving, and cleanup. We hope to see some new volunteers at our next breakfast. Proceeds from the breakfast go into our Council's general charity fund.