Christmas Tree Sales
Our council sold nearly 200 Christmas Trees this. Once again the location was at the Dairy Queen Restaurant on Milford Road right next to the entrance to Kensington Metro Park. This year's tree selection included scotch pine, douglas fir, frasier fir, and concolor. There was a rumor that someone saw a few balsam's in the mix. As the past few years, the trees were beautiful and fresh cut. Our profit was just over $5,300.00 and the proceeds from the sales went to our Christmas Food Basket program (see below). A special thank-you to all the brave Kights who endured the weather and dedicated their time to set up the tree racks and trees, sold trees and tear down the tree racks. This year we were very fortunate to receive help from young men and women doing community service from the 52nd Court. We are very thankful for their help and wish them best of luck. Thank-you to our customers who purchased a tree and to those Brother Knights who made chili and brought it to our trailer and to the owners of Dairy Queen for once again allowing us to sell trees in your parking lot. Finally we are very grateful for our 3 co-charimen, Don Green, Bob Sobczak and Mike Wojnar. Job well done men.

Christmas Food Baskets
This year our council was able to provide Christmas Food Baskets to 29 unfortunate and deserving families in the Milford area. Once again, canned goods were received from the students from Milford High School. Thank-you to Mrs. 'O' and fellow teachers and students who collected hundreds of cans and delivered them to St. Mary's Church. Thank-you to those who purchased turkeys and contributed them to the cause. Monies from our Council's Christmas Tree sales allowed us to purchase the remaining food from Milford Butcher and Milford Grocery. The meat were top nothced. And a special thank-you to this year's chairperson's Stephan and Kathy LaFave and to all those brother Knight who helped out collecting boxes, purchasing and sorting the food, boxing the food and loading the boxes into the cars. It was a lot of work and heavy lifting but we couldn't have done this without all your help. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you.

Council Spelling Bee
Our council sponsored its annual Spelling Bee Contest at Country Oaks Elementry School on December 14. Congratulations to Marisa Sailus. She is a sixth grader at Oak Valley Middle School and took first place. Also, congatulations are in order to Natalie McCormick a sixth grader at Muir Middle School for second place finish, to Hunter Long for the 3rd place finish and to Jene Gaffke for the fourth place finish. Our council presented all four students a nice plaque and a US Savings Bond for their accomplishments. Marisa and Natalie will move on to our area 7 spelling bee in Fenton. Thank-you to all the brother Knights who helped make this year's contest a success. And most importantly good luck to Marisa and Natalie in Fenton. Subsequent follow up on our spelling bee participants: Natalie finished 2nd at the regionals in Fenton and 2nd in the state in Midland. Marisa finished 1st in the regional in Fenton and 6th in the state in Midland. Congratulations to each of you. We are very proud of your accomplishments.

Pancake Breakfast
Our council held a pancake breakfast on Sunday, November 7th after the 8:00 and 10:00 masses. Approximately 120 meals were served netting a profit of $284.00. The menu included pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, fruit cocktail and refreshments. A special thank-you to Ken Gregory for chairing this event and to all the Brother Knights who got early, got the food cooking, and helped clean the kitchen afterwards. The money from this event will be added to our council's general charity fund.

St. Mary's Trunk-of-Treats Security
Once again our council flexed it's muscle and provided security at this year's St. Mary's Trunk-of-Treats. We actually were treated to some dry weather for a change. Thanks to all who attended and we hope to see you again next year.

St. Judes Benefit Dinner a Big Hit
Our council's 5th annual St. Judes Research Hospital Fund Raiser was held on Saturday, October 16th at St. Mary's Hall.  Dinner included some awesome chicken dinner. A special thank-you to brother John Rogers for chairing the event and helping to coordinate the arrangements and the dinner a huge success. A special thank-you for all the brother Knights and their wives who also helped out with the arrangements and clean up afterwards. Take a bow Paul, Paul's mom and friend Jackie, Bill and his wife Chris, John and his wife Barbara, Bud, Terry, Kurt and his wife Kathy. To Jack Washbourn and his wife Sylvia and the memnbers from Fr. John Howard Council. And a big thank-you to John's wife Marilyn for helping out getting ready.

Mentally Impaired Tootsie Roll Drive
This past fall, during the weekend of October 8 - 10, we had another Mentally Impaired Tootsie Roll Drive. This year, our Brother Knights were treated to some wonderful autumn weather and collected over $6,000.00, which netted over $4,200. Those monies will be distributed to some of the charities local to Milford. Congratulations to Harley Thome for running the show and all the brave Brother Knights for donating time to this event. Monies will be distributed in January, 2011.

St. Jude 50/50 Raffle
Our council held it's annual 50/50 raffle tickets on Sunday September 5th at the classic car auto show at Baker's restaurant. Tickets were sold sold from 1:00pm to 6:00pm and raised $255.00. Those proceeds will go to St. Jude Children's Hospital. A special thanks to Brothers Tony M, Bill M, Phil P, Bob S, John H, Mike H, and Paul C for selling those tickets. St. Judes Hospital thanks you for standing on your feet for several hours volunterring time on the holiday weekend.

St. Jude Golf Outing
On August 14, we had our annual St. Jude Golf Outing. This year's event took place at Brentwood Golf Course in White Lake, with 67 golfers participating. The outing included a continental breakfast, shot gun start, lunch at the turn, and buffet dinner. We also had a putting contest, closest to the pin, longest drive and a goody bag. We collected nearly $2,000.00 at this year's outing and that money will be sent to St. Jude Hospital in Memphis, TN. Congratulations to all those participated and won prizes, but mostly for participating in this worthwhile event. A special thank-you to all those who hit the turf and collected prizes for the outing. We even had great weather this year. This was our largest participation and we look forward to bigger and better things next year. Job well done Phil Parker and John Rogers.

Milford's Concert in the Park
Once again this past summer, our council served some of the best hamburgers, hot dogs and sausage at Milford's Concert in the Parks. Best estimates is that we served 1190 hamburgers, 425 hot dogs, 425 sausages, 150 containers of popcorn, and 75 containers of nacho cheese and chips. A special thanks to this year's co-chairmen Paul Castiglione and Bill McMillan. Job well done for leading us to seven successful evenings. And we couldn't have done it without all the brother Knights who helped setting up the trailer, cooking the food, collecting the money, and cleaning up. It wasn't all hard work as we were provided with some great entertainment. Even mother nature provided some of her own entertainment this year. A special thank-you to Milford Butchers for providing our council with quality food and prices. We were able to net almost $1500.00 which will be added to our council's general charity fund.

Detroit Tiger Game
On July 9, our Council organized a Tiger Game outing. Although attendance was down this year, two buses were used to deliver the fans to and safely back home. This year we actually saw the Tigers win a game and some awesome fireworks. As usual adult beverages were served on the buses and this year, we didn't run out. Great job Bob 'Skipper' Sobzcak for organizing this year's game.

Pancake Breakfast
Our council held a pancake breakfast on Sunday, June 6th after the 8:00 and 10:00 masses. Approximately 154 meals were served netting a profit of $284.00. The menu included pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, fruit cocktail and refreshments. A special thank-you to Ken Gregory for chairing this event and to all the Brother Knights who got early, got the food cooking, and helped clean the kitchen afterwards. The money from this event will be added to our council's general charity fund.

Pancake Breakfast
Our council held a pancake breakfast on Sunday, April 18th after the 8:00 and 10:00 masses. The menu included pancakes, sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy, fruit cocktail and refreshments. A special thank-you to Ken Gregory for chairing this event and to all the Brother Knights who got early, got the food cooking, and helped clean the kitchen afterwards. Once again, St. Mary's Youth Group helped with the set up, serving, and clean up. We appreciate the help very much; so thank-you.

Lenten Fish Fry dinners
Our council's "All you can eat" fish fry dinners were a huge success this year. We even ran out of food twice this year. That was a first for us. We estimated we served approximately 1,150 dinners or on average about 200 meals per Serving. Now that is a lot of fish. The menu included baked and fried fish, french fries, baked potatoe, cole slaw, mac-n-cheese and refreshments. Dinners were served from 5:00pm - 8:00pm. Carry outs were available. A special thanks for all the patrons and all those who helped, especially to Brother's Bob and Doug for co-chairing this event. As like last year, St. Mary's Youth Group helped our council with serving the food, refreshments and clean up. Their help was deeply appreciated. They also were selling fine desserts such as homemade pies, cakes, cookies and coffee cakes. The proceeds from their dessert sales will be going towards this year's mission trip to Appalachia.

Council Free Throw Contest
On Sunday, January 24th, our council held it's annual Free Throw Contest at Milford Hight School. Boys and girls, ages 10 - 14 competed in separate categories. With our chairman, "Trainer Dave" along with his wife Shelly, and brother Knights Mary, John, Greg, Paul and John, the winners will now go on to the district contest on Feburary 6th at Fr. Battersby Council in South Lyon. Congratulations to all who participated, to all the winners, to all the helpers. Job well done. See 'ya next year.

Mentally Impaired Tootsie Roll Drive Checks Distrubited
Last fall, during the Columbus Day weekend of October 9 - 11, our council particpated in our Mentally Impaired Tootsie Roll Drive. Our Brother Knights once again braved the weather elements and collected over $4,300.00. On Friday, January 29, 2010, those monies were distributed to the following local charities: Lee Homes, SCAMP, ARC of Oakland, Advance Teaching Concepts, H.V.S. Department of Mentally Impaired, and the Special Olympics. Food and refreshments were also served. A special thank-you to Harley Thome for chairing last falls' fund raiser and passing out the checks. Also a special thanks to Bill, his wife Chris, Gus, John and his wife Barbara, and Rob for setting up the church hall and providing the food and beverages and clean-up. This fund raiser will remain now in the fall.

Pancake Breakfast
On Sunday, January 3, our Council hosted a Pancake Breakfast after the 8:00am and 10:00am masses. We served pancakes, eggs, sausage, biscuts and gravy, fruit cocktail and beverages to nearly 140 paying customers. Breakfast was served after the 8:00 and 10:00 am masses. Proceeds from this breakfast will be donated to the "Lakes Area Right to Life". A special thank-you to Ken Gregory for chairing the event and to all the Brother Knights for helping out. We also appreciate St. Mary's Youth Group for helping us serve breakfast and with the clean-up. Thanks so much.