Christmas Tree Sales
Our council sold approximately 175 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, frazer fir, and concolor. As the past few years, the trees were beautiful and fresh cut. We have been purchasing our Michigan grown trees for over 20 years from the same grower, Tim Barrett. Thank-you Tim for once again supplying us with quality and fresh trees. Our profit was just over $5,000.00 and the proceeds from the sales went to our Christmas Food Basket program (see below) and allows our council to be the primary sponsor of next year's Huron Valley Special Olympics. 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. The local boy scout troop helped us set up trees on Friday, November 25th and once again 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 the owners of Dairy Queen for once again allowing us to sell trees in your parking lot. Finally we are very grateful for our 4 co-charimen, Don Green, Bob Sobczak, Mike Hudspeth and Mike Wojnar. Job well done men.

Christmas Food Baskets
This year our council was able to provide Christmas Food Baskets to 40 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 November 15th. This year we had 40 students representing Kurtz, Johnson, Muir, Heritage and Country Oaks School. Congratulations to Lauren Carrannanto ($100 US Savings Bond), 2nd place ($50 US Savings Bond) to Jack Chisik, 3rd place (dictionary) to Olivia Seestadt and 4th place (dictionary) to Morgan Mladsi. These four students will go to the next level in Fenton on January 7, 2012. Congratulations to each of you. We are very proud of your accomplishments. Good luck in Fenton.

Memorial Mass / Corporate Communion
Our council had a Memorial Mass / Corporate Communion on Sunday morning, November 27, 2011 at the 10:00am Mass. Some of the Knights families attended and some went to breakfast at the Villa restaraunt on Milford Road.

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. For the second year in a row, we 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 6th annual St. Judes Research Hospital Fund Raiser was held on Saturday, October 16th at St. Mary's Hall.  This year's dinner was an international theme and wouldn'thave been a sucess without the help of the great merchants of Milford. Thank-you to Pete and Bruce Holden for the delicious chickend; to Cathy and Chris Baker for the Asian food; to Tamy Bucinski of Prissy B's Catering for the stuffed cabbage; to Mike, Marco and George Bisbikis of the Villa for the great Greek Salad; to Jim Themelis of Dimitris' Coney Island for the coneys; to Laura Helwig and Elaine Aittama of the Milford Bakery for the loaves of bread; to Gregg and Jim Holinski of the Village Butcher Shoppe for the variety of sausages ; to Perry and Chris Sinacola of the Milfor House for the pan of mostaccioli; to the family of Lei Ting for the egg rolls; to Dawn and Jeff Salvati of La Casa del Rio Grande for the Mexican salsa dish; to Steve, Rwaa, Martin and Raid Matti of the Milford Grocery for the shish kabob. Also, thank-you to Gary Cousins of Milford Trophy and Engraving for doing the plaques. And finally to our council Brother Knights and wives that helped out in the setup, kitchen, making deserts, including Ken and Dorothy Gregory, Terry and Nancy Webb, John and Barbara Hudspeth, Pat MacMain, Paul Castiglione and his mother Marie. A special thank-you to brother John Rogers and his wife Marilyn. for chairing the event and helping to coordinate the arrangements and the dinner a huge success.

Mentally Impaired Tootsie Roll Drive
This past fall, during the weekend of October 14 - 16, we had another Mentally Impaired Tootsie Roll Drive. This year, our Brother Knights were treated to some typical autumn weather and collected just over $6,000.00, which netted over $4,600. Those monies will be distributed to some of the charities local to Milford, including Lee Homes, SCAMP, Advance Teaching Concepts, Ark of Oakland, and H.V.S. Department of Mentally Impaired. Congratulations to Harley Thome for running the show and all the generous Brother Knights for donating time to this event. Monies will be distributed in the near future.

St. Jude 50/50 Raffle
Our council held it's annual 50/50 raffle tickets on Sunday September 4th at the classic car auto show at Baker's restaurant. Tickets were sold sold from 1:00pm to 6:00pm and raised $164.00. Those proceeds will go to St. Jude Children's Hospital. A special thanks to Brothers Tony M, Bill M, John H, and Mike H (and son) 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 Sunday, August 28, we had our annual St. Jude Golf Outing. This year's event took place at Mystic Creek Golf Course in Camp Dearborn, with over 22 four-somes participating. The outing included a continental breakfast, shot gun start, lunch at the turn, and buffet dinner. This year's dinner was awesome, especially the cheesecake desert. We also had a putting contest, closest to the pin, longest drive and a goody bag. We collected over $4,500.00 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 Rob and Pat MacMain, along with John Rogers and other brother Knights who helped out this year.

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. 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. This year, we didn't have a rain out although we missed one concert due to extreme heat and humnity. A special thank-you to Milford Butchers, Milford Grocery and Gordon Food Services for providing our council with quality food, service and prices. We were able to net $2623.36 which will be added to our council's general charity fund.

Detroit Tiger Game
On Friday, July 15, our Council organized a Tiger Game outing. Although attendance was down this year, one bus was used to deliver the fans to and safely back home. This year's game ended in a loss for our beloved Tigers but we were treated to some awesome fireworks after the game. 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.

Lenten Fish Fry Dinners
Our council's Lenten Fish Fries concluded on Friday, April 15th. Our council thanks all those who came out on Friday nights to enjoy a great fish dinner and support our council. We were able to raise approximately $4,000.00 from this year's fish fries. This money will be added to our Council's general charity fund. A huge 'thank-you' to these members, some who worked every Friday. Thanks to Paul Castiglione, John Hudspeth, Mike Hudspeth, Bill McMillan, Ken Gregory, Bill Cosnowski, Bob Minansian, Tony Massa, Mike Wojnar, Larry Donnellon, Jerry Klemmer, Mike Zwiezynski, Bob Dickinson, Doug Sordyl, Dan Uller, Kevin Makie, Don Sheridan Larry Chludzinske, Pete 'Colonel Sanders' Essenmacher, Gary Essenmacher, Robert 'chairman of the board' Sobzcak and John Rogers. Also thank-you to some of the wives who also helped out, noteable Cindi Sobczak, Carolyn Dickinson and Marilyn Rogers. Our council purchased a third deep fryer after the 2nd week. This enabled is to cook the fried fish and french fries much quicker, thus cutting down on wait time for orders and refills. Bob Sobzcak and Pete Essenmacher and their wives did an outstanding job cleaning the kitchen. It looks cleaner than it has in many years. Great job you four. Finally, a big shout out to the Purple Gang, the students who will be going to Appalachia on their mission trip. Thanks for setting up, serving the people and clean-up afterwards. Thanks to Val Thompson and Judy Vance (JV) for working so hard and long every Friday night. We couldn't have done it without you. The Knights will be praying for their trip to be safe, happy, and productive. Best wishes 'ya all.

Pancake Breakfast
Our council held a pancake breakfast on Sunday, January 16th and on Sunday, April 3 after the 8:00 and 10:00 masses. Over 200 meals were served netting a profit of over $300.00. 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. Please note this will be our last Pancake Breakfast. We appreciate all the patrons and Knights who helped out over the past several years. Thank-you.

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