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Chairman by May 1, 2007, no deductions; the State will pay the cost
of Tootsie Rolls and aprons. The state will remand 25% from each
Council to be donated to the Delaware Special Olympics. Councils
must name the recipients for the 75% that each Council can award;
only charities involved with helping mentally retarded citizens can be
designated. The State Secretary will then return checks to Councils for
their named charities for Council distribution. These procedures
assure compliance with IRS regulations. Also, please verify that
donation recipients conform with Knights of Columbus ideologies,
including embryonic stem cell research.
Special Olympics Delaware and Delaware Foundation Reaching
Citizens With Cognitive Disabilities (DFRC) programs:
11, 2007, 1:00 PM at St. Peter's the Apostle Grade School
Gym in New Castle, DE. DGK David June of Bishop Becker
Council will be chairing this year's event. If you can help,
please call Dave at (302) 322-1054. Helpers should plan on
being at the gym by 12:15pm.
on Saturday, March 31, 2007 at the St. Pius X Council Home,
Lancaster
Awards will be given out at approximately 3:45 PM.
garten through 3rd Grade (K-3), K-6 and K-8. All participants
will
bus Councils, State Council was able to present the Emmanuel
Dining Room with 40 pies for their annual Christmas Dinner for
the Poor, plus a check for $207 to be used as needed. The
pies were picked up at Serpe's Bakery in Elsmere on Sunday
morning, December 24, delivered to the Emmanuel Dining
Room, and served on Christmas day to 200 + guests. Various
members of the Serpe family are brother Knights, and provide
the pies at a discount.
Ministry of Caring Inc., comprised of three facilities that provide
nutritious meals daily to the hungry. The original Dining Room
opened in 1979. There are two Wilmington locations: on the
west side at 121 North Jackson Street, and on the east side at
226 North Walnut Street, and one New Castle location at 500
Rogers Road. The heart of the program is the ongoing support
of over 90 churches, synagogues and civic groups that prepare
and serve meals on a rotating basis.
while striving to meet basic needs, and help the poor attain
self-sufficiency. Staff and volunteers minister to the poor by
offering them not only the necessities of life: food, shelter, and
employment, but also by helping restore their sense of self
worth and hope for the future.
The Ministry of Caring Inc. is committed to serving the ongoing
needs of the poor: food for the hungry, shelter, transitional
living, and permanent housing for the homeless, jobs for the
unemployed, clothing and furniture for the needy, child care for
homeless children, medical and dental services for the poor,
and advocacy as well as outreach for the disenfranchised.
on Monday January 29, 2007, 6:30 PM at the Cavaliers Country Club
in Newark, Delaware. The cost is $35 per person and reservations are
due by January 15, 2007. Please send in your reservation form and
check to Joseph R. McCann, 8 Green Ct, Newark, DE 19702. Let's
show our support for all these great men who serve and guide us
though our spiritual life !! Please also invite priests within your parish
as well as your chaplain.
Sunday, February 4, 2007, 1:00 pm at Rehoboth Beach
Friday & Saturday, June 8-9, 2007,
Saturday, June 23, 2007, University of Delaware
Disabilities & Special Olympics at
held on Saturday April 14, 2007 at Baynard Stadium in Wil-
mington. Help should plan to arrive at 8:00 AM and the first
event will kick off at 9:15 AM. This youth activity attracts about
500 youngsters from 4th - 8th grades of 13 grade schools
within our diocese and it takes many volunteers to work the
event. Please call Joe McCann at 610-591-5759 or email
plification available at
www.wam.org
by the present Master, Ralph L. Rossi, PSD at the 38th Fourth Degree
Exemplification held at the Dover Sheraton on 18 November 2006.