Form 1728a Individual Member Worksheet

 Brother Knight,

Last week we sent an email to our members requesting that each complete form 1728a. If you did not receive a copy here is a (link to form1728a).  After it opens, you may need to click on the download icon to edit the form.

 The Annual Survey of Fraternal Activities (Form 1728) is one of the most important forms that a Council is required to complete.  It helps the Knights of Columbus retain its tax status.  Each Council member should report their volunteer hours to their Council on Form 1728a.   Report only your hours, devoted to charitable work and community service, outside Council programs.   The Council’s report includes members’ time participating in Council activities. 

 Use only the left half of the form under “COUNCIL HOURS”.  Fourth Degree members should report their Assembly hours separately. Report your hours for the 2024 calendar year.  The form is a fillable online pdf.  To make an entry just click on the box that best describes an activity and type in your hours.  The totals update automatically.  Also here is a (link to a list) of suggestions for reporting you may find helpful in making your entries.  An estimate of your hours for each activity is acceptable.  Should you find working with the form too cumbersome and wish to include your hours donated for a charitable activity, just send me an email with the charity, activity and your hours and I will include them in the council totals. 

 Please attach your completed form to an email or text message and return it to me by January 21st.   Or if you prefer, print the form and return it to me at our meeting on Tuesday, January 21st. 

 If you have any questions, please contact me.

Gene Andres                                                                                                                                            773-426-4816                                                                                                                  gene.andres@comcast.net

The Francis Center Update

 

 

 

Yesterday Cathy and I delivered the council’s $500 check to The Francis Center.  While there we met Don Gainer.  Don, a volunteer at the time, took over as Director when the Franciscan priest running the center was unable to continue due to illness.  He remained in that capacity until 2016 when the current Director, Rudy Grigar, assumed the role.  Don had many stories to share about his days as director as well as the current activities at the center.  

The Francis Center is a non-profit food and clothing pantry operated 100% by volunteers. There are no paid employees.  I can’t remember all of statistics quoted by Don during our conversation yesterday so here are some for the month of November I copied from their web site: 60 volunteers worked over 1100 hours to provide food boxes to 654 families (1,808 people) and clothing for 145 people.   

The coats we donated last fall have all been distributed.

Please Pray for Shannon Seeber

Went into the ER with what we thought were minor complaints.  She has now been admitted and will be in St Vincent's a few days with a catheter draining her heart.

Shannon Seeber will be home tonight

Shannon gets to come home tonight!  Thank you all for your prayers.

Shannon posted in Supporting Shannon on Facebook

Crosposting- Shannon wrote the following:

updates on me I just some more wires on where they had cut me open. And they what me up and moving out in the hallway four days and sitting in the chair four times. And the doctor that removed my stitching and the heart thing said everything looks good and they just want monitor me. But they also thought I might be able to home Sunday or Monday but no later then Tuesday. Which is good but we will also have to work around way home do to right so my husband is doing all the driving and my son has to work on Christmas eve.

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UPDATE:  her surgeon stopped by tonight, Shannon will be coming home Monday after they get her medicine dialed in.

Shannon is out of ICU

Shannon has left ICU and has moved on up to the East Side, to a deluxe aparment in the sky...well the 8th floor anyway.  She requests that visitors call her at 503-318-2695 before coming up to the hospital.  You are best off coming in the Main Hospital entrance at St Vincents and parking accordingly.  You will need the green elevators across from the outpatient lab.

Supporting Shannon Crospost 2

This time I am starting with the blog, and will crosspost this back to the Supporting Shannon group.

Still in ICU this morning, I have no timeline yet for moving her to the cardiac recovery unit.

She seems to be doing well.  I brought in her bluetooth headset and phone, so she may be posting soon to facebook and responding to email.