Knights of Columbus
John Clare Council #15485

Fr. Theo is our New State Chaplin. Below is the HTML 5 audio player, if your browser supports it, or click on this dropbox link. Your browser does not support this audio

I realize I'm making a lot of posts from this meeting. Won't be for long, I don't have much time left on the battery on the laptop. Having said that, the most important message is One Member, Per Council, Per Month. If we did that, we'd be at 300% of our quota. But, here's some interesting incentives from Oregon: - Each member that recruits a new member this fraternal year, will be entered into a drawing for a weekend on the coast for 2. - The top three recruiters in the state for the fraternal year, if you have at least 6 members, will receive a KofC jacket - If we recruit 4 members (100% of our quota) by December 31, we will receive $100 back from the state for our council finances. This is enough to pay our per capita for 8 members, it would be very good. - If we recruit 8 members (200% of our quota) by December 31, we will receive $200. There is a distinct possibility Fr. Richard will reach 20 men at St. John Fisher, and if so, to keep a council at St...

While with all the trouble, we didn't make star council this year (or indeed, succeed at recruiting at all) we did make our Columbian Award, having had activities in all seven major program areas. A huge part of that was 40 Cans for Lent and our new relationship with St. Vincent De Paul, for which we will once again receive a year sticker for our Food For Families Plaque. I'm going to talk to the president of SVDP about actually storing that plaque in the SVDP room. In honor of this, I will be proposing using a portion of the funds we receive from Supreme for this program for restocking the food bank at St. Clare's.