Key events report 2011
Activity report of our Council St Pius X 9262
January 1st to June 30 2012
When I started this I just did not realize how much was accomplished in this 6 Months so I am saying brothers take a bow. An if you reflect you will see that the rule applies to our council an that is 15% of the members has done 85% of the work, just think of how much we can accomplish if say that 15% was increased to 25% doing 85% of the work. I truly believe that we have a great council and so Brothers take a bow, hold your head high as a group of Catholic Christian men.
We started the year with the decision to rebuild the Snack trailer as requested by the Brantford Brant Health Department, an as many of you know it cost more than I had estimated. I must at this point that with the great effort of Brother Ray Trudel we ended with a snack trailer that is worth the value.
While the trailer was being rebuilt we were selling tickets in the mall an although we were not as successful as prior years. Our Nevada Function was moving along and we now have more money to give to the St Pius youth and to the Canadian Brant Blind Guide Dog.
In February we held Shrove Tuesday and from all reports it was another successful function.
In March we held our first breakfast of the year an again it is reported to have been successful
We then had the opportunity to give the Snack trailer its first function of the year an although it was very cold we sold out most of the food and had to go and buy more, again it was successful.
In May we attended the Diocesan District meeting. Distributed Roses on mothers day an sent the funds to support the protection of the unborn.
We attended the State Convention on May 19th and did not have a winner in the car ticket draw; we should receive our check soon and will be sending a portion to help in the research of arthritics. An to other worthy causes egg the northern missions and the Bus Sign campaign against phonographic material.
We entered again the Ball hockey tournament for 3 days in June but here we sort of got into trouble by not planning better but who doesn’t make mistakes we will do better next time.We were also not able to predict other events that negatively impacted on this event. Hockeyfest was cancelled and torrential rains ensured that we cancelled one day of activity. We broke even on the event and did better then most other participants in the event despite the unusal circumstances.
We also attempted to hold a another breakfast June 3rd on the same day as the 3rd day of the Ball Hockey Tournament. We fell down but we will take all criticism on the chin and learn from it.
On June 15th we attended with the snack trailer, the Old Car Show at Versa Care and it is in support of Grandmothers for Grandmothers (woman raising children of parents who have died from Aids in Africa) this is our 4th year doing this function.
We have entered the Canada Day function at Lions Park with an entry fee of $500.00 and we will need 12 volunteers of 3 per shift for 3 hrs. I will be working the phones this week but it is always easer when brother knights call an offer to work a shift or inform myself that you are not available.
Most of what I have written is on the monetary side but I would be ad miss if I did not mention some of the function that we as brother knights are active in and there is always room for more knights being involved, example Ushers, readers, Eucharistic ministers, parking, Blood Clinic, hospital work an visit the sick etc.
Remember that our Father Tim is carrying the load that not two many years back was handled by 3 Priest, our main function in this parish is to be Fathers Tim right hand when, where an what he requests.
Your brother in Charity, Fraternity and Unity.
Ken Doucette Program Chairman and Treasurer.
Comments from our council members
We must respect our members time and use it more effectively . Many of our members give their time freely and generously for the good of our causes and order. It is important that this time is treated with respect and not taken for granted.
It is true that many hands make for easy tasks . If those that commit to tasks and timings do not participate or deliver as promised ,it causes major problems for those that are responsible for organizing and ensuring the success of the event . We will be addressing this challenge in the new year .
Renewal of purpose
There are many important issues facing our society and order today . History appears to be repeating itself -almost to the same conditions that lead to the founding of our order. Many natural rights , many religious rights, many economic rights have been challenged and attacked by groups who do not seem to respect these rights and are actively pursuing effective means to reduce them in the name of progress or special public interest .
It is our greater duty , our more relevant duty to ensure that we protect our membership, our bill of rights and our community at large for what we , the Knights of Columbus , rightfully stand for. We are concerned that the war on terror is actually a means of creating unlimited terror on all citizens and at the expense of well defined civil freedoms . Sieg Holle BS MBA
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