Knights of Columbus – Council 3205

Special Olympics Texas 2012 Fall Classic is quickly approaching. Competitions and events will be held October 25-27 in Bryan/College Station. Over 1,800 athletes from around Texas will be competing in aquatics, bocce, golf, and softball. It will take about 1,200 volunteers to make this event happen, so we would like to extend the invitation for you to join us.

Youth ages 8 to 14 are welcome to volunteer with a chaperone, but do not need to reserve their own volunteer position. We require a ratio of one adult for four youth in this age range. Youth ages 15 and up do not need to have a chaperone and thus need to reserve their own volunteer position. Children ages 7 and younger are not allowed to volunteer or accompany an adult while they are volunteering, but are welcome to view the excitement as fans in the stands with a parent or other adult.
Fall Classic volunteer registration will end on October 25 at 10:00 p.m., so sign up early to get your preferred volunteer assignment before the shifts fill.

The need for volunteers large as you can see by do a (control+click) on the link borrow.
http://www.sotx.org/competitions/fall-classic/fall-classic-volunteer.html
By clicking on the event the Eventbrite will come up to provide the site to reserve a spot at the time wanted.

Hoping that each Council can find member that can help with the Call for help.
Remembering the State Deputy Motto “We Are Called”.

Thanks
Louis Struble
Knights of Columbus
Austin Diocese
Special Olympics Coordinator
Area 6-12-13

Hope to see you on Facebook. If you want to become a member of our Closed-Group page, please apply and one of the member-admins will approve you.

The site is:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/kc3205/

Brother Knights,

There are a number of items that I thought I would bring to your attention as we all lead busy lives and it is easy to lose track. Please take note of the following:

1. Football tickets – Please remember that the deadline to hand them in is September 14. For those who are selling them, please sell them all. If you would like to sell some, let Ron know. If you want to buy one, please do so at our next Council meeting on Wednesday, September 5.
2. Gun Raffle – Please consider selling at least one book this year as it is our biggest fund raiser and we need everyone’s involvement in the sale of the tickets. CJ always does a great job organizing and running the raffle so now let’s do our part.
3. September’s Meeting – I am still looking for someone to prepare and serve the meal for our September 5th meeting. If you are interested in doing this , please let me know.
4. Volunteer Sign-up – If anyone is looking for volunteers at our next meeting, please prepare your volunteer sheets ahead of time and place them at the table at the front of the hall so our Brother Knights can peruse what opportunities are available. Brother Knights – please make sure to check the sheets and volunteer where and when you can. I know there will be sheets for Texas Reds, Aquinasfest, and more.
5. Texas Reds Festival – This year this event was put in our budget as a fund raiser to hopefully, raise at least $600. At our August meeting we had only two Knights sign up. We will need at least 12 to realize the budget amount. If you are interested in volunteering on either October 12 or 13, please let me know as soon as possible so I can submit an initial list to the Volunteer Coordinator for this event.
6. STAY – I would like to thank John Romero, Kyle Incardona, Ed Venegas (and family), and Tom Zike for stepping up and volunteering to help with this event as we will be cooking hamburgers and hot dogs for 225 youth on September 9. Kyle is also supplying a large grill that will make this task even easier. I think we might be okay with help but waiting for specific details from James Longoria.
7. Audit – Our audit was completed in August and submitted. We have one minor glitch with how we record members who have not paid but that has been worked out and is being taken care of. Thank-you to the hard work of Dan King and Paul Marvin for their financial work throughout the year which made the audit easy. Thank-you to our Trustees – Ron Gay, Russ Kellen, and Mike Hlavinka and Deputy Grand Knight, David Gerling, for their work on the audit.
8. Family Swim Party – Please don’t forget to attend our annual Family Swim Party that will be held at Gary Richardson’s house this year. If you are planning on attending, please contact David Gerling ( davidgerling81@gmail.com or 979.690.2069)

Darrell Lovelette
4908 Park Hampton Dr
Bryan, TX 77802
979-324-2126

Brothers,

We had a wonderful time at this year’s family Hamburger & Corn Cook. If you were not able to make it we missed you and your family joining us for som good food, fun and fellowship.

We installed our new officers for the 2012-2013 fraternal year. In addition we handed out our Council’s annual awards.

Family of the Year – Michael W. Hlavinka Family

Knight of the Year – Bob Albanese

Bob Boller Award – Gary Richardson

Squire of the Year – Jonathan Kocmoud

I have also attached to this e-mail message a novena and prayer card for the “Fortnight For Freedom” campaign sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. There is a prayer and reflection for each of the next nine days until July 4th. Please pray very hard for the restoration of our religious liberties.

Ron Gay, FSD
Grand Knight

By GK Ron Gay

Members of Council 3199 in Ridgecrest,
Calif. spread new sand at the playground at St. Ann School to ensure it meets
local and state safety standards. Credit: KofC.org

New Haven, Conn., Jun 13, 2012 / 12:55 pm (CNA).- The
Knights of Columbus Catholic fraternal organization broke records in 2011 with
over $158 million in donations to charity and over 70 million volunteer hours
worked, the organization’s worldwide annual survey says.

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson praised the achievement.

“At a time when many in our communities continue to experience economic
hardship, the increasing charitable work of the Knights of Columbus is a
testament to the power of love of neighbor and to the great things that can be
done by those committed to the common good,” he said June 11.

Anderson presented the results to the Knights of Columbus board of directors
and state leaders in their June 6-10 meeting at the organization’s international
headquarters.

Charitable contributions in 2011 exceeded 2010 figures by over $3.4 million,
while knights worked 3,716 more volunteer hours in 2011 than the previous
year.

State and local affiliates of the organization donated $128.9 million, while
the organization’s Supreme Council donated almost $29.2 million.

Large donations in 2011 included $7.5 million in support of priestly and
religious vocations, $3.6 million for the Special Olympics, and $515,000 for the
Knights of Columbus program Coats for Kids. The donations included continued
support for a program with Project Medishare that provides prosthetic limbs to
Haitian children who were injured during the January 2010 earthquake.

Knights of Columbus members also donated blood more than 418,000 times.

Over the past decade, the organization has donated $1.4 billion to charity
and worked over 653 million volunteer hours in support of charitable
initiatives.

Since parish priest Fr. Michael J. McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus
in New Haven, Conn. in 1882, the organization has grown into the world’s largest
lay Catholic organization. It has over 1.8 million members in North and Central
America, the Philippines, the Caribbean and Poland.