Family of the Month December 2011

The Dan Limbach family received the December 2011 Family of the Month award at the January general meeting.

December Activities

Kal Gibron receives a Family of the Month award

Dave Rzonca receives a Knight of the Month award

Mike Grady receives a Knight of the Month award

Some of the Turkey Bowl participants

Proof that the Tree Lot had snow before Christmas

Another outstanding year for magnets, trees and nativity sets

Fellowship at the Family Christmas Party

Patrick Colcernian was a brilliant MC, and the talent was awesome

The Village Tree is Up

took 16 men to unload

Our council once again provided the Christmas tree on behalf of the Village of Algonquin. This enormous tree came from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, as did all of the trees and wreaths on the tree lot.

It will be stunning when the lights are turned on.

You can see the tree by the river at the park near Port Edwards.

Tree Lot in Action

Charlie the dog was our mascot Friday afternoon

Inside the trailer

Sales pros at the lot

Lights Lights Everywhere

The Friary and the Church are ready for Christmas.

Nativity Sets Around the Town

13 Large nativity sets are placed around the area to spread the word of our Christmas celebration.

Tree Lot Setup

Moving the trailer into place

Takes over a dozen men to unload the Village tree

Get your grub on

The Tree Lot went up without a hitch. We'll maybe a trailer hitch. Great work and thanks to all who volunteered.

Feed My Starving Children - Q4 Shift

It's great to immediately see the impact you have after a shift

In November we participated in our final Feed My Starving Children food packing event for the year. During this 90 minute shift, we packed over 3200 meals - enough to feed nearly 9 kids for a year - and we presented a donation from our Council to FMSC with a check for $104. With this great food packing effort, we exceeded the year's goal I had set for the program by surpassing the 100 boxes-packed mark! For the year, our Council packed a total of 101 boxes of food, which provides nearly 22,000 meals - enough to feed for a year 60 starving kids throughout the world! This is truly life changing and saving work that touches so many people whose families do not have the means or resources to provide food for their kids by themselves. A huge thank you to all of the Knights, family and friends who contributed to the 112 service hours throughout the year for FMSC. This program is a great reminder for all of us of just how much we have to be thankful for, and it is a great way to work as God's hands, feeding his children.

I have begun scheduling our quarterly packing events for next year and our next packing event is targeted for March. Watch the newsletter and your email for more specific details as the date gets closer.

- Allen Shulfer, Chairman, Feed My Starving Children committee

Family of the Month

Gene Gonzalez receives a Family of the Month award at the November Council meeting.

Major Degree a Major Success

Council 11091 members who took their 2nd and 3rd Degrees Sunday

Council 11091 hosted its annual Major Degree last Sunday. Fortunately the Bears and Packers were enjoying a bye week, and the turnout was amazing. Folks from councils across the region came to participate and observe.

We had 19 candidates take their first degree to become new Knights. Some of the observers said it was the best first degree they had ever seen. Kudos to Chris Gonzalez and our council's entire First Degree Team.

An even larger number of First Degree Knights took their Second and Third Degrees immediately after the First Degree ended.

After the Third Degree was completed, a delicious dinner was enjoyed by all.

It was an outstanding showing by everyone from Council 11091, from volunteers to those who attended the degrees.