2020-2021 Community Awards
Outstanding Community Activity – “A” Division Title: Pandemic Food Drive Our local community food cupboards were in great need due to the COVID-19 pandemic and at the request of our parish food cupboard organizer, council Chaplain and Grand Knight, our council held a food drive on Saturday, May 2nd at all parish worship sites. Following…
Community Director Update
Community Director—Anthony Alfiero Congratulations on another great fraternal year!! WE DID IT!!! With your help we did over $100,000 in the Tootsie Roll Drive! Convention was awesome to find out what had happened!! Personally, I thought Faith in Action was Great!!! Brothers Community Programs in Faith in Action consist of: Required Program***…
International Wheelchair Day
Brother Knights, March 1st is International Wheelchair Day. This is a wonderful opportunity for councils to help raise funds for those with a mobility impairment and to answer the prayers of millions of people worldwide who are currently living their lives without a wheelchair. A wheelchair allows children to attend school and adults the…
Community Director Update
Brothers, Congratulations on raising $101,370 for this years Tootsie roll drive or formally called Campaign for the intellectual disabilities program!! Great Job! Also as Maine Knights of Columbus Lobster Dip team we Raised $17,054 as a group!! We have one dip to do Polar dip, May 5, 2019 to help Aroostook County Special Olympics!!! Blood…
Community Director Update
My Brother Knights; Happy New Year from My family to yours!! It’s another year and just back from Winter Meeting in Bangor with great news!! This years Drive for Intellectual Disabilities was the biggest in my 9 years with $101,370.16. The top councils, Wells $23,028.13 , Bangor with $8740, 3rd was Limerick $4600 , 4Th…
Community Director Update
Anthony S. Alfiero Community Activities Director Maine State Council Knights of Columbus 64 Gateway Commons Drive Gorham, ME 04038-1354 C 207 6505303 anthony4@maine.rr.com Nov-Dec 15,2018 Brothers, Fall is here and all councils should be ending their Tootsie Roll Drives and returning their monies to me for distribution. The proper forms are on MAINEKNIGHTS.ORG under pages…
Community Director Update
Update: Community Director Brothers, As you might know the Knights of Columbus is moving towards the 21st Century, We are now doing Faith in Action ! New Community Faith in Action items are Helping Hands, this is a Mandatory program your council must do to get Star Council. What Helping Hands is designed for councils…
District 2 Soccer Challenge
District 2 Soccer Challenge The Knights of Columbus Council #1753 hosted the 2018 District 2 Soccer Challenge Sunday, October 14th at 1:00 at the Fort Fairfield Athletic Field. There were 16 participants ranging in age from 9 to 14 years old. District 2 is made up of the Councils from Caribou, Fort…
Safe Environment Training
Brother Knights, As we begin the new fraternal year 2018-2019, take a moment to review the below summary of safe environment requirements relating to the new Faith in Action model. Council Youth Activities Require the Presence of Fully Compliant Grand Knight and Directors The Order expects that you and the family and/or community director be…
Abanaki Council places first Nativity in any US Capital
Editor’s note: Abanaki Councill 334 also scored space on SeacoastOnline. See their article here. On December 18, Abnaki Council 334 conducted the first ever Nativity Celebration at the Maine State Capitol Hall of Flags in Augusta. This celebration marked the first time in Maine’s history that a Nativity was placed on State of Maine property. …
Texas Disaster Relief
Worthy State Deputies and fellow Classmates – Thank you so much for the many of you who have reached out to Texas with prayers and offers of support. We greatly appreciate the spirit of fraternal charity which drives us all to respond to the needs of Knights, their families and communities. Know that we…