Issue: June 2013
Brothers and Worthy Sirs – this time last year I was nervously approaching my tenure as Grand Knight. The shoes of past Grand Knights seemed several sizes too big for me to fill. While I knew that there would be challenges, I was confident that with your help and the grace of God all would go well. And so I report to you now “all is well” with the Long Valley Council # 10419.
So what did we accomplish in the 2012-2013 Columbian Year? We had another successful auction (thanks to Lou). We have continued to actively recruit and grow our “active membership” (thank you John Clary); we have a website and calendar that can be used to track our events and meetings (thanks for Lou and John Groel’s son-in-law); we have established an Evangelization group under the direction of the Church Committee Chairman (thanks to Deacon John); we incorporated a “5k run” into Right to Life to support anti abortion programs (thank you Patrick K and Dan); we have expanded our support for the veterans – committing to 6 dinners on top of the 3 breakfasts (thank you Walter); we supported the parishes financially with a very successful March Madness Raffle (thank you Pat G); we solidified our relationship with and support for Operation Chillout – expanding the successful event at the Stanhope House in 2012 to Vets Summer Fest 2013 this year (thank you Tony D and Bobby S); we executed two success foods drives (thanks to Art, Bobby Z and Walter); and much more ……
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