Knights of Columbus – Council 12025

The Catholic Citizenship Essay contest wrapped up today. This year’s topic was “What are the 2 most important virtues for an elected leader to possess and why? How can you determine if the leader has these values?” Ms. Dzingle and her 8th grade students did a fantastic job which made for some interesting reading. Thanks to everyone who helped judge them and all those students who participated. Congratulations Miles-1st Place, Kiki- 2nd Place and Theodore- 3rd Place. Prizes will be handed out when classes resume.

Soccer Shots competition was held today. Thanks to all the Brothers and young people who came out to compete. Congratulations to our winners- Cruz- 1st Place 9-11 y/o bracket, Richard- 2nd Place 9-11 y/o bracket, Gavin- 1st Place 12-14 y/o bracket, and Michael- 2nd Place 12-14 y/o bracket. It was a crisp, beautiful, Saturday. Next year we are shooting for September, so mark it in your calendar.

Council #12025 was able to deliver 7 boxes of mixed kids coat today to A Note in the Pocket. With the money raised from Breakfast with Santa as well as donations after Mass, we were able to buy over $1900 worth of coats to help children in need, right here in Raleigh. God bless everyone who’s made this a success!

We really enjoyed the Keep Christ in Christmas poster contest! Congratulations to our top winners in our 6th grade- Emily-1st Place, Catherine- 2nd Place, and Ava- 3rd Place. All the entries were great! Thanks to everyone who participated, OLL School for allowing us to host this program- especially Mrs. Giandurco, as well as ALL those that helped decide our winners.

Thanks to everyone who came out between the 9 and 11:30 Masses to help vote for our winners. The posters were great! Creativity is alive and well in the OLLS’ six-grade students. Winners will be announced soon.

Over 300 people came to have Breakfast With Santa. This year characters from “Frozen” even came by. Great food served by the Knights. We’re definitely feeling the spirit of Christmas now!

So many smiles glowing in the light of the fireplace and fraternity. A big thanks to Jim Shearin for organizing the crown jewel event of Council #12025’s year- the 13th Annual Oyster Roast. Huge shout out also to the Dessert King and pancake- flipping, beast- Paul Gates for including take out trays with his amazing desserts! Thanks Brothers!

Great time helping out at the NC Down Syndrome Alliance’s Buddy Walk! What an inspiring event! Thanks to all who came out to participate. It was a beautiful day. Kudos to Knight Jeff for setting such an awesome example for all of us.

Council #12025 welcomes our newest Knights Philip M., Adam and Tyler to our band of Brothers. Congratulations also goes out to Brothers Darren, Rick K., and Bruce G. for achieving their Third degree. The Exemplification team was joined by many other Brothers, who came out to show their support. We look forward to doing many great things together!

Our WGK Reed and Brother Jeff deserve a special thanks for taking the initiative to rally the entire parish to hold a drive for those in Western NC devastated by Hurricane Helene. Thanks to all the other Knights that assisted in this effort. Almost 3 truck loads were donated. Please consider donating to the Red Cross or any other reputable organization to assist with this long recovery.