District Deputy ReminderSeptember 2012

Let us hear from you. Use the Supreme Council mail box for district deputies: dd@kofc.org.

New Council Development

One of the greatest accomplishments for any district

deputy is the formation of a new council. If you have a

potential new council in the works, strive to have it in-

stituted as soon as possible. Also, each state deputy

has been asked to identify one diocese in his jurisdic-

tion for a concentrated New Council Development ef-

fort. For more information contact your state deputy.

For more details on starting a new council, e-mail

stephen.hinckley@kofc.org. or call Stephen Hinckley

at 203-752-4247.

Featured Programs

The Knights of Columbus Featured Programs initia-

tive runs in conjunction with the Surge. . .With Service

Program and its six specific program areas — Church,

Community, Council, Culture of Life, Family and

Youth. Meeting re-

quirements for a

featured program

listed for one

Surge program

area fills all four

activity require-

ments for that

area. More informa-

tion on each featured program may be found on the

Order’s website kofc.org. Featured programs that ful-

fill all requirements for the Columbian Award cate-

gories include:

Church — The featured program for the Church

category highlighted this month is the Refund Support

Vocations Program (RSVP). By participating in a

RSVP program for this fraternal year, a council fulfills

all Columbian Award requirements for the Church cat-

egory. (See RSVP article in this issue.)

Community — There are two featured programs,

Habitat for Humanity and the Global Wheelchair Mis-

sion. To meet Habitat for Humanity requirements, a

council must donate a minimum of $1,000 and 200

man-hours of service to a Habitat project. Visit

www.habitat.org for more information.

For $150, the Global Wheelchair Mission can pro-

vide a wheelchair to a person in need. In partnership

with the Knights of Columbus the mission has distrib-

uted more than 20,000 wheel-

chairs worldwide. To meet

requirements of this featured

program, a council must raise

the funds for one case of 100

wheelchairs to be distributed

by the Global Wheelchair Mis-

sion. More information is avail-

able at amwheelchair.org or,

in Canada cdnwheelchair.org.

Council — The featured

program for the Council pro-

gram category is Special Olympics. To satisfy all four

council activity requirements, a council must con-

tribute a minimum of $2,000 and 200 man-hours of

volunteer service in support of local/state Special

Olympics activities. For more information contact the

Special Olympics chairman in your jurisdiction.

Family — The featured program for the Family Ac-

tivities category is the Knights of Columbus Food for

Families program. To meet Food for Families fea-

tured program requirements a council must collect a

minimum of 1,000 pounds of

food to be donated to a parish

or community food bank as well

as provide at least 100 volun-

teer-hours of service collecting

and distributing food or prepar-

ing or serving meals to needy

people. Conducting a Food for

Families program earns full

credit for all requirements in the Family Activities cat-

egory. For more information, contact Jason Porrello

at 203-752-4571 or e-mail jason.porrello@kofc.org.

Culture of Life — A council can satisfy all require-

ments for the Culture of Life Activities category by

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11 K of C World Day of Prayer for Peace

Labor Day (USA and Canada)3

Did you know? — In 2011Knights the world over com-bined to donate more than

$158 million and 70 million

hours of volunteer service toa wide range of charitableprograms and activities.

participating in either the

Knights of Columbus Ultra-

sound Initiative (kofc.org/ultra-

sound) or a local, regional or

national March for Life.

For the Ultrasound Initiative a

council must identify a Preg-

nancy Care Center that is certi-

fied to use and maintain an

ultrasound machine and complies with all regulations

of the Ultrasound Initiative. Then the council must

raise half the cost of the machine (the council finan-

cial obligation ranges from $3,000 to $30,000 de-

pending on the cost of the equipment). The Supreme

Council matches council funds.

The March for Life program requires that the coun-

cil must involve 100 council members/family mem-

bers/parishioners in a local, state or national March

for Life. For complete details of either program con-

tact William O’Brien at 203-752-4403 or e-mail

William.OBrien@kofc.org.

Youth — Participating in the Knights of Columbus

Coats for Kids program meets all requirements in the

Youth Activities category. To meet the Coats for Kids

requirements a

council must pur-

chase and donate

a minimum of 8

cases of coats —

12 coats per case

— at a cost of

$16.25 per coat. For

more information go to the website Kids

kofc.org/coats or contact Bob Ennis at 203-752-4616

or robert.ennis@kofc.org .

Refund Support Vocations Program (RSVP)

Through the Knights of Columbus Refund Support

Vocations Program (RSVP), councils, assemblies

and Squires circles “adopt” one or more seminarians

or postulants providing them with financial assistance

and moral support in this featured program.

RSVP money is used by seminarians and those in

religious formation for personal expenses. But

Knights provide more than financial support. They

provide moral support too, by writing letters to the

“adoptee,” sponsoring dinners for them, inviting him

to join the Order and, most importantly, praying for

vocations.

Last year, financial help from 2,628 councils, as-

semblies and circles to future priests, sisters and

brothers, exceeded $3 million. Since 1981 the Order

has provided $53 million in aid through RSVP, help-

ing more than 80,000 men and women follow their

vocations.

Qualifying councils and assemblies receive a $100

refund for every $500 donated, up to a limit of $2,000

donated to an individual, while the refund for Squires

is $20 for every $100 donated. In the Philippines and

Mexico, councils and assemblies receive the equiva-

lent in local currency of $50 for every $250 donated.

Councils qualifying for the RSVP plaque (or sticker)

and receiving a refund meet all requirements of the

Church Activity category on the Columbian Award Ap-

plication form (#SP7). Note: Once a council receives

the RSVP plaque. Subsequently, for each year they

qualify, they receive a sticker to place on the plaque

(there are five spaces for stickers). Once those are

filled, a new plaque will be issued. For more details

on the RSVP program, visit www.kofc.org/vocations.

Coats for Kids

It may be warm now,

but soon many children

in need will face the cold

winds and falling tem-

peratures of winter with-

out a warm coat.

Providing them with one

is the goal of Coats for

Kids, a Knights of

Columbus featured pro-

gram.

Encourage your coun-

cils to participate in the

intitiative and remind

them that by success-

fully holding a Coats for

Kids program, they fill all

requirements — pur-

chasing and distributing at least eight cases of coats

(12 coats per case) — they meet all requirements for

the Youth Category on the Columbian Award Applica-

tion (#SP7).

State, district and local councils may purchase new,

high-quality winter coats for boys (sizes 8-18) and

girls (sizes 7-16) through the Supreme Council for

$16.25 per coat plus shipping by using the Coats for

Kids order form which may be found on

www.Kofc.org/coats.

Soccer Challenge — The Knights of Columbus Soccer Challenge begins this month.Have your councils signed up to participate?

Your councils can still partic-ipate in the Catholic Citizen-ship Essay Contest. ContactEd Wezenski at (203) 752-4703 or e-mailedward.wezenski@kofc.org.

District DD Name Jurisdiction Council Location

B86 Anthony N. Boaging Luzon 15545 Cagubatan, TadianB96 Josue T. Asotique Mindanao 15546 Lapaz, Agusan Del SurV127 Jose Candulizas Visayas 15547 Bacuyangan, hinoba-an13 Martin Brown Michigan 15548 Comstock ParkI39 Modesto Marayag Luzon 15549 Bulihan Silang CavitM20 Oscar Cabrillos Mindanao 15550 Brgy. Dagumbaan28 Steve Allen North Carolina 15551 Raleigh District DD Name Jurisdiction Círcle Location

053 Christian W. Jones New York 5596 Ellenville

V87 Francisco Y. Tanala Visayas 5597 Lope De Vega Catarman

V85 Oskar M. Monje Visayas 5598 Laoang Samar

039 Deepal Karunaratne California 5599 Brentwood

New Councils and Circles

The Supreme Council will pay 50 percent of ship-

ping costs.

Requests for particular quantities of coats in spe-

cific sizes cannot be accommodated. Each shipment

will contain a variety of coats in various sizes and

styles.

For more information on the program, contact

Robert Ennis – by e-mail robert.ennis@kofc.org, by

fax to (203) 752-4108 or by mail to Knights of Colum-

bus, Attn: Robert Ennis, 1 Columbus Plaza, New

Haven CT 06510.

Family of the Month

Remind your councils that each month 100 families

are randomly selected from the “Family of the Month”

nominees sent to the Supreme Council office. The

winners receive a beautiful Holy Family icon. The

Family of the Month nomination form (#1993A) may

found in the Council Report Forms Booklet (#1436)

on online at kofc.org under forms.