The summer is in full swing
and I hope everyone is enjoying this fine weather. Please be sure to use caution
when dealing with the heat and remember to drink lots of fluids.
I hope everyone enjoyed Hawaiian
shirt night. However, if our worthy District Deputy is going to wear the same
red shirt next year as he did this year, I will make sure to bring sunglasses
I want to thank Bob Dobres
for chairing, and all the members who worked, the Centennial Bingo. The event
was a huge success and we made an excellent profit. With the state of the economy,
the Council and the Home Association are struggling to meet our monthly expenses and events such as this helps us meet these
expenses, so when we run a function like this, it’s very important to support it and encourage your friends and family
to do so to.
Thank you to Jim Barthelmes
and his committee members from OLPH and OLG who did such a fine job with the annual picnic.
The turnout was excellent and they all worked so hard to make the day a huge success.
The Council is truly fortunate to have so many dedicated members. The
picnic is a function where there is a budget amount provided but as reported by Jim at the last meeting, the funds budgeted
were not used and we even made a small profit.
Congratulations to Neil Monaco
for being named Knight of the Quarter for the period April to June, 2010. Neil
calls Bingo both Wednesday afternoon and Thursday night and can be counted on whenever help is needed.
Once again I am appealing
to the membership for several individuals to come forward and help Steve Strigaro with the Family Activities Program. Steve is asking for several members who may have small children to chair one or two
events during the year and maybe come up some new ideas that they feel would be of interest.
The 11th District
has agreed to help transport the disabled members of The Donald J Burns Council, which is based at the LI Veterans home in
Stony Brook, to their meeting on September 11th. Anyone able to help
our veterans, please see me.
Please keep in your prayers,
Angelo Stallone, who was recently in the hospital and all the other members and their families who are suffering from illnesses.
Please enjoy the rest of
the summer and for those going on vacation, have a safe and enjoyable time.
God bless America and our
council
Edward Cirella
Grand Knight
