Fellow Knights,
I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th of July! Our beautiful country is on the threshold of becoming 250 years old! This great experiment has had its trials and tribulations but always manages to come out for the better. Let’s continue to work, serve and pray for our awesome United States!
As you should have read already in your email, PGK Ron expressed his disappointment at the number of Knights we had help out at the fireworks tent. He beat me to it so I decided not to send my own. To help close the tent down, we had 7 Knights and two wives. Of those 7, we had three with bad knees, one with a bad foot/ankle, the youngest was 55 and the oldest was 76! We still got out of there by 1AM but this cannot continue. We will have to make a tough decision on whether we will continue this fundraiser next year. Next year could be a really good year for sales and who knows, perhaps expanded days, etc. with all the festivities but that would only be even harder on those same souls if we cannot get more guys to pitch in. We make a lot of money in these three days!
We have lots of folks that come to us looking for funding. Scouts for Eagle projects, FOCUS kids, we’ll be feeding TOTUS TUUS soon, we just gave CGS thousands, etc. Sure there are outside groups asking too but a lot of you have kids that have been the beneficiaries of Knights funding but yet you don’t lend a hand. You know who you are. Without fundraising efforts, we will not have the money to dole out for these worthwhile asks, and it will come to an end. That would be a pity. All because we couldn’t get men to help out once in a while. Yes, the 4th is a major holiday, we know that. But we need men over only three days to be available for a shift and the tent is right in our own backyard at 50th and O! Its not at West O anymore and those excuses are made.
We’ll be talking about it at length over the coming months. Come to a meeting, get enlightened, grow spiritually, enjoy some comradery with our motley crew! Share your point of view and let us know if you are willing to help out to go forward.
Semper
Matt Schafers
Grand Knight 833