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Toiletry drive
Council #14130 in Lexington collected donations of care packages (sewing kits, wipes, soap, deodorant, dental care items, etc.) exceeding $9600 value; Total count was 7232 toiletry-type items were collected and distributed to Women’s Hope Center, Men’s Hope center, and Catholic Action center during December and January. Over 500 pairs of socks – matched, unmatched, new / old … but all clean, were collected in January and taken to Catholic Action Center.
Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest
Winners of the 2015 “Keep Christ in Christmas” Contest.
Age 5-7 Division William Gordley Council 11470
Age 8-10 Division Sydney Sargent Council 11470
Age 11-14 Division Olivia White Council 5453
KofC Holy Water bottles
Bishop Mulloy Council bought Holy Water bottles to place in the back of Church with a “compliments of” sign (see attached photo). The pastors like them and they go like hotcakes. I bought them from Autom for 49 cents each packet of 24.
Deacon Bill Theis
Pulled pork fundraiser
The brothers of Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Council 14372 in Lexington held their annual pulled pork fundraiser. They smoked almost 1,000 lbs of pork shoulder and then pulled the pork by hand and separated it into 1 lb bags. They did pre-sales after Masses the two weeks before and delivered the pork on Super Bowl Sunday.
Fish fry meals for the homebound
Wives of Council 1483 pack up Friday fish fry meals and bring them to homebound local residents.
