One of the great ways Council 8611 gives back to the Durham Region is through supporting numerous charities with much-needed financial assistance.
Recently Grand Knight Ken Young, Recorder Garry King and our own “Mr. Bingo” Don Walmsley made the rounds, delivering a cheque for $2,000 to Catholic Family Services, another $2,000 cheque to Rose of Durham a $1,000 cheque to Sunrise Youth Group and a $2,000 cheque to Durham Outlook for the Needy.
Over the past few weeks several of our brother Knights made the rounds in the Durham Region, delivering some donations. Included among them was a cheque for $2,000 for the Grandview Children’s Foundation as well as $1,000 for the YWCA. The team at Grandview sent us a few of their photos as well! Stay tuned…
Many hands certainly do make for light work. With a small army of volunteers the St Mary of the People Parish Crèche came down in perhaps record time. The volunteers assembled at 9 am sharp and by 9:34 it was all packed away – leaving plenty of time for coffee, treats and loads of laughter….
The Knights of Columbus are one man stronger! This past Tuesday May 21st, St Mary of the People Parish Knights of Columbus, Council 8611 held an Exemplification Ceremony to officially welcome Brother Michael Cassar into our council. With the help of our Exemplification committee including Fr Bollo we welcomed Brother Michael, who was accompanied by…
Thanks to the hard work from a group of Council 8611 Knights the Christmas Crèche was set up out front of St. Marty of the People Parish this Saturday, November 19th. It was a chilly morning with wind chills dipping down to -10 but there were smiles all around and helping hands as the Knights…
The season of giving has started early with the Knights of Columbus Council 8611 heading out into the community to delivery cheques to some needy organizations. Brothers Garry King and Don Walmsley distributed funds to Durham Outlook for the Needy, YWCA, the Durham Special Olympics and the Sunrise Developmental Support Services – which, as you…
It was such a success, we had to do it all again! After all the good times and funds raised at our annual golf tournament in the Spring, we just had to hit the links while the summer weather continued. Special thanks to Brothers Paul Power, Roy Druce and Joe Miniaci for their help in…
