Donations for Council Knights - Continuous
Food donations are being collected to help our Council’s Knights who are in need. There are several Brother Knights and their families who require our continued assistance.
Tom Galaida will accept your donations at his place of business, Tom’s Auto Repair Inc. at 151 O’Brian Road in Fern Park. Tom’s phone number is 407-831-8484. Please donate canned goods, cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables, toiletries, paper products, cash or Publix gift cards and deliver them to Tom’s Auto Repair Inc.
Our Brother Knights and their families who are in need greatly appreciate your generosity.
Tom Galaida will accept your donations at his place of business, Tom’s Auto Repair Inc. at 151 O’Brian Road in Fern Park. Tom’s phone number is 407-831-8484. Please donate canned goods, cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables, toiletries, paper products, cash or Publix gift cards and deliver them to Tom’s Auto Repair Inc.
Our Brother Knights and their families who are in need greatly appreciate your generosity.
Vocations Fundraiser Begins Week of September 18
Our Councils’ annual Vocations fundraiser will be held virtually again this year. The event is planned to start during the week of September 18 and run for four weeks, ending on Monday October 16. We plan to give $2,000 each to 3 Seminarians next year, so our fundraising goal is $6,000.
I need your help to donate items that can be raffled or offered in a silent auction. I will be asking people to donate to our fundraiser and your donated items will help us raise even more money for our seminarians. If you have a talent to create something or do something special for someone, you can turn that into a silent auction item. Here are some suggestions for items you can donate. If you can donate any of the following items or any other items, please notify me.
* If you have boat, offer a half day on the lake for fishing or boating.
* Cut grass or other yard work.
* Perform small house clean-up or repair projects, like installing a sink or toilet.
* Provide vacation or time share offers you are not going to use.
* Personally created artwork.
* Cook lunch or a dinner for x number of people.
People donating to Raffle items will donate to x number of raffle tickets offered at certain price per ticket - $5, $10, etc. For Silent Auction items, people submit a bid online, and their bid is entered on a webpage; the next person who wants to make a bid must exceed the previous bid amount; when the event ends, the person with the highest bid wins the item. If the prize donor is willing, the "losers" can also have it at the winning bid price.
Please send me an email as soon as you can and describe your donated item. Tell me if you want to offer it as a raffle item or a silent auction item. If you donate a raffle item, tell me the amount of each ticket. If you donate a silent auction item, describe it, specify the minimum bid and any limits to your item that need to be communicated. For example, if you will be offering to pressure wash someone’s driveway, the job will not exceed 2 hours or xxx number of square feet and the retail price is $120 and the minimum bid is $75.
If you have other suggestions for this year’s event, please contact me. My email is przybytw@cfl.rr.com and my phone is 407-460-8109.
100% of our donations will go towards helping 3 seminarians become priests.
I need your help to donate items that can be raffled or offered in a silent auction. I will be asking people to donate to our fundraiser and your donated items will help us raise even more money for our seminarians. If you have a talent to create something or do something special for someone, you can turn that into a silent auction item. Here are some suggestions for items you can donate. If you can donate any of the following items or any other items, please notify me.
- Gift cards, gift baskets, or coupons for dollars off a product or service
- Bottle(s) of liquor to be used for a ‘Basket of Cheer’ so we could sell raffle tickets at $10/ticket.
- Silent auction items of new or hardly used high priced items (not garage sale items) or things that you can provide using your time and talent, i.e., donate items that you made or things you can do for someone. For example:
* If you have boat, offer a half day on the lake for fishing or boating.
* Cut grass or other yard work.
* Perform small house clean-up or repair projects, like installing a sink or toilet.
* Provide vacation or time share offers you are not going to use.
* Personally created artwork.
* Cook lunch or a dinner for x number of people.
People donating to Raffle items will donate to x number of raffle tickets offered at certain price per ticket - $5, $10, etc. For Silent Auction items, people submit a bid online, and their bid is entered on a webpage; the next person who wants to make a bid must exceed the previous bid amount; when the event ends, the person with the highest bid wins the item. If the prize donor is willing, the "losers" can also have it at the winning bid price.
Please send me an email as soon as you can and describe your donated item. Tell me if you want to offer it as a raffle item or a silent auction item. If you donate a raffle item, tell me the amount of each ticket. If you donate a silent auction item, describe it, specify the minimum bid and any limits to your item that need to be communicated. For example, if you will be offering to pressure wash someone’s driveway, the job will not exceed 2 hours or xxx number of square feet and the retail price is $120 and the minimum bid is $75.
If you have other suggestions for this year’s event, please contact me. My email is przybytw@cfl.rr.com and my phone is 407-460-8109.
100% of our donations will go towards helping 3 seminarians become priests.
In-Person Exemplification of Unity, Charity and Fraternity - September 26
Bishop Thomas J Grady Council 5618 will hold an in-person Exemplification of Charity, Unity and Fraternity on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 in the St Mary Magdalen Cafeteria, 861 Maitland Ave, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 – 6:30 pm report, 7 pm start. Candidates, their Proposers and any other Knights who will participate in the exemplification should wear a coat and tie. The half-hour ceremony is open to families and guests. In addition, 1st and 2nd degree Knights may attend to become 3rd Degree Knights!
All Knights are invited to come to this exemplification ceremony to welcome the new Knights to our Council. If possible, please wear a coat and tie or your Knight’s shirt if you have one; no shorts.
Please let Grand Knight George Meyer gmeyer@m-m-media.com 407-221-7076 know of names of candidates, and provide kits (rosary, lapel pin, etc. – Item 531-G from kofc.org Officers Online->Supplies Online) for your candidates.
All Knights are invited to come to this exemplification ceremony to welcome the new Knights to our Council. If possible, please wear a coat and tie or your Knight’s shirt if you have one; no shorts.
Please let Grand Knight George Meyer gmeyer@m-m-media.com 407-221-7076 know of names of candidates, and provide kits (rosary, lapel pin, etc. – Item 531-G from kofc.org Officers Online->Supplies Online) for your candidates.
Coalition for the Homeless Dinner - September 27
Our Council serves dinner at the Coalition for the Homeless in downtown Orlando on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The next dinner is Wednesday, September 27. Arrival time is 4:30 pm. John Dsa chairs these dinners. If you would like to volunteer for this dinner, please contact John at johnpauldsa@gmail.com or 407-733-7063.
All volunteers must register in the Volunteer Portal prior to volunteering. Click on this link: www.coalitionvolunteer.org, hit “Register” in the top right corner and complete the requested information. All kitchen volunteers are required to wear a Hat or Hairnet, Closed-toe shoes, Gloves, Apron and Jeans or Long Pants.
The Coalition for the Homeless is located at 639 W. Central Blvd in Orlando (located between Terry Ave and Parramore Ave). For a map of their location, click on map.
All volunteers must register in the Volunteer Portal prior to volunteering. Click on this link: www.coalitionvolunteer.org, hit “Register” in the top right corner and complete the requested information. All kitchen volunteers are required to wear a Hat or Hairnet, Closed-toe shoes, Gloves, Apron and Jeans or Long Pants.
The Coalition for the Homeless is located at 639 W. Central Blvd in Orlando (located between Terry Ave and Parramore Ave). For a map of their location, click on map.
Pinta Log Content Deadline - September 30 |
This is the Pinta Log content deadline for the next edition. Please send your information for articles to Tom Przybyla by this date via email: przybytw@cfl.rr.com |
Officer Planning Meeting - October 3
Our Council's next Officer’s Planning meeting will occur on Tuesday, October 3. Meetings are normally held on the first Tuesday of the month. It will be a virtual meeting using Microsoft Teams from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. An email with the meeting link will be distributed a few days before the meeting.
The primary purpose of this meeting is to take care of details that don’t interest members, entertain new ideas, programs and initiatives, and agree upon agenda details for the next Council meeting.
All Knights are invited to participate with this meeting. All council officers, directors and chairpersons are expected to participate with these meetings to fulfill the responsibilities of their position. Financial reports will be presented and all new business requests must be presented at this meeting, discussed and if needed, voted on at the monthly Council meeting.
Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting at this link: Meeting Minutes (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com).
The primary purpose of this meeting is to take care of details that don’t interest members, entertain new ideas, programs and initiatives, and agree upon agenda details for the next Council meeting.
All Knights are invited to participate with this meeting. All council officers, directors and chairpersons are expected to participate with these meetings to fulfill the responsibilities of their position. Financial reports will be presented and all new business requests must be presented at this meeting, discussed and if needed, voted on at the monthly Council meeting.
Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting at this link: Meeting Minutes (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com).
Next Council Meeting - October 10
You are invited to participate with our next Council Meeting on Tuesday, October 10 starting at 6:30 pm in the Cafeteria. There will be a Rosary prior to the meeting at 6:00 pm. An email will be sent several days before the meeting announcing these details. Our Lecturer, Lou Elrose, will be preparing another delcious meal for after the meeting.
Our Council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com) at this link: Meeting Minutes.
Join us for our next Council meeting. We will be discussing our upcoming activities. As our beloved Father Ed Thompson used to say, “An active Knight is a happy Knight…and a holy Knight!”
Our Council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Please read last month’s Council meeting minutes before this meeting (if you need the password to the Council’s minutes page, send an email to Tom Przybyla at przybytw@cfl.rr.com) at this link: Meeting Minutes.
Join us for our next Council meeting. We will be discussing our upcoming activities. As our beloved Father Ed Thompson used to say, “An active Knight is a happy Knight…and a holy Knight!”
Serve Saturday at the Sharing center - October 14
Our Council will participate with Serve Saturday at the Sharing center every 2nd Saturday of the month, serving from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Noon. Our next event is scheduled for October 14. Bring your family, especially teenagers who may need service hours.
Each month, our Council's volunteer group can have 6 – 21 people who will volunteer their time each Saturday. Volunteers will assist in the Distribution Center or the retail store. They will sort donations received and/or stock shelves with donations.
If you can attend on this date, please sign up using a new VolunteerSignup sheet. Please click on the following link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the Sign-up link:
volunteer signup
It only takes a few seconds to sign-up. This provides me with the number and names of people who will be attending this month’s event. When it gets closer to the event date, I will send volunteers an email with a link for each volunteer to register with the Sharing Center.
(Click on the image if you would like to access the Sharing center's website)
The Sharing center is located at:
600 North Highway 17-92, Suite 130
Longwood, FL 32750
(Click on the link to open a Google map)
Each month, our Council's volunteer group can have 6 – 21 people who will volunteer their time each Saturday. Volunteers will assist in the Distribution Center or the retail store. They will sort donations received and/or stock shelves with donations.
If you can attend on this date, please sign up using a new VolunteerSignup sheet. Please click on the following link (or copy it into your web browser if clicking doesn't work) to go to the Sign-up link:
volunteer signup
It only takes a few seconds to sign-up. This provides me with the number and names of people who will be attending this month’s event. When it gets closer to the event date, I will send volunteers an email with a link for each volunteer to register with the Sharing Center.
(Click on the image if you would like to access the Sharing center's website)
The Sharing center is located at:
600 North Highway 17-92, Suite 130
Longwood, FL 32750
(Click on the link to open a Google map)