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March Ireton Informer: Click Here March Calendar: Click Here   Charity Request Form:  Click Here  Kitchen Schedule:  Click Here 

Calendar of Events

Mar 2

BIC Meeting

7:00 pm

Mar 11

Feed the Homeless

8:00 am

Mar 14

Ladies Aux Meeting

Council Meeting

6:30 pm 

7:00 pm     

Mar 27

Public Awards

6:30 pm

March  2010 Charity Motions

March 2010 Charity Motions

Camp Baker

$3000.00

Camp Baker Campership

$700.00

Crime Solvers

$500.00

MCV Children’s Life Center

$500.00

Richmond Storm Youth Softball

$500.00

In Service To Our Country:  Brother Sonny Dorish's daughter, an Air Force officer, is in place at her assignment in Baghdad.  She arrived there last Saturday to train the Iraqi police. If you want to send her a card or letter, you can write to her at:   LT. Col. Kathy Dorish, ITAM Police, JSS Shield, APO AE 09348

 A tornado or hurricane can turn deadly.  This is just a reminder to review your tornado plan and brush up on the following safety tips.  Click here

Remember in your prayers, those members of our Council their families and others who have gone to their heavenly reward especially:

  •   Nancy Lee Wannamaker, Larry Farren, Harry Lee Goode (brother of Annie Scott), Stewart Foulke, Patrick O’Hare, Sr., Wendell Lloyd, Glendora Martin Jones, Aunt of Bob Martin, Mary L. Bain &  Jean Cranford (sister and sister-in-law of Buddy & Judy Cranford),  Mary L. Priddy, Mother of Brenda Martin, David Cuff, father of Stephanie Cooke, Lois Crostic, Peg Bierkowski, Stanley Williams, brother of PGK Earl Williams

Knight's Apparel;  Do you need a special cap or shirt?  Visit Joe and Vickie's Aprile's website and see what he has to offer.  Click here

Contact by Email...If you have an Email address, please share it with your council. Sometimes it is important to send important information (illnesses/deaths; special events) to the membership. Please send your address to George Cranford. His Email address is  Pastwalker@comcast.net

HooahMail:  The Army's HooahMail program makes it possible for friends and family members to put a paper letter and photograph into the hands of their loved ones in Afghanistan, in some cases, on the same day it is sent. The one-year pilot program is scheduled to begin Dec. 1 and makes use of the Internet combined with physical mail delivery to create a hybrid mail system that can get letters into the hands of Soldiers in remote locations much faster than regular mail delivery alone. Family members that want to send a letter and a photograph to a Soldier in Afghanistan will be able to log into the program's website at www.hooahmail.us to type in their message and delivery information. The HooahMail program is free for family members and friends, and is available for Soldiers in Afghanistan only.

Military Knights in Action Newsletter January 2010:  Click Here

The Catholic Information Service (CIS) booklet Armed with the Faith (#364) is a Catholic handbook for military personnel and their families. Edited by Jesuit Father Daniel R. Sweeney, chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, it contains several military-specific prayers as well as an assortment of general Catholic prayers, hymns and devotions. Read or print a copy (71 pages)

Website on the Pope's Visit to America.  Click here

Telephone Number:  The BIC telephone number is 804-745-3262.  The kitchen phone is 804-276-9959 has been removed.  Use 804-745-3262. 

BIC BITS... The BIC board will meet on Tuesday, October 6, 2009  at 7 PM. All members of the Council are invited to attend and to express their thoughts.

Crime Solvers Introduces "Text-A-Tip": The Chesterfield County/Colonial Heights Crime Solvers program announces the introduction of Text-A-Tip that will allow cell phone users to text their anonymous tips. The program is a TipSoft Short Message Service application created by Anderson Software. To text a tip: 1. text the code tip699 and then add the crime tip; 2. send the tip to 274637 (crimes); 3. Tipsters will receive a confirmation text message. More information is available at www.crimesolvers.net .

Our Stew Master: Click here to see the Catholic Virginia article on Horace Scott.

Member Interest Survey:  Click here

A Note from our Insurance Agent:  click here

New Knight CandidatesPlease provide the Form 100 of your prospective candidate to Jim Cooke or Greg Toler prior to the Council Meetings.  This will allow the committee to review the form  and provide guidance as needed to the candidate.

 Bingo Workers: You are desperately needed by your council. As you may have read elsewhere in this newsletter your Council donated $94,000 to charity this past year. Although there are almost 300 members of this council only about 25% of the membership volunteer for bingo or kitchen bingo. We need your help. It's only one night every 5 weeks in a smoke fee environment. Many teams are in dire need of help. Please volunteer for a team by calling GK Jim Cooke and volunteering. You only have to work one Wednesday evening every five weeks. It's great fellowship and a lot of fun. Husband and wife teams are encouraged to participate in this smoke free environment. Remember this is how your council earns the money to support all of our charities.  The Bingo and Kitchen Schedule  has been posted.  (Click Here)

 A Most Prestigious Award -a job well done!  (Click here)

Missing Members:  Do you know of a Brother Knight who has missed a few Council Meetings?  Call him up and invite him back.  

 Iraq War Deployment

SPC Charles W. Cranford, a member of the 1710th Transportation Company,  U.S. Army Virginia National Guard, who deployed for Iraq in May 2008.   He is the son of George and Judy Cranford.  Charles and his Army National Guar unit returned to the United States on March 6, 2009.  The unit logged in over 900,000 miles of convoy duty with no casualties or major injuries.  We thank God for the return of the se soldiers.

Sgt Frank Aloi, left in September for a 13 month tour to Iraq . This was his second time over there and he has now returned safely to his family.   He is the son-in-law of Sonny and Cheryl Dorish.

A Most Prestigious Award -a job well done!  (Click here)

Click here for a presentation on our military men and women serving us in Iraq.  It is a PowerPoint presentation.  If you don't have PowerPoint installed on your computer, click here for a download.

The Homeless:  Remember that on the 2nd Thursday of each month your council prepares bag lunches for the homeless. A hot meal is prepared and served to the less fortunate.  Starting time is 8 :30 AM.  Please help this worthy cause.

 The Charity Committee is looking into the frequency of  when our charity awards are distributed. Because the majority of our charitable donations are derived from bingo proceeds it is imperative that we distribute monies to charitable causes according to the percentages as determined by the state gaming commission. Your bingo and charity committees will keep you informed of any changes or procedures.

Have you taken your Second and Third Degree?   We know that there are many in the council that have not received either of these degrees and, unfortunately,  the records are not up to date.  We are asking any brother who has not taken either of these degrees to contact George Cranford by email (click here) or Jim Cooke at 739-9381.   Sponsors should also attend degrees to lend support to their candidates.  Please call so that we can provide you with the details. Contact PGK Rick Brennan.  (click here) for more information.
     

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