Christian Caring Center has completed our first task thanks to brother Peter Grieb.  See below Power Washiing! 

Annual Christmas Dedication Trees remained a success despite challenges of COVID-19 pandemic

St. Mary of the Lakes Knights of Columbus Council 6520 (www.medfordknights.org) raised $20,500 for its charitable activities and the parish school through its third annual Christ Dedication Tree fundraiser.

More than 200 trees lined the perimeter of St. Mary of the Lakes church grounds during the Christmas season. Each tree memorialized or honored a loved one. The Knights adorned each tree with Christmas lights and a laminated card with the honoree’s name. Many patrons further decorated their tree with personal ornaments.

The trees were removed in just 45 minutes by a multitude of Knights and children and teen volunteers from the Medford area. The Knights donated the trees to BNT Farm in Marlton, delivered by a caravan of trucks and vans. The trees will feed more than 25 goats until March, and the Knights plan to continue donating the trees in the future.

Caption for Attached Photo: Knights of Columbus Council 6520 Grand Knight Bill Mazzio (left) and Christmas Dedication Tree Chair Bill Scheffold (right) present a check for $10,000 to Maria Sobel, St. Mary of the Lakes School Principal, on January 24. 2021.

MEDFORD - 11-20-2020  Today in about 4 hours we successfully removed a damaged, rotting fence surrounding used clothing storage bins at the Village Thrift Shop and installed about 54 feet of new pressure treated wood fence.

Our installation team included members from the Browns Mills Council, Tabernacle Council and Medford Council, hopefully the first of many multi-councils efforts in support of the Christian Caring Center.

The store manager, Randy Holston, was extremely thankful for the work we did and he was especially excited about the added space provided by the addition of about 80 Sq feet to the fenced enclosure.

He also noted the neighbors would be pleased that the new fence now completely hides the rusting clothing bins as well as multiple recyclable bins and miscellaneous tools.

I can’t thank all of you enough for your hard work, expertise, tools and time to make this accomplishment possible.

One additional note - during the fence install PGK Mickey Zawatcki delivered a trailer full of non-perishable food items collected from the Saint Mary of the Lakes community  over the past week to the Christian Caring Outreach Center.  Madelyn Sutton was most appreciative for the timely delivery.

Also enclosed are before and after pictures of the fence project, team pictures and a picture of GK Bill Mazzio presenting a $1000 check, funds collected during our Hunger Harvest, to the Christian Caring Center which was accepted by the Thrift Store Manager Randy Holston.


Thank again brothers,
Jim Wilhelmi       
Community Director         
      

Annual charity tournament remained a success despite challenges of COVID-19 pandemic

Medford, NJ, November 9, 2020 -- St. Mary of the Lakes Knights of Columbus Council 6520 (www.medfordknights.org) hosted its 13th annual charity golf tournament at Medford Village Country Club, raising $55,500 for 1st Way of Burlington County, Family Promise of Burlington County, and Medford’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul, organizations that treat every man, woman, and child with respect, dignity, and compassion. “When we were forced to postpone our June 8th event due to the COVID-19 crisis, we immediately understood that the needs throughout our communities were going to increase, and the organizations that we support were being overwhelmed,” said Council 6520 Past Grand Knight and Event Chairman Don Bouchard. “We rescheduled our event for late October with the hope that businesses and facilities would open up. We took it day by day, maintaining our focus to raise as much funding as possible to support these vital organizations.” The event had 31 sponsors and 65 boosters, including: 

• The Law Office of David J. Karbasian, PC (Event Sponsor)

• Miles Technologies (Event Sponsor)

• Zallie’s Fresh Kitchen at ShopRite of Medford (Event Sponsor)

• Holman Enterprises (Platinum Sponsor)

We are also grateful to our seven Gold Sponsors, four Silver Sponsors, 16 Bronze Sponsors, local merchants who donated items for the raffles and prizes, local golf courses that donated foursomes for auction, member Knights, golfers, and volunteers who ‘chipped in for charity’ to make our annual tournament an overwhelming success,” added Bouchard. “And we were thrilled to have the maximum 136 registered golfers and representatives from each organization for the awards presentation and a wonderful dinner.” Eric Dodson, Matt Donnelly, Jeff Hahn, and John Rath won the tournament, which also featured a continental breakfast, cocktail hour, dinner, live auction, and raffle. Individual winners were Dave Kohut (longest drive), Larry Seibel (putting contest), and Randy Thompson (closet to the pin). The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest Catholic lay organization. Dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism, the Knights provide members and their families with volunteer opportunities for service to people of all backgrounds. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization that allows women and men to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. Over the past year, the Medford Conference has helped more than 29,452 men, women, and children with spiritual assistance and food, clothing, and financial help for rent and mortgage, auto insurance, utilities, health care, and other expenses valued at about $385,000. Family Promise of Burlington County is a non-profit interfaith organization committed to a united outreach by the religious community in Burlington County providing shelter, meals and assistance to homeless families. The program provides help, hope and a safe haven for guests while they seek affordable housing. Since 1998 Family Promise has hosted about 430 families totaling more than 1,400 individuals, including about 900 children. 1st Way of Burlington County helps any woman or girl with an unplanned pregnancy find medical, legal, or psychological help as well as shelter, education, or adoption guidance. 1st Way believes in the sanctity of life, all life – the life of the mother as well as the life of the baby. 1st Way provides free resources which support life affirming choices. This is accomplished through a loving, non-judgement approach with peer counseling, education, and practical services. Over the past year, 1st Way has served over 2,700 families. 

Golf Awards:
Closet to the Pin - Randy Thompson
Longest Drive - Dave Kohut

• Eric Dodson
• Matt Donnelly
• Jeff Hahn
• John Rath

• Kevin Brennan
• Mike Waldron
• Robert Murphy
• Doug Mill

• Brian Bouchard
• Keith Langan
• Sean Leonard
• Mike Meyer

• Larry Seibel