Author: Nick Nastasi
Greetings from the Crystal Coast!
I am going to update you on a couple of programs and let you know about a couple of upcoming programs to get your councils involved.
Coats for Kids - I want to thank all the councils who participated in the BOGO opportunity to help twice as many kids with your purchase power.
Councils 2546, 5847, 6650, 7232, 8759, 8857, 9030, 9039, 9709, 9847, 10910, 11234, 11266, 11817, 12455, 13812, 17125 and 2989 in the East.
Councils 770, 3498, 4507, 6700, 7406, 8509, 9560, 10504, 10505, 10891, 11076, 11101, 11102, 12167, 12481, 12654, 13236 and 14767 in the Central.
Councils 6451, 8923, 11911, 12233 and 13265 in the West.
The distribution locations are Fuquay-Varina in the East, Greensboro in the Central and Candler in the West. My sincere thanks to the councils that stepped up to be the drop off locations. The distribution location contacts will be notifying the councils listed above as to when to pick up their orders.
Build a Bed –On September 14th, project called Bunks Across America where 137 beds were built with 124 volunteers including all the State officers. On September 28th, there will be a 20-bed build project on Fort Liberty at Pope Chapel. If you are in the Fort Liberty area, please consider helping. Please help me in welcoming our new Build-a-Bed chairman Brother Tommy Robards from Council 3498 in Burlington.
Soccer Challenge - By now, councils should have completed their Soccer challenges with the local winners competing at the district challenge sites. Winners will go on to the State Soccer challenge which will be held at St. Bernadette’s church in Fuquay-Varina on Saturday November 2nd at 10 am.
Catholic Essay Contest – School and religious education classes have started. Please have your councils consider visiting their religious education classes and their middle and high schools and encourage them to participate in this year’s Catholic Essay Contest. This year’s topic: In an essay of 500-750 words, what are the two most important virtues for an elected leader to possess, and why? How can you determine if the leader has these virtues?
This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their faith. The goal of this program is to involve young Catholics in grades 8 to 12 (public, private, parochial, or home schools during the current school year) in civic discourse and instill in them religious and life-affirming values.
Councils should have their winners picked by November 15th and sent on to their District Deputy. DDs should have their winners picked by December 15 15th and sent on to their Regional District Deputy. RDDs should have their winners picked by the Mid-Year Meeting and given to me at the Mid-Year meeting or sent to me by January 15th. The State’s winner is due to Supreme by February 15th.
More information on the essay contest can be found on the Supreme website.
Any questions on any of these programs, please contact me.
We need a few Brother Knights to step up and help us with some chairman positions for some state programs.
If you know of any brother Knight that is willing to step up and help. Please contact me at community@kofcnc.org or at 910-526-5124.
Thank you for allowing me to continue to serve you and your councils!
Vivat Jesus!
Nick Nastasi
State Community Director