KC Council 2400 Newsletter Published by: Gayle Boudreau, Grand Knight (651-463-4983) Date: April 25, 2004 Deputy Grand Knight, Jerry Cyrus (651-463-2952) Financial Secretary, Jeff Hince (651-463-2996) District Deputy, Jim Toensing (952-435-5356)

Membership Dues If you have not paid your membership dues, please do so as soon as possible. Mail your dues to Jeff Hince at 21080 Darsow Ave. E. Farmington, MN 55024

K of C, Mason, Lions Picnic Mark your calendars for Tuesday, May 18 th for our annual K of C, Mason, Lions picnic. It will be held at the Andy Derner farm on county road 66 east of Farmington. The Knights will be hosting the meal this year. Andy will be needing help to set up for this event. Please call him if you can help, at 651-463-8301. Everyone is encouraged to come and enjoy food, fellowship and card games that evening. We will be eating at 7:00 pm. Come early if you can, happy hour starts at 5:00 pm. Andy lives 3 ½ miles east of Farmington on county road 66, on right side of road. Look for balloons on their mail box. Hope to see you there.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS ANNUAL SPRING BANQUET We had a great turn out for the banquet, Sunday evening at the Eagles. About 90 people attended. Bud Neer won Knight of the year award. Erwin and Helen Hagen won Family of the Year. Congratulations to them! Thank you to Andy Derner, Jim Czech and Bill May for chairing this event.

Attendance Award Erwin Hagen won the attendance award for the May meeting.

Youth Breakfast The April 4th breakfast was a great success. We grossed $ 1400.00, a check for $872.00 will be given to the Youth Ministry. Thank you to Joe Hajduk, chair and to everyone who helped with the breakfast.

Waffle Breakfast Ladies Auxiliary It was great!!!!!! They served 661 people. They made $ 1550.00 after expenses. They had a great turn out, delicious waffles and it was a huge success. GOOD JOB!!!

Tootsie Roll Drive Allan Cloutier is in charge of the Tootsie Roll Drive this year. April 30, May 1st, and May 2nd are the dates, if you can help please call him at 651-463-4558.

First Degree We will be hosting a First Degree exemplification on May 4th at 7:00 pm. Our meeting will follow the Degree.

Newcomers Breakfast This breakfast will be held on May 2nd. Duane Eich will be chairing this, please call him at 651-460-6000 if you can help.

Dates to Remember April 29th officers meeting 7:30 pm- fireside room April 30th , May 1st, May 2nd Tootsie Roll Drive May 2nd Newcomers Breakfast May 4th First Degree and General meeting 7:00 pm May 18th K of C, Mason, Lions picnic- eat at 7:00 pm (happy hour at 5:00 pm) May 27th Officers meeting 7:30 pm-fireside room June 1st General meeting

Know what counts No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? There are spaces between our fingers so that another person’s fingers can fill them in.