WSC History - Knights of Columbus Washington State Council

Michael Rohr ISGregory Schmidt ScribRev Frank SchusterSean SmithGregory Steiert AdmDelbert Treichel CompRonald Yolk OSRobert WillinghamOur meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month. We serve a free dinner at 6:00pm – meetings begin at 7:00 pm. All of our programs are directed toward Patriotism.One of our current programs is to support Heartbeat for Wounded Warriors. There is a collectionbasket in the church for essentials that our wounded men and women could use at Madigan Hospital(Joint Base Lewis McChord) during their recovery. At Christmas, this effort filled 900 stockings. OurAssembly also has a collection basket in church that supports the Coats for Vets Program. These coats aredelivered to St Martin de Pores Center in Seattle where there are many residents that are homelessveterans and need a warm place to sleep each night.We proudly issue Patriotic Service Awards to veterans from Washington State that receivedsignificant recognition for acts of bravery. Two such men are: Thomas James Kinsman – CongressionalMedal of Honor – Vietnam War and Leroy Arthur Petry – Congressional Medal of Honor – Afghanistan.The assembly has a Sir Knight Sponsor/Mentor Program to facilitate and welcome new membersinto activities and programs of the Assembly. Recruiters commit to sponsor or mentor new members for6 months by providing the following:1) Provide a yearly calendar of events and meetings2) Call to invite them to Assembly Meetings and events3) Provide transportation to events and meetings if needed4) Determine the new Sir Knight's interests and biography information5) Ask the new Sir Knight to help with an upcoming event6) Ensure that new Sir Knight is on the mailing/Calling Post list7) Make new Sir Knights aware of websites for the State and Supreme Councils, and the Knights ofColumbus Hall – and to share their email addresses8) Inform new Sir Knight on procedures about:a) How do I volunteer for an event?b) How do I track & report volunteer hours?c) What is the JCM Corporation?d) How do I rent the Knight's Hall?e) If new Sir Knight knows of a prospective new member, help him with The Form 4f) Make sure new Sir Knight gets name to Faithful Comptroller for his Assembly badge.g) What is Heartbeat for Wounded Warriors?h) What is our Memorial Program for Deceased Sir Knights?i) When do we issue Patriotic Service Awards?The assembly has established a Memorial Program to recognizedeceased 4th Degree Knights. After much discussion and review of theby-laws established by Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, it wasdecided that our Assembly would issue a Memorial Travel Mass Kit eachyear in which a member or members of our Assembly has died.The Travel Mass Kits include: a chalice with cup, paten, host box,sprinkler, oil stock, cruets, crucifix, candles, stole, and altar, hand andfinger cloths all contained in a hard sided, durable plastic case withcombination lock. The case is engraved with: Our Lady of the Americas,Knights of Columbus Assembly 3123, Bothell, Washington, USA and includes the name(s) of SirKnights who have passed away during the year. The Kit is presented to a priest, either here or abroad, tobe used in his service to Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Priest candidate names are submitted at eachJanuary meeting and voted on during February.