Ladies Appreication Night 2018

We call it that because, without a little (or a lot) of support from home, we’d not be able to do all the things we do. Before dinner, Joe Suminski our Grand Knight and evening’s Master of Ceremony started by turning things over to Gary Kopp. Gary is the District Deputy. He collects money in an oversized baby bottle at every meeting he attends. Periodically, he dispurses those funds to worthy causes. Since we all love Sister Val, last night was her turn to recieve the monies to further her ood works.

The December Knight of the Month is Dan O’Brien. He is at every single event we have and more than likely is being pressed into service making coffee

The December Family of the Month is lovely Sandy and Mark DiPaola. Mark is the Deputy Grand Knight and is fully involved in every aspect of our mission.

The Family of the Year are the McKinnon’s. Mike has been our Recorder for many years. Matt has been Financial Secretary and a Trustee. With MaryAnn, they are very involved with all our events and activities. They coordinate and give the prayer books and cards to the families requesting a Rosary. They also present all wedded couples at St Clement a very nice bible as part of the wedding Mass. They really are the most awesome people!

The Lady of Year goes to Jean Illner. Jean is very active in the Parish and her and Karrie are our Domestic Church Couple. Together, they lead the Parish and Family Life Ministry for the Parish. They had the good sense to leave for Florida before it got cold. So, I’ll just hand your major award in my office till you get back! 🙂

And the Knight of the Year go to Norm Rumph. Norm has held many officer positions over the years and was a charter member of 7018. He’s been a Knight for 65 years. Despite being almost 90, Norm is at Mass every week and helps out at everything. When Joe announced he was Knight of the Year, the room exploded in applause and cheering. Later in the evening, the leader of the band said, “I can tell there’s a lot of love for Norm based on the reaction he got.” He’s not wrong. Congratulations Norm!