Category: Council

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Christmas Party

jpeg2015christmasAll Brother Knights and their significant others are invited to join us for the annual council Christmas Party. Over the next few days you should be receiving a postcard in the mail from us here at the council (Looks similar to the one pictured to the left) that will also lead you to this page. We plan to update this page with any last minute event information updates etc. However, we would like to ask that you please RSVP using the below link and specify your attendance and participation if you wish to in the Christmas Gift Exchange.

Should for some reason the $20 charge be a burden on you and thus hinder your attendance to the party we encourage you to ask that the cost be waived.

For more information on this event please contact Bill Swing or Dave Stumpf.

The event schedule is planned as follows:

18:30 arrival and appetizers

19:15 Dinner

20:00 Gift Exchange

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Breakfast Buffet raises $1,300.00 for church kitchen fund

MEDINA MN – Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus Council #13096 hosted a Breakfast Buffet on November 15th 2015 at Holy Name Church. The proceeds from this Buffet were designated to go Holy Name to help offset kitchen expenses. I am happy to report that the Council was able to donate $1,300.00 for this cause. Thanks to all who helped to make event a success.

The next Breakfast Buffet will be held on Sunday March 6th with the proceeds to go to the Food Shelves in Maple Plain & at IOCP. Plan to join for this great Breakfast and help out these worthy causes.

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Good Samaritan Knights announce appointment of PR Chair

Medina MN- November 11, 2015 –

The Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Dave Stumpf appointed durging the regular business meeting Brother Jason A. Touw as the new Public Relations Committee Chair. This position is appointed by the Grand Knight and is a new role for the council.

As part of this role Touw will aid and oversee in all areas of marketing for the council. These include

  • Creation of content
  • Photography at events
  • Assistance with our new bi-weekly email newsletter
  • Updates to website
  • Press Releases
  • Flyer creation / distribution of flyers

Brother Touw is a parishoner of Holy Name of Jesus and transferred to our council back in September 2015 as a 4th degree Knight. Since joining our council Brother Touw has been very active with attendance at numerous events, meetings, and helped redesign our council website which can be viewed at www.hnojkc.com. Prior to joining our council Touw was a member of the Marian Council 3827 Knights of Columbus in Bloomington, MN since 2009. Brother Touw helped develop the marketing program for the Bloomington Council bringing them to receive the State Marketing award in 2014. Prior to being a member in Bloomington Touw had been a Knight in Boca Raton, FL. at Our Lady of Lourdes council #11241 and joined the order of the Knights of Columbus in 2007 as a 3rd Degree at a ceremony at Our Lady of Mercy Council in Pompano Beach, FL. He joined the ranks of the 4th degree at a ceremony in Orlando, FL 6 months later in the spring of 2008.

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Members needed for a Marketing Committee

Would you consider being a member of our newest committee at The Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus 13096?

At the November 10th council meeting it was brought up by our newly appointed Public Relations Chair Jason A. Touw that he is in need of some additional brothers to help out with marketing efforts and the updating of the website. Some of the tasks are

  • Creation of content
  • Photography at events
  • Assistance with our new bi-weekly email newsletter
  • Updates to website
  • Press Releases
  • Flyer creation / distribution of flyers

If you can write a word document, send an email, or surf the web that’s the only experience you need.

Please consider this opportunity and contact Brother Jason asap!

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New Officer Elected at Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus

Medina, MN. – During the Good Samaritan Knights of Columbus #13096 monthly council meeting, Grand Knight Dave Stumpf called a special election for the Office of Warden.

0160_2The Brother’s present nominated and elected Brother Jason A. Touw into the role. Brother Touw is a parishoner of Holy Name of Jesus and transferred to our council back in September 2015 as a 4th degree Knight. Since joining our council Brother Touw has been very active with attendance at numerous events, meetings, and helped redesign our council website which can be viewed at www.hnojkc.com. Prior to joining our council Touw was a member of the Marian Council 3827 Knights of Columbus in Bloomington, MN since 2009. Brother Touw helped develop the marketing program for the Bloomington Council bringing them to receive the State Marketing award in 2014. Prior to being a member in Bloomington Touw had been a Knight in Boca Raton, FL. at Our Lady of Lourdes council  #11241 and joined the order of the Knights of Columbus in 2007 as a 3rd Degree at a ceremony at Our Lady of Mercy Council in Pompano Beach, FL. He joined the ranks of the 4th degree at a ceremony in Orlando, FL 6 months later in the spring of 2008.

 

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Coats For Kids

Launched in 2009 by the Supreme Office of the Knights of Columbus, the K of C “Coats for Kids” program has already provided more than 170,000 new coats to children in need. More than 1,200 K of C councils participated in this program in the past year and our council provides coats for kids that are in need and deliver them to the IOCP organization. Once again this year we will be participating in the project. Learn more form the below video or visit www.KofC.org/coats.

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Breakfast Buffet Supporting HNOJ Kitchen on November 15th

pancakesOur next breakfast buffet is Sunday November 15th.   Proceeds from this breakfast will support the operations of the HNOJ kitchen.  Support this worthy cause by signing up for one or both of these shifts:

 

  • 1st shift:  6:15AM-10:15AM
  • 2nd shift: 10:15AM-1:30PM

If you have further questions about this breakfast you can e-mail Breakfast Buffet Chair, Tom Silver, at [email protected] otherwise please sign up to help

Thanks to all who helped with the October 4th pro life breakfast. Our net (after expenses) came to approximately $1,400 all of which went to support pro life organizations!

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2 New Brothers Welcomed

(L to R) Brother Knight Kent Krager, Grant Knight Dave Stumpf, Brother Knight Charles Gonderinger, 1st Year Trustee Dan Cincoski
(L to R) Brother Knight Kent Krager, Grant Knight Dave Stumpf, Brother Knight Charles Gonderinger, 1st Year Trustee Dan Cincoski

On Thursday October 29th, 2015 the Good Samaritan Council 13096 was pleased to welcome our two newest members to the council. These gentleman were welcomed in during the major degree ceremony hosted by our Brother Knights at the St Joseph the Worker council in Maple Grove, MN.with 13 other catholic gentleman joining from various other councils twin cities wide. Also in attendance to welcome these new knights at this ceremony was our Grand Knight Dave Stumpf, 1st Year Trustee Dan Cincoski and Brother knight / council webmaster Jason Touw. 

Congratulations and welcome to the council Kent Krager & Charles Gonderinger.

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Minnetonka Life Care Center Expansion Project

Cynpro lifedie Gloe, Director of the Minnetonka Life Care Center, is asking for our help with the expansion of the Center. New space previously occupied by an adjacent salon will be added. Work will involve tear down of walls, cabinets, ceiling, flooring, sheet rocking, etc. The goal is to have this project completed by mid January.

Brother Greg Wacek and his partner Dave Peterson will be providing us with the details, i.e. timing, number of volunteers, specific tasks, etc.  (You may recall that Greg completed the construction of a new room in the Center back in 2012.) Watch for these details in an upcoming announcement.

At this time, we are looking for a Knight to serve as the “Council Project Liaison”. This person would be responsible for communicating with Greg and/or Dave and coordinating KC Council volunteers. If interested, please contact Bill Swing.

A great opportunity to promote life!

Join Us

If you have any questions about our Council and would like to talk to someone, email us at [email protected] and we’ll get back with you.

If you are ready to join, click here Join Here  and complete the form.  Be sure to enter our Council# 13096 when filling it out.

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