The January 2009 issue of Visions is now online.
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“Together, let us make 2009 the Year of the Volunteer” – So says a full page ad by the Knights of Columbus in regional editions of USA Today. View the ad here.
“Monday, Americans from coast to coast will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by participating in a national day of service,” the ad states. “If 2008 will be remembered for lapses in character,” the ad continues, “let us make the year 2009 remembered for the best in human character.”
“We invite you to give of your time and your talent as a volunteer with an organization such as ours in your community.”
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…for charitable giving, volunteer service
New Haven, CT – June 6, 2008 - The Knights of Columbus announced today that it set new all-time
records for charitable giving and volunteer service hours in 2007. Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson released the results of the survey in a speech to state deputies and members of the board of directors in New Haven, Connecticut.
The results of the Order’s Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity for the year ending December 31, 2006 show that total contributions to charity at all levels reached $144,911,781 – exceeding the previous year’s total by more $1 million. The figure includes $31,235,220 donated by the Supreme Council, and $113,676,561 in charitable donations from state and local councils, Fourth Degree assemblies, and squire circles.
The survey also shows that the reported number of volunteer hours by Knights for charitable causes grew to 68,270,432 hours, up more than 400,000 hours from 2005. There were 393,030 Knights of Columbus blood donors during the year, and Knights made more than 5.5 million visits to the sick and bereaved.
Cumulative figures show that during the past decade, the Knights of Columbus has donated nearly $1.28 billion to charity, and provided in excess of 612 million hours of volunteer service in support of charitable causes.
The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest lay Catholic organization, with more than 1.75 million members in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, Central America, and Poland.
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