Christian Caring Center has completed our first task thanks to brother Peter Grieb.  See below Power Washiing! 

was held Saturday, August 21, 2021 
 St. Mary’s of the Lakes School — Medford, NJ

Council 6520 presented a check to Madelyn and Inell Sutton in the amount of $8,000.00 to benefit the Christian Caring Center, of which half will go to the everyday operating expenses, and the balance is earmarked for capital improvements.
They the entire Corn hole committee and the ladies auxiliary, in addition to the brother Knights who helped that day.  Also a special mention and thank you was made to all those members, hotels sponsors and others who donated money to  the event.
Jim Gibson thanked all those who helped make this first event a great success and then introduced  
Madelyn  who was very thankful and surprised at the generous donation.  She thought the event went very well and had a lot of fun while playing in the tournament.  The funds will go to support the organization in so many ways.
Bill also read a letter sent to him by Madelyn that further expressed her gratitude for the event and financial support plus she was very thankful for all the hands on labor we have provided in the past for many projects at the CCC.

St Vincent Depaul-Jim Quigley
Family Promise- Scott Rush
First Way- Bill Harris

Annual charity tournament remains a success despite ongoing challenges of COVID-19 pandemic

Medford, NJ, June 27, 2021 -- St. Mary of the Lakes Knights of Columbus Council 6520 (www.medfordknights.org) hosted its 14th annual charity golf tournament at Medford Lakes Country Club, raising $67,500 for 1st Way of Burlington County, Family Promise of Burlington County, and Medford’s Society of St. Vincent de Paul – organizations that treat every man, woman, and child with respect, dignity, and compassion – nearly a 22% increase from the 2020 event in October.

“We are grateful to our sponsors, golfers, and volunteers, all of whom recognized the continued impact of the COVID-19 crisis on these organizations within in our communities,” said Council 6520 Past Grand Knight Don Bouchard, who co-chaired the event with Bill Schmidt.

The event had 47 sponsors, up from 31 in 2020, including:

• The Law Office of David J. Karbasian, PC (Event Sponsor)
• Miles Technologies (Event Sponsor)
• Zallie’s Fresh Kitchen at ShopRite of Medford (Event Sponsor)
• Wawa (Event Sponsor)
• Holman Enterprises (Platinum Sponsor)
• Surety Title Company (Platinum Sponsor)

• 1st Place: Ann Fulginiti, Mary Ann Hajduk, Lisa Mellas, Michelle Molz.
• 2nd Place: John Lee Madden, Dave Maurer, Kevin Walsh, JT Wambold
• 3rd Place:  Keith Langan, Brian Bouchard, Mike Hyland, Chuck Insalaco

• Closet to the Pin:  Mike Anderson
• Most Accurate Drive:  Randy Ware
• Chipping Contest:  Andre Caldini

The event also featured lunch, a cocktail hour, dinner, a live auction, and a raffle.

The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest Catholic lay organization. Dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism, the Knights provide members and their families with volunteer opportunities for service to people of all backgrounds. In  2020,  the  order  gave  over  $185  million  directly  to  charity; part of  the  $15  billion  given  to  charity  over  the  past 10 years. Members also performed  over 75 million  man-hours  of voluntary service (a $2 billon value).

The St. Vincent de Paul is a Catholic lay organization that allows women and men to join together to grow spiritually by offering person-to-person service to those who are needy and suffering. During the last fiscal year, the Medford Conference helped more than 29,400 men, women, and children with spiritual assistance and food, clothing, and financial help for rent and mortgage, auto insurance, utilities, health care, and other expenses valued at about $385,000. Outreach included 1,521 telephone calls, 662 food deliveries, and 66 home visits.

Family Promise of Burlington County is a non-profit interfaith organization committed to a united outreach by the religious community in Burlington County providing shelter, meals and assistance to homeless families. The program provides help, hope and a safe haven for guests while they seek affordable housing. Since 1997 Family Promise has hosted about 440 families totaling more than 1,500 individuals, including about 1,000 children. In 2020, Family Promise provided 1,754 total nights of shelter.

1st Way of Burlington County helps any woman or girl with an unplanned pregnancy find medical, legal, or psychological help as well as shelter, education, or adoption guidance. 1st Way believes in the sanctity of life, all life – the life of the mother as well as the life of the baby. 1st Way provides free resources which support life affirming choices. This is accomplished through a loving, non-judgement approach with peer counseling, education, and practical services. Over the past year, 1st Way has served over 2,700 families. The organization has distributed 150,000 diapers/pull ups; 2,400 boxes of wipes; 4,500 bottles of lotion, baby wash, and shampoo; 9,000 jars of baby food; 2,800 cans of formula; 230 large baby items such as playpens and thousands of article of clothing.

Annual Christmas Dedication Trees remained a success despite challenges of COVID-19 pandemic

St. Mary of the Lakes Knights of Columbus Council 6520 (www.medfordknights.org) raised $20,500 for its charitable activities and the parish school through its third annual Christ Dedication Tree fundraiser.

More than 200 trees lined the perimeter of St. Mary of the Lakes church grounds during the Christmas season. Each tree memorialized or honored a loved one. The Knights adorned each tree with Christmas lights and a laminated card with the honoree’s name. Many patrons further decorated their tree with personal ornaments.

The trees were removed in just 45 minutes by a multitude of Knights and children and teen volunteers from the Medford area. The Knights donated the trees to BNT Farm in Marlton, delivered by a caravan of trucks and vans. The trees will feed more than 25 goats until March, and the Knights plan to continue donating the trees in the future.

Caption for Attached Photo: Knights of Columbus Council 6520 Grand Knight Bill Mazzio (left) and Christmas Dedication Tree Chair Bill Scheffold (right) present a check for $10,000 to Maria Sobel, St. Mary of the Lakes School Principal, on January 24. 2021.

MEDFORD - 11-20-2020  Today in about 4 hours we successfully removed a damaged, rotting fence surrounding used clothing storage bins at the Village Thrift Shop and installed about 54 feet of new pressure treated wood fence.

Our installation team included members from the Browns Mills Council, Tabernacle Council and Medford Council, hopefully the first of many multi-councils efforts in support of the Christian Caring Center.

The store manager, Randy Holston, was extremely thankful for the work we did and he was especially excited about the added space provided by the addition of about 80 Sq feet to the fenced enclosure.

He also noted the neighbors would be pleased that the new fence now completely hides the rusting clothing bins as well as multiple recyclable bins and miscellaneous tools.

I can’t thank all of you enough for your hard work, expertise, tools and time to make this accomplishment possible.

One additional note - during the fence install PGK Mickey Zawatcki delivered a trailer full of non-perishable food items collected from the Saint Mary of the Lakes community  over the past week to the Christian Caring Outreach Center.  Madelyn Sutton was most appreciative for the timely delivery.

Also enclosed are before and after pictures of the fence project, team pictures and a picture of GK Bill Mazzio presenting a $1000 check, funds collected during our Hunger Harvest, to the Christian Caring Center which was accepted by the Thrift Store Manager Randy Holston.


Thank again brothers,
Jim Wilhelmi       
Community Director