You are here: Home / News / Knights of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest  Open to all Catholic students currently in grades 8 – 12. $50.00 – award for first place winners in each grade. Winning essays will be forwarded to the next level of competition. Essays, at each grade level, that advance all the way to the International level will receive: All essays are due by October 15, 2018. For more detailed information and entry forms, please contact Sam Gonzalez at 281-980-8762 or email at or visit the Knights of Columbus St. Basil Council 4204 website. Aid & Support After PregnancyBy Lito Alvarez • 19 Aug, 2022 • Aid and Support After Pregnancy (ASAP) Program Hawai’i - Mary Jane Home WHAT : The KofC Hawai’i State Council is partnering with the Mary Jane Home (MJH) to provide for the needs of local pregnant mothers and their babies in support of the new ASAP program. WHO : MJH serves between 12 and 15 new mothers annually both during their pregnancy and for up to five years after giving birth in its aftercare program. Because these women may be in a crisis pregnancy, at risk for homelessness, or in an unsupportive home environment, MJH provides them with transitional housing, food, individual and group counseling, child care, and adoption referrals as well as daily classes in infant care, childbirth and other valuable life skills to encourage them to choose life. WHY : MJH is a pro-life and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that is wholly owned and operated by Catholic Charities Hawaii. It does not receive state or federal grants for funding, and recently lost the support of a Castle Foundation grant that had provided $60,000 annually towards its aftercare program. For this reason, MJH is well suited and a priority for ASAP partnership. HOW : MJH is looking to the Knights for help to subsidize its mothers' rent, food, and child care expenses, which costs approximately $2,000/month for each mother. Additionally, MJH has requested the following baby items: - 24 infant car seats (new only) - 24 strollers (new only) - 24 cribs or pack-n-plays - 24 safety gates - Diapers (newborn to size 3) - Baby wipes - Baby formula - Baby bottles WHEN : Each Council may determine the timing for its own fundraisers or item drives, but any delivery to MJH must first be coordinated through the program chair or directly with MJH. To garner attention and facilitate parish/community giving, it is recommended that drives coincide with other pro-life events like 40 Days for Life 365 (Sept 28 - Nov 6), the National Prayer Vigil for Life and March for Life (Jan 19th-20th), the Day of the Unborn Child (Mar 25th), or Mother’s Day (May 14th). COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS : To make monetary contributions, please make donations directly to the Mary Jane Home in-person. For maternity and baby item donations, please contact Jennie Heleski at or 808-261-9776 to coordinate delivery to MJH. For questions regarding MJH’s needs or to coordinate presentation of donations, please contact the ASAP Program Chair, Br. Drew Woodward at . EXECUTION GUIDANCE : All donations are eligible for program credits towards both ASAP and Pregnancy Center Support (PCS) programs. For every $500 a council or assembly donates (up to $2,000), Supreme will issue a $100 grant (up to $400) to MJH. Qualified donations include both monetary contributions or baby items that have an estimated value of at least $500. Because PCS is a Featured Program, Councils may earn two program credits towards the Columbian Award by hosting a separate item drive or “baby shower” to collect MJH’s requested items. Donation may not be counted twice towards both programs, it is suggested to donate baby items under Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) and money under ASAP. . OverviewAll 8th Graders (OLS and Religious Education students) are invited to participate in the 2021-2022 Knights of Columbus (K of C) Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest. This contest encourages today’s youth to be more connected to their community and their Catholic faith through creative writing. The local contest is being hosted by St. Francis Knights of Columbus Council #4401. Student essays must be original compositions of 500-750 words that address the following topic:
Deadline for submissions has been extended to January 10th, 2022 at 10:00pm. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” – James 1:2-4 Prizes 2020 Award Winners Instructions
For technical assistance with your entry or problems related to your submission, please have your parent/guardian email For questions regarding the essay contest, topic, prizes, or judging, please have your parent/guardian email Submit Your EssayParent/Guardian Phone(Required) Parent/Guardian Email(Required) Please upload your entry form(Required) You can download the entry form from the link in the instructions above. Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, Max. file size: 10 MB. Please upload your essay(Required) Essay should be 500-750 words on the topic described above. Accepted file types: doc, docx, pdf, Max. file size: 10 MB. |
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