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PA Keystone Knight Newsletter
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awards and acknowledgements
- Star Council
- PA State Faith in Action Awards
- Fr. McGivney Award
- Columbian Award
- Founder's Award
- Food For Families
- Vocation Sponsors
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Star Council Recipients - Council Grand Knight
Star Awards - The Star Council Award recognizes outstanding achievement in membership, insurance and programming. In order to achieve the Star Council Award, a council must earn the Father McGivney, Founder’s, and Columbian Awards. Additionally, the council must submit both the Annual Survey of Fraternal Activity (#1728) and Service Program Personnel Report (#365). In the United States and Canada councils must also be fully compliant with applicable safe environment requirements.
Star Council Award - Robert M. Gabriel, Grand Knight - 1998-1999
Star Council Award (Triple Star) - Joseph D. Pargola, Grand Knight - 2019-2020
Star Council Award (Double Star) - Joseph D. Pargola, Grand Knight - 2020-2021
Star Council Award - Joseph D. Pargola, Grand Knight - 2021-2022
Star Council Award - Joseph D. Pargola, Grand Knight - 2022-2023
Star Council Award - Joseph D. Pargola, Grand Knight - 2023-2024
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PA State Faith in Action Awards
Each year at the Pennsylvania State Convention, the State Knights of Columbus award Faith in Action Awards in the following categories of Community, Life, Faith and Family. Each category is broken down into divisions defined by Council membership. Programs must be organized by the council or involve significant participation by council members to qualify. Programs must also engage members by enhancing faith and spirituality, serving a charitable purpose, or a combination of the two. Program descriptions should reference how they meet these criteria. Along with the description of the program, provide the program's purpose, goals, accomplishments and why it deserves to win the award.
Pennsylvania State Council - Faith Award 2022
Pennsylvania State Council - Life Award 2023
Pennsylvania State Council - Family Award 2023
Pennsylvania State Council - Life Award 2024
Pennsylvania State Council - Community Award 2024
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Fr. McGivney Award - This award recognizes excellence in your council’s membership growth. To win this award your council must meet or exceed its yearly membership quota. The quota for 2020-2021 is 5% net increase in the council’s membership as of July 1, 2020 (minimum of three and maximum of twenty). There is no application that must be completed in order to earn the Father McGivney Award.
Councils that attain Star Council status and achieve 200 percent of their net gain goal will receive the Double Star Council Award. Councils that achieve 300 percent of their net gain goal will receive the Triple Star Council Award.Fr. McGivney Award Recipient Years:1991 - 19921992 - 19931997 - 19981999 - 20002008 - 20092019 - 20202020 - 20212021 - 20222022 - 20232023 - 2024
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Columian Award - This award recognizes excellence in your council’s programming and charitable outreach. To earn this award your council must conduct and report programs in each of the four program categories (Faith, Family, Community, and Life) for a total of 16 program credits, with four in each category.Columbian Award Recipient Years:1999 - 20002005 - 20062019 - 20202020 - 20212021 - 20222022 - 20232023 - 2024
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Founder's Award - This award recognizes excellence in your council’s promotion of our top-rated insurance products.Founder's Award Recipient Years:
1991 - 1992
1992 - 1993
2010 - 2011
2019 - 2020
2020 - 2021
2021 - 2022
2022 - 2023
2023 - 2024
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Food For Families Program - Knights of Columbus are committed to helping end hunger through the Food for Families Program which has donated millions of dollars and millions of pounds of food toward this cause. Council and parish families will raise funds to support their local food pantries, food banks and soup kitchens. For every $500 or 1,000 pounds of food donated, the Supreme Council will refund $100 back to the council – up to a maximum of $500 per council per fraternal year. Though in-kind donation of food is valuable, leaders of hunger-relief organizations often comment that financial contributions can be stretched even further and allow nonprofits to procure the exact items needed by the organization and its clients. Food For Families Program Recipient Years:
2012 - 2013
2015 - 2016
2018 - 2019
2020 - 2021
2021 - 2022
2022 - 2023
2023 - 2024
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Vocation Sponsor Award - Knights of Columbus stand in solidarity with our priests and religious. Through this program, council and parish families will raise funds to support seminarians in their area. For every $500 given to an individual, the Supreme Council will refund the council or assembly $100. The maximum refund a council or assembly can receive is $400 per individual supported. Though financial support is vitally important, it is not the only aspect of the RSVP. Councils are also called to provide their “adopted” seminarian or religious aspirant with moral support and prayers for their success.
Vocation Sponsor Award Recipient Years:
1998 - 1999
1999 - 2000
2000 - 2001
2001 - 2002
2002 - 2003
