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Monthly Archives: November 2007

St. Thomas More Parish Helps NC Amputees

11 Sunday Nov 2007

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Chapel Hill Catholics opened their hearts and donated $3,499 to help our returning veterans, the wounded amputees in North Carolina.

Local effort should fund 20 trips home for Christmas.

The Knights of Columbus through the Divine Mercy Assembly asked the St. Thomas More parish to help them send wounded soldiers and Marines home for Christmas. The target of our project are the Iraq and Afghanistan amputees at Camp LeJuene and Fort Bragg. As of late October, there were 121 Marines and 31 soldiers undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.

This program started last year when the Knights of the Fourth Degree raised $9,000 statewide. That project funded sending 62 amputees home for the Christmas Holidays. This year there are about 145 amputees needing help.

The local Chapel Hill project of Faithful Navigator Lee Heavlin was a simple one. “I want to ask the people of our parish to make a good will offering to North Carolina hospitalized amputees on Veterans Day.” Father John Durbin supported the effort and after each mass made a simple pulpit announcement of the Knight’s intentions. He also asked the parishioners to join in a blessing of all veterans, of all nations, of all wars. The baskets filled to overflowing.

“We had little kids donating their coins,” said Jim Merkle who was watching the basket at the church’s pancake breakfast. “This little fellow came up and dropped in his coins. He just wanted to help.”

“I don’t recall any other good will offering, except for our food for the poor, that has received such strong parish support,” said Lee Heavlin. “The response was far greater than I expected. I even had a few people who expressed a desire to make a larger contribution. Others asked what they could do to send something to the soldiers still overseas for Christmas.”

The Knights of Columbus is working with The Military Order of the Purple Heart (a 501c3 charity). This group is arranging for the distribution of funds to send our soldiers and Marines home. Each dollar collected is matched by the Order, giving our drive a cash value of $7,000.

If you would like to make a donation, make your check out to The Military Order of the Purple Heart and send it to the Knights care of the parish office. We will forward all funds onward on behalf of the parish community. All donations are tax deductible.

Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11th

08 Thursday Nov 2007

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This Sunday is Veterans Day. It is the anniversary of the end of World War I on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

Let’s take a moment to remember our dead, our veterans and those who serve and defend us now.

During the last century, few families did not have someone in the service or having served. The draft was used during wartime and many a citizen stepped forward at the call of their nation. Today, our soldiers, sailors and airmen are part of an all volunteer force. Our National Guard and Reserves are overseas as much if not more than their active duty comrades. The men of the Knights of Columbus applaud their efforts and we thank them for their service.

Let a veteran or soldier know that you appreciate and have appreciated their sacrifices for you and your family. Stop and shake their hand, tell them, “Thank You.”

They will greatly appreciate your expression of thanks. For they and we have served not for ourselves, but for our Nation.

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