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Monthly Archives: November 2012

Remembering Amputees at Christmas

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

Posted by divinemercyassembly in Amputees, Wounded Warrior Program

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Amputees at Christmas

Our parish is home to a number of veterans.  Many serve as officers in local veterans organizations at a local, district and state level.  You would expect no less from members of a Fourth Degree Assembly, our Patriotic Order of the Knights of Columbus.

Each year, since 2006, the Assembly members have promoted a Veterans’ Day weekend fundraiser.  Their project this year benefits recent amputees who have returned from Afghanistan and other countries.  They are now in the hospital at Ft. Bragg or Camp Lejeune.

Life as an in-patient at a military hospital is, well…  It’s okay. The care is great, but no matter what they do to make a patient comfortable, it is not home.  Imagine being there as an amputee.  They have self doubt, constant pain, and a longing to be with family. But, they are confined to the hospital at Christmas and the hospital is winding down for the holidays.  It will soon be a very lonely place.  Getting these service men and women out of the hospital takes money.  Many don’t have enough to get home and back for more treatment.

We, the men of the Knights of Columbus, have a project to get them home.  Working with the Military Order of the Purple Heart, we raise money around Veterans’ Day.   The parishioners have been very generous each year and this year donated over $3,200.  What we collect is donated as a gift from the people of St. Thomas More Catholic Church.

Did you know that The Military Order of the Purple Heart matches each dollar collected?

Similar collections are taken throughout North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico are doing the same and thousands of dollars were collected.  Last year, 399 amputees were sent home through this effort.

We appreciate the generosity of the parish and want to thank the veterans of the assembly for continuing this annual event in Chapel Hill.  Peace on Earth and Good Will to All Men.

Sending Amputees Home for Christmas

15 Thursday Nov 2012

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We have been looking after hospitalized amputees for a number of years now.  The brainchild of then District Master Sir Knight Robert Singer, Knights of the Fourth Degree spend their Veterans Day weekend speaking out for our amputees at both the Camp Lejuene and Ft Bragg Hospitals.

Military men and women are always in the hospital over a holiday period.  They are not yet released, so travel pay home is not an option.  Our amputees need to be home with those who love them and we have created a special project for this purpose.

We passed the basket after each mass during 3-4 November.  Total raised at St. Thomas More Catholic Church?  $3,200!  This is awesome in that we are in a very tight economy and personal budgets have taken some heavy hits in our town.  We thank the members of our church for their generosity.

Sir Knights from North and South Carolina, Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico join our province assemblies to raise money to send amputees home.  We work with the Military Order of the Purple Heart.  They provide matching funds and they are a 501(c)(3) charity for tax purposes.

This is just one of the many projects Catholic men undertake to help others outside of our church, especially veterans. Want to add a donation to the this year’s project?  Contact us

 

Serving Our VA Hospital Vets

15 Thursday Nov 2012

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As we celebrate Veterans Day this year, we are asked to recommit ourselves to the Principal of “Patriotism“, the Principal of the Fourth Degree. The Order needs you, Sir Knights, and our Veterans need you!

Here’s a message from Thomas DuPree, North Carolina District VAVS Representative VA. “When our country needed them our veterans answered the call to serve. Now Members of the Knights of Columbus are being called to serve our veterans through our program: Serving Those Who Served.

Our goal is to have an active corp of Knights serving as Volunteers at EVERY Veteran’s Administration medical facility in the nation. We do this thru the VAVS Program- Veterans Affairs Volunteer Service. The VAVS is one of the largest volunteer programs in the Federal government.

There were 139,383 volunteers on the rolls during FY 2012, with 83,648 active VAVS volunteers contributing a total of 12,207,443 hours. The FY 2012 total VAVS hours equate to 5,869 full-time employee equivalent positions. The current monetary value of the 12,207,443 hours from all VAVS volunteers is over $266 million based on the 2011 Independent Sector’s formula of $21.79 per hour. VAVS volunteers and their organizations contributed over $87 million in gifts and donations in FY 2012 for a total value of $354.6 million in volunteer giving.

It is impossible to calculate the amount of caring and sharing that these VAVS volunteers provide to Veteran patients. VAVS volunteers are a priceless asset to the Nation’s Veterans and to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

QUESTION? Have you done your part in serving our Veterans? The possibilities are limited ONLY by the imagination and the needs of the veterans. PLEASE contact me for opportunities! Email me or call me at 919-577-6901.”

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