By: Ken Warzybok - Thu, Jun 29, 2023 8:10 AM

At 7am on Tuesday, there was a knock at my door. A father-type and his son. They spoke very little English.  From what I could tell, they were from Afghanistan and lived in a small two-bedroom house with their six kids and no air conditioning. The reason for their visit was because the Pastor of their church had given them eight bicycles and were told to bring them to me.

So they unloaded the bikes, and when done, asked what I do with them. I explained the Knights Bikes program and they blessed me for doing it. All this time, his son had his eye on a black Schwinn. The dad pulled out some cash and asked how much for the bike; his son had a long way to school and needed a bicycle. I told him that they brought me eight bikes, so the least I could do was to give them one for his son.

As they loaded up the bike, I could see tears in his son’s eyes. He gave me a big hug and said thank you. Great how it all works out.

God bless you all!

-       Max Cornellier

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Since 2014, Father John W. Howard Council 8500 in Highland has sponsored Knight’s Bikes to provide bicycles to children and adults in need. The program repairs and refurbished unwanted bicycles and purchases new bicycles to provide them to others. The program distributes more than 125 bicycles each year.

By: Gary Merritt - Sun, Jun 4, 2023 8:52 AM

The weekend of May 27/28, the Knights bikes program of Council #8500 delivered 15 free bikes to Bishop Kenneth L Tate of The Body of Christ Church in Detroit. Bishop Kenneth Tate is an anchor in the community in many different ways, including a food drive he runs almost every Friday throughout the year. You can listen to Bishop Tate from Tuesday to Friday mornings on WMUZ FM, radio from 4 AM to 5 AM. We have supported Bishop Tate for many years, and plan on continuing to do so in the future. To God be the glory we have  given away 1192 bikes as of today!

If you know of anyone who needs a bike, or if you have a bike to donate, please let us know.

Thank you Gary Cornellier  Fr, John Howard Council #8500 Highland Michigan.

By: Gary Merritt - Wed, May 3, 2023 9:15 AM

Fellow Parishioners of Holy Spirit Parish in Highland, Tom and Laura Abraham needed some home repairs. They allowed several of our Knights to come over and help out. The Holy Spirit truly showed up and many important tasks were taken care of by a very energetic crew.

I would like to thank Knights of Columbus Father John Howard Council #8500 members, Dave Sisson, Ken Glover, Christopher Porter, Tom Abraham, Maxwell Cornellier and a solid, thank you to Payment Pounders LLC, owner, Ryan Kresge, and his nine-year-old son Bryce, who donated all the materials and labor to safely correct the front porch situation. I certainly know Bryce out-worked me but more importantly his energetic, smiling face was welcomed by Tom and Laura. Last, but not least Laura Abraham, who was the supervisor and Denise Godin, who kept everybody in line. It was like Christmas in April!

If I have forgotten anyone. I’m getting a little old and I apologize.

Gary Cornellier Fr. John Howard Council #8500 Highland, Michigan

By: Lawrence Grabowski - Thu, Apr 13, 2023 3:42 PM

Gary Cornellier, a member of Fr. John Howard Council #8500 in Highland, MI looks on as Malika, a staff member at the Homework House in Highland Park, tries out a new bike donated by the council’s Knight’s Bike initiative.

Malika will use the bicycle to travel to work at the Homework House, which provides children in the Detroit suburb with a safe place to study.

Knight’s Bikes has distributed new and refurbished bicycles to children and adults in need since 2014. The program now gives away more than 125 bicycles each year.

By: Gary Merritt - Mon, Mar 13, 2023 6:15 PM

Since 2014, Father John W. Howard Council 8500 in Highland has sponsored Knight’s Bikes to provide bicycles to children and adults in need. The program repairs and refurbished unwanted bicycles and purchases new bicycles to provide them to others. The program distributes more than 125 bicycles each year