Cans for Seminarians 2.0
- Thu, Oct 22, 2020 1:39 AM
We once again want to thank you for the awesome job you did on part one of the” Cans for Seminarians” Challenge. Raising 30,000 + dollars by taking cans back certainly shows your dedication and love for our Brothers as they drive forward towards the goal of their chosen vocation! Hip hip hooray to all our 64,000 members and their families for keeping the dream alive!
So, with that being said, It’s now time for Part 2 of our Cans for Seminarians Challenge!
Part 2 is a District vs District Competition with a Winner Take All complete with bragging rights and a cool trophy to display for your Districts Achievement! That’s right, your Councils showed what they as individuals could do now it’s time to have you, the District Deputies to come alive and lead your Councils to Victory! The rules for this are pretty simple, the District that brings in the most funds wins, and there is only one winning District in the State! The second rule is that all the funds from this round are to be collected and used exclusively for the” Seminarian Endowment Fund”, this a hard-fast rule for all Diocesan Areas. So, you ask what’s in in for us other than the bragging rights for an awesome District and a very cool trophy designed especially for this program? The prize of course!
After much thought at what could motivate your Districts to pull this off, the answer was “time” The winning District will enjoy an Exclusive Catered Dinner in your District hosted by the State Deputy and the entire Board of Officers and their wives. Your dinner guests will include, you and your wife, the Council Grand Knights and their wives, your Financial Secretaries and their wives and your Program Directors [who should be tracking your progress] and their wives and because it’s a Statewide Contest the Diocesan Chaplain from your Area will also be invited to join your evening’s festivities and maybe some Seminarians to fill out the guest list and there could be special guest to be announced! Your evening will include Hospitality with some lively conversation, a beautiful catered dinner and some after dinner glow to conclude the evening. Sounds nice huh!
The kickoff date is November 1, 2020 and will run until May 7th, 2021. The winner will be announced at the State Convention during the Awards Ceremony and will be presented with the Trophy by the State Deputy Walter Winkle and your total shared then. Checks for part 2 should be sent to the State Secretary Chris Kolomjec with Cans for Seminarians in the memo line. Just as in Part one I will track the Districts as they report their totals. So let’s rev up those can return machines and make some magic happen, as we have said “If every member and their family just takes back 10.00 worth of returnables and donated that money to our Endowment Fund we could raise 640,000 Dollars” and that would do a lot of good for a lot of good men!
Vivat Jesus - Charlie Mc Cuen II State Advocate