Irish Hills Council 6223 achieves a milestone with Ramp number 400!
By: Ken Warzybok -
Fri, Aug 4, 2023 11:13 AM
It has been 40 years since the beginning of Project Ramp for the Irish Hills Knights of Columbus Council 6223.
The Holy Cross Brothers who sponsored Holy Cross Childrens Services offered a $5000 grant to get Project Ramp started. That money multiplied over the succeeding years and by 1991 the first 100 ramps were installed in only 7 years. The 200th ramp was built in 1997. Ramp 300 was completed in 2005.
Finally, on August 1, 2023, ramp number 400 was installed. Ramp number 400 was built for Robert Padley, a member of Council 6223 a District Deputy. Robert will undergo two knee replacements on August 8th.
Coincidentally, Robert served as a lead carpenter on dozens of ramps in the past, Hopefully, with successful surgery and rehab, Robert will be donating his ramp back to the project in a few months. Notably, many of the council’s ramps are built of recycled ramps and ramp materials.
More than 40 Knights have participated as volunteers during the last 40 years. More than 1200 youths have been involved as well. The Brother Knights are working hard to make sure that all disabled persons can have a quality ramp, mobility, and as normal a lifestyle as possible.
Deacon Gene Hausmann has overseen this program for 40 years and in 2017, Project Ramp won the Family Service Award from the Michigan Knights of Columbus!
