MENTAL HEALTH DRIVE

Remember, this month is the MH Drive It is our biggest fundraiser of the year!! How are you going to help during this most important event? This year it is the weekend of September 18-20th, 2009. Have you been talking to your contacts for their commitment to helping at this years drive? Keep in mind, the more teams we have, the more locations we can cover, the more funds we can raise to help others in need!! Additional information will be given at the September business meeting or contact Scott Baxendale (847) 818-0000 or sbaxendale@marshallip.com.

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

We all know someone who is in need of, or can use, prayers. Let us all remember those listed below as well.

Ray Check, Marilyn Dockus, Al Eberhardt, Mae Gallager, Don Hecht, John Helminski, Phil Krueger, Kathy Morrow, Carol Sanders, Fred Sharkey, Phil Smith, Mike Vincenzo.

In addition, let us not for-get -- All of our United States Military troops that are in harm’s way.

CLEARBROOK DINNER DANCE

Our October dinner dance for the developmentally disabled will be held Friday, October 2nd, at 6:30pm. It will last until about 9:30pm. We serve these fine folks a nice meal along with an evening of live music. You can help out or just observe the event. Please feel free to bring your wife or significant other. Ladies' Auxiliary members are more than welcome. There is a reward for attending this event-you take home a big batch of "warm fuzzies" because you care.

For info contact Al Vermiglio at (847)537-3211. Al can always use a few more helpers.

MEMBERSHIP NOTE

Are you up to date or behind on your membership dues. If you are not sure, get in contact with Chuck Tomasek .

COLUMBUS DAY MASS & PROCESSION -- OCTOBER 12th
We will need help to for this event this year:
1.) Someone to handle the advertising and the church bulletins
2.) Someone to set up the Hall on Sunday the 11th
3.) Organize and set up the home made baked goods after Mass
4.) Clean up afterwards
If you are able to help, Contact Brad Jenkins or Ed Smetana

LUCKY BUCKS

Lucky Buck tickets may still be purchased. Contact Mike McMahon for further details. Remember, we have three $50 win-ners each month. You could be our next winner!

Lucky Buck Winners for August were Gary Ellis, John Morrow and Jim Nix.

UNITY THROUGH CHARITY

Our Council, at the June meeting, made donations to the following:

$100.00 donation to a 42 year individual in Clearbrook's "Group Work Environment" who had earned 5 cents to 12 cents per hour for piece work. Although, this per hour rate is very small, it did create for the individual great worth and self esteem as the individual was recognized as a productive member of society. Unfortunately, this hourly per diem was stopped due to fiscal cutbacks in Illinois's State Government. Our donation creates for her recognition and perhaps a greater awareness of our need as Catholics to support the less fortunate in good works, civil responsibil-ity and prayers.

YOUR BUILDING CORPORATION NEWS

Part Time Employment -- The Building Corp is currently looking for an individual to do janitorial work. This is regularly scheduled work that is not related to event clean up. Anyone interested contact the Randy Howell for details, (847) 255-4483.

INSURANCE NEWS
September is Life Insurance Awareness Month. To help educate consumers about the need for and value of adequate life insurance protection, the Life Insurance Market Research Association (LIMRA) has published the following five facts. These statistics are certainly worth considering.

Fact 1: Nearly three-fourths of North Americans agree that life insurance is the best way to protect against premature death of the pri-mary wage earner.

Fact 2: Twenty-four million households have no life insurance protection at all. Almost one third of adults have no life insurance protec-tion.

Fact 3: Forty-four percent of all households either don’t own life insurance and believe they should, or own life insurance and believe they need more. Among those that already own some life insurance, 40 percent believe they don’t have enough.

Fact 4: One-fourth of primary wage earners feel they do not have a plan in place to provide a decent standard of living for their family if they died tomorrow. Twelve percent of families would immediately have trouble meeting everyday living expenses and another 15 per-cent would have difficulty keeping up after several months.

Fact 5: People would like to discuss life insurance with a qualified professional agent. They believe that buying life insurance is an impor-tant and complex financial decision. Half find it difficult to decide how much to buy, and 43 percent worry about making the wrong decision.

I’d like to meet with you in your home, at your convenience. I’ll work with you to make sure your family is protected. As a brother Knight you can trust, I’ll take the stress and worry out of the buying decision.

Call me at 847 259-4975, email robkofc@yahoo.com

Your Company is now crediting 3.75% on new Annuity premium deposits of $10,000 or more received in the Home Office between July 1st thru September 30, 2009. This rate will be credited on these premiums until December 31, 2009. 3.50% will be credited on deposits under $10,000. 3.00% guaranteed! Early surrender charges may apply.

RESPECT LIFE

Dear Brother Knights,

Please consider purchasing a 1/8th page ad in the Women's Center ad booklet for the 14 February 2010 Life Banquet. This year is the 25th anniversary of the Women's Center and, praise be to God, because of its extraordinary work in counseling women in crisis pregnancies, 34,000 children have been saved! A 1/8 page ad costs $100. Please look into your hearts and contemplate whether this might very well be the most important charitable contribution you make this year. For order forms please contact me at 847-506-1618. With a new assault on life seemingly taking place every week, it is more vital than ever that we heartily support the people in our midst who have made it their lives' work to protect unborn children from the abomination that is abortion. I thank you, my brothers.

Jim McPherrin, Respect Life Representative

GRAND KNIGHT’S MESSAGE

Brother Knights,

I would like to welcome our new Chaplain Fr. Nicolas Falcon Husain. You will all have an opportunity to meet Fr. Husain at upcoming meetings, please introduce yourself to him. Some information about Fr. Husain. A Roman Catholic Priest from the Diocese of Tagbilaran (Bohol), Philippines, ordained in 1985. Fr. Nick comes to us from Marshfield, Wisconsin where he was a chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital (Ministry Health Care) for seven years and member of Fr. John Eisen Council #1799.

Fr. Husain is a board certified chaplain by the National Association of Catholic Chaplains and has received his graduate certificate degree in Clinical Health Care Ethics with special concentration on catholic health care from St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO. He has been a chaplain in the health care setting for the last 14 years and is currently the Director of Mission Integration and Pastoral Care at Addolorata Villa (Franciscan Communities) in Wheeling, IL since January 2008.

Vivat Jesus!

Ed Wendling

Grand Knight