12/19/09
Dear Brother Knights and Ladies Auxiliary,
Our Madonna House drive was a great success!
Some of the many items collected (two truckloads worth) included diapers, formula, onesies, crib sheets, two bedding sets, lots of toys, pacifiers, car seats, a bassinet, blankets, washcloths, clothes, socks, bibs, wipes, a baby bathtub, brushes, combs, powder and bath items, baby food, etc., as well as $150 in cash.
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We delivered them on Saturday to Karen Guzman, the Project Coordinator for the Madonna House, and then took a fascinating tour of their new facilities on North Harvard. If you have not had a chance yet, please go and take a look at this beautiful new campus. It includes not only the Madonna House, but the various buildings of Catholic Charities. If you remember the old Catholic Charities buildings on Denver Avenue, these modern, comfortable and spacious facilities are an amazing improvement!
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Many thanks to all of the Knights and Ladies who volunteered time and donated items for this drive! I especially want to thank Jim Williamson and Kay McAuliff for their help loading and transporting the donated items, Bob Caruso and Bill Hull for their support and help collecting monetary donations, and of course, to our Grand Knight Lon Unsell for his help and cheerful encouragement. But also, a very special thanks to Vickie Buckendorf; her endless energy, organization skills and leadership helped make this project a reality.
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There is much work yet to do, however. For me personally, this was a tremendous learning experience about something I have never done before. And rest assured, I intend to get better!
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In our Pro-Life efforts, we are going to keep our focus on how to continue helping the Madonna House and other women’s organizations that need our support.
We intend to have a new drive at least every quarter of 2010, and the first one will be for Easter. The details are yet to be decided, but we will let everyone know soon and, whatever it is, we intend to make it bigger and better and with more participation than ever before.
Once again, many thanks to all!
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Vivat Jesus!
David Bassler
Council 4721
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