163-16 Pidgeon Meadow Road
Flushing, New York 11358
(718) 445 - 2439
Freddie Jost, Grand Knight
Nick Stella, Deputy Grand Knight
Who are the Knights?
The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic family fraternal service organization with nearly 1.7 million members. It provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, their communities, families and young people.
Our Council
Our Council received its Charter in 1901 and is one of the oldest active Councils of the order. We currently have almost 200 members on our roster. We are proud of our continued involvement with many fundraising activities for worthy local charitable organizations. Our members and their families share a common interest in “doing the right thing” and “getting involved”. We intend to continue our efforts for a long time to come.
If you choose to join General Sherman Father Shine Council 569, or our Columbiette Auxiliary, you will have the opportunity to join your brother Knights in supporting charities such as “The Bridge to Life”, “The Special Olympics”, “St. Mary’s Hospital for Children”, “The NYPD Widow’s and Children’s Fund” and many others. At our Council CHARITY is, and always will be, our First Point of Order.
Our Council also offers a full slate of family oriented activities and events throughout the year. Our monthly newsletter, “The Flushing Knight”, will keep you informed of upcoming events. Our clubhouse is conveniently located on Pidgeon Meadow Road just one block North of Kissena Park. Our Building consists of a social club on the first floor and a banquet hall downstairs. Our RENTAL HALL is available for private parties and can accommodate up to 100 people. Our landscaped Council yard is completed with horseshoe pits and a Bar-B-Que. It’s a great place for the kids to play. We are open 4 days a week, and our big screen TV's always feature local sporting events. Feel free to stop in anytime to play a video game, shoot a game of pool, play ping-pong, throw some darts or just relax and enjoy the company of our members at the Council Bar.
Application forms for Membership are available from any member of our council or contact:
Grand Knight, Freddie Jost (phone: 917-577-7499 / E-mail: fmjcj@msn.com)
or our Membership Coordinator:
Past Grand Knight Christopher “Duke” Sofield
(phone:718-353-1372 / E-mail: cduke170@yahoo.com) HAVING A GOOD TIME FOR A GOOD CAUSE!!!
CHARITY TEAM NEWS
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See the following from our Worthy Conference Chairman:
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
This Year’s NY Islander game for NYS Special Olympics is on Thursday March 29, 2012 @ 7pm.
Tickets are valued at $69 a seat. The Knights of Columbus is selling them for $28, and $8 from every ticket sold by us will be DONATED to NYS Special Olympics.
Last Year, because of all of your support at this game, The Knights of Columbus were able to donate $4500 to NYS Special Olympics. That’s because over 400 tickets were sold.
It's was a great game & everyone enjoyed themselves. The seats this year are not has high up and will be in a block of seats all together.
We greatly appreciate your support.
A flyer with information about the game and how to purchase tickets is can be found below.
Thank You,
Rocco D’Erasmo, Conf. Chairman
Coordinator Special Children / Olympics
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NY State Council is running a fundraiser called Per Capita Buster Lottery. The Lottery is the 3 number evening daily number ONLY during the month of February. Queens has 250 tickets to sell. Tickets will be available at our Council. Please make your purchase ASAP. All tickets MUST be sold by Jan. 25th.
LECTURER’S MEETING - Wednesday, January 19th @ 8pm
A Report on last year's charitable contributions wil be read by our GK. We think you'll be surprised at what was accomplished for the Charities that we supported. members, Family, and Friends are all invited to attend. A Collation (food) will follow the meeting.
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