Columbiettes President - Bernadette Watson Immediate Past President - Fran Corcione Vice President - Gina Zangari Secretary - Judy Supino Financial Secretary - Fran Bashaw Treasurer - Diane Lupo Sentinel - Roseanne Torr We meet the 2nd Thursday of each Month Please email ginazangari@verizon.net for more information and applications.

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On-Going Events John Mc Evoy has been our champion of this noble cause for years. New Eyes provides a basic pair of single or lined bifocal lenses for individuals who have no other resources with which to obtain a basic pair of eyeglasses. Please, look for the donation box on our inside lounge. Thank you. Phone cards for Hospitalized Vets From Grand Knight Dick Rieger, Council 4969: Want to help a good cause? There are hundreds of wounded soldiers and Marines that are in the hospital and won't be going home for Christmas. You can help by buying phone cards and sending them to the hospitals. Wal*Mart sells a 1-hour phone card for $4.72 Here are the addresses for the Army and Navy hospitals. Walter Reed Medical Center 6900 Georgia Ave. NW Washington, DC 20307-5001 Rear Admiral Adam Robinson (MC) USN Commander, NNMC 8901 Wisconsin Ave. Bethesda, MD 20889 These people have given so much, a phone card or two isn't much payback but it will sure help. Jim Warrick USN Ret. A LIFELINE FOR AMERICA'S BRAVEST Do you have an old, unused cellphone taking up space in a drawer or box? Hate to throw out and add to a landfill somewhere. The Union Knights of Columbus 4504 is a registered drop-off site for Cell Phones for Soldiers. A non-profit organization dedicated to providing cost-free communication services and emergency funding to active duty military members and veterans. Since 2004 more than 25 million cellphones were recycled and 400 million minutes of air time were given to servicemen and women deployed around the world. Tablets and MP3 players are also accepted. Contact Len Komar Jr for any questions ljkjr4504@gmail.com . There is a donation box in our lounge. Thank you. AnySoldier.com If you're looking for other ways to thank soldiers, try AnySoldier.com , a site that allows soldiers to post their needs and wants and provide addresses. Browsing through the requests is fun; lots of good pictures and stories. It really gives you a sense of what these men and women are going through and reminds you that many of them are just regular kids who'd just like a Twinkie and a magazine now and then. I sent a couple of lotion and pedicure sets to a pair of female Marines for Christmas who requested "anything girly!" Tom Mahoney Park Please Support Our Veterans ! Click Here Chaplain's Corner chaplain Mahoney Brothers in Business brothers Luke Sangiamo.................................Real Estate BECOME A RED CROSS VOLUNTEER

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CONTACT US Phone: 908-212-1593 1034 Jeanette Ave. Union, New Jersey 07083 Have Questions or Suggestions? Success! Message received. Send If you are inquiring about our Hall Rental , please submit the following form: https://www.kofc4504.org/hall-rental

Swim Club Swim Club Officers Michael Harms, President Michelle Schultz - Treasurer Marisol Harms - Assistant Treasurer Frank Santangelo - Comptroller Allen Pascullo - Recorder Board Members Ann Hart Phil Cababe Jason Hamilton Jim Deluca Membership Michele Schultz Marisol Harms Council Representative Phillip Cababe, GK Columbian Club Representative Alex Rivera 2023 Pool Information https://www.uniontownship.com/970/Columbian-Swim-Club

Learn about the Knights of Columbus About the Knights of Columbus VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND INSURANCE As the Order has grown, its benevolence has multiplied. The Order continues to break all previous records for charitable contributions and volunteer service. In the past decade, the Knights donated nearly $1 billion to numerous charitable causes and nearly 400 million hours of volunteer service. In 1998 alone, the Knights donated an all-time high of more than $110 million and 55 million volunteer hours to charitable causes. Father McGivney's founding vision for the Order also included establishing a life insurance program to provide for the widows and orphans of deceased members. The Order's insurance program has expanded substantially to serve more effectively the Knights' growing membership. Year after year, the Knights of Columbus has earned the highest possible quality ratings for financial soundness from A.M. Best and Standard & Poors. The Order provides the highest quality insurance and annuity products to its members, along with many other fraternal benefits. CHARITY, UNITY, FRATERNITY, AND PATRIOTISM Knights of Columbus are Catholic gentlemen committed to the exemplification of charity, unity, fraternity, patriotism, and defense of the priesthood. The Order is consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Order is unequivocal in its loyalty to the Pope, the Vicar of Christ on earth. It is firmly committed to the protection of human life, from conception to natural death, and to the preservation and defense of the family. It was on these bedrock principles that the Order was founded over a century ago and remains true to them today. If you want to join this great organization of Catholic men, it is likely that there is a local council near you. There you will find brother Knights working to fulfill the central mission of the Order: striving in charitable works; serving the Church and unified in following its teachings; supporting brother Knights in their temporal and spiritual needs; acting for the good of their country; and giving aid to widows, orphans, the sick and the poor. This is Father McGivney's dream, echoing across the century, and living today in the hearts of his brothers and all of those they touch. The Knights of Columbus was founded in 1882 by a 29-year-old parish priest, Father Michael J. McGivney, in the basement of St. Mary's Church in New Haven, Connecticut. Today, more than a century later, the Knights of Columbus has become the largest lay organization in the Catholic Church. The Order has been called "the strong right arm of the Church," and has been praised by popes, presidents, and other world leaders, for support of the Church, programs of evangelization and Catholic education, civic involvement, and aid to those in need. As recently as 1992, Mother Teresa of Calcutta praised the Knights in a speech on the occasion of her reception of the first Knights of Columbus Gaudium et Spes Award. Thanks to the inspired work of Father McGivney—as well as that of millions of other Knights over the past century—the Knights of Columbus now stands at its pinnacle of membership, benefits, and service. Currently, there are over 1.6 million Knights of Columbus—more than ever before in our Order's history. Together with their families, the Knights are nearly 6 million strong. In addition, from the first local council in New Haven, the Order has grown to more than 12,000 councils in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Panama, the Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan. Each year, the Order continues this strong growth.

* Denotes Deceased PAST GRAND KNIGHTS 1957-1959 - Howard Leary * 1959-1960 - John Zimmerman * 1960-1961 - Thomas Crimmins * 1961-1962 - George Arnold * 1962-1963 - James Confroy * 1963-1964 - William Taylor * 1964-1965 - Frank Dickerson * 1965-1966 - Warren Hehl * 1966-1967 - Walter Wasowski * 1967-1968 - J. Russell Coen * 1968-1969 - Henry F. Skarbek, Jr. * 1969-1970 - Julian "Jules" Pruszkowski * 1970-1971 - Robert Armstrong * 1971-1972 - Dominick Clementoni * 1972-1973 - Barney Capriglione * 1973-1974 - Michael Tomko * 1974-1975 - John Winters * 1975-1976 - Andrew Popp 1976-1977 - James Moran * 1977-1978 - Kenneth Pinney * 1978-1979 - Roy Trupiano * 1979-1980 - Julius Kiss * 1980-1981 - James Johnson * 1981-1982 - Roger Schur 1982-1983 - Henry Mey 1983-1984 - Thomas Hornig * 1984-1985 - Lonnie Pannucci 1985-1986 - Michael Ward 1986-1987 - Thomas McGarvey * 1987-1988 - Paul Sandy 1988-1989 - Michael Carr 1989-1990 - Michael Gasser 1990-1991 - Robert Pfarr * 1991-1992 - Donald Pfarr 1992-1993 - James O'Connell 1993-1994 - Raymond Fluet 1994-1995 - Robert Wozniak 1995-1996 - Ernie Santorelli 1996-1997 - Raymond Pruszkowski 1997-1998 - Lawrence Killmer 1998-1999 - Richard Esposito 1999-2000 - Kevin Collins 2000-2002 - Clarence Cunningham 2002-2004 - Michael Cavallo 2004-2005 - Joseph DeMarco * 2005-2006 - Harry Lupo * 2006-2007 - Buddy Cotter 2007-2008 - Andy Schopfer 2008-2009 - Mike Peter 2009-2010 - Robert Salvatore 2010-2011 - Joseph Burlew 2011-2012 - Andy Schopfer 2012-2013 - Alex Costa 2013-2014 - Steve Nagy 2014-2015 - Ed McCormick 2015-2016 - Greg Henn 2016-2017 - Giftus John 2017-2019 - Michael Willemse 2019-2020 - David Wozniak 2020-2021 - Leonard Komar Jr. 2021-2022 - Phillip Cababe 2022-2024 - Gerry Aponte * 2024-2025 - Joseph Burlew

Back Brothers in Business Are you a brother who has his own business? From a suggestion by Mike Ibbotson during one of our regular meetings, Council 4504 has decided to spotlight, on a monthly basis, in the Digest and on the Council’s website, a brother who has his own business. That business may be in or out of Union. We, therefore, are asking all brothers who own their own businesses, to submit their names, business names, and services offered to the Grand Knight. We will then randomly pick a business to highlight. All businesses submitted will be highlighted, and submissions will be on an ongoing basis. No deadlines! We are hoping that this initiative will work at building stronger ties between our business brothers and our general membership who have a need for their services, hopefully at a special rate. Thanks Mike, for bringing the suggestion to the Council. Luke Sangiamo We would like to feature our first Brother In Business, Luke Sangiamo. Brother Luke Sangiamo is the current Financial Secretary for Union Council #4504 and is a local Realtor who works with his wife Sarah at All Towne Realty, a local family-run office. Luke specializes in working with buyers and sellers of residential properties in Union, Essex, and Middlesex counties. While being a younger agent, he has already received recognition from the NJ Association of Realtors for his achievements. He has worked with many first-time homebuyers, as well as people looking to sell and find homes that better suit their needs. Having lived in and around Union County for 30 years and attending Rutgers University in Newark, Luke has a personal familiarity with many of the neighborhoods we all live and work in. Finding the right home, or selling a home you have grown to love is one of the most important and difficult decisions to make. Luke approaches his career by getting to know his clients to relate to their perspectives and understand their situations. He does not view his role as only a transaction, but an opportunity to help his clients understand the current market and assist them in making the best decision possible for them and their families. Luke can be reached anytime on his business line at (908) 370-8660, or at his email at Luke@realtor.com . All Towne Realty is located at 30 Brant Avenue in Clark, NJ. Real estate Back to Events

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