The Knights of Columbus of Jackson County had their Tootsie Roll drive the weekend of April 25th. This included the churches of Immaculate Conception of Alma Center,
St. Joseph’s of
Fairview, St. Kevin’s of
Melrose and
St. Joseph’s of
Black River
Falls. They took donations at Wal-mart, Kwik Trip and Burnstad’s in BRF with the help of five students from
St. Joseph in
Black River
Falls that are to be confirmed on
May 14, 2008. Hannah Ripp, Tyler Roskos, Lizzy Cook, Brian Smetana and Seth Windsor braved the cold to help with this yearly project. This helped them fulfill hours of service needed before Confirmation. Charles Casper, a student from
Alma
Center also volunteered some time along side his dad.
The K of C earned $ 3,379.78 in the three days of collecting donations. 100% of the proceeds stay in
Jackson
County and go to people with intellectual disabilities. The Connection, ARC and Thrivent………… benefit from the monies collected.
The Knights of Columbus will write a grant that reimburses them for the cost of the tootsie rolls and the cost of advertising the drive. K of C’s all over the state of
Wisconsin spend three weekends raising the much needed money for the disabled in our local communities.
Thank you to everyone that helped sell and to everyone who donated, it was a very successful year!
