b'NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE, continuedA Couple of Council 13808sProgramsDuringthispastyears pandemicCouncil13808 realizedthatmanyofour Bothers were in Lock Down situations. I decided to have all the Officers and Directors call7Brothersandtouch basewiththem.Whatwe foundoutwasthatsome neededourattention.They variedfromneedinganew KofC Member Michael Coleman and Field Agent JP Williams. walker (which we purchased) to finding out that both the hus-band and wife were in hospitals with Covid and some were in Brothers helping Brothers quarantine. The Knights that were contacted really appreciated the calls. Here is a photo of Henry receiving his new walker. When a brother knight called in need with his finances inPictured are Henrys son Mark, Henry sitting on his new walker shambles, JP answered the call and helped lead his clientMark Holihan Grand Knight and Bill Richards Lecturer.down the path towards financial stability with the help of his General Agent Stephen. Here is what their client Michael hadCouncil 13808 had 3 to say about their patience, dedication and the faith they re- Food Drives during the stored in him.Covid Lock Down. The On the other end of the line a beautifully patient man lis- recipients for the Food tened to my dire situation. Having absorbed the worst of myDriveswereGreene worst, he paused and calmly said: No one is judging youCountyFoodPantry, and no one will judge you. You are one of Gods children, aPutnamCountyFood prayerful Knight and - I know we can help. I promise you theShelterandHancock Knights of Columbus always have your back no matter howCounty Marthas Clos-dim the situation appears. He continued, Take a deep breathest Food Bank. Our council partnered with Saint Vincent de and say a prayer with me and know for sure and for certainPaul for the Food Drives. The Drives were held on 5/01, 5/22, that we can and will help you through this. God is with youand 6/12 and the amount of food collected was well over 4 1/2 and He too will continue to be with you if you continue totons of product. The Knights were also involved in distributing allow Him in. The person I was speaking to was field agentfresh produce received from US Govt. Farm to Family. Pictured and fellow Knight, JP Williams. JP summarized our situationare Knights from Council 13808 in front of Greene County Food and called upon general agent and fellow Knight, StephenPantry.Znoj for assistance. Combined they are a devout, kind, un-derstandingandcompassionateandfinance-savvyteam. They quite literally held our hands through a maze of options,The P ower of Prayercomforted our fears, fulfilled their promises, and have DonnaBeyondtime,talent,andtreasure,neverforgetthepowerof and I well on our way to financial redemption. No, not a mag- prayer!Brother Knight, Peter Crawford from Council 631 led a group ical cure -that is not how the Knights or God works - but on aof many other concerned citizens, conducting a regular weekly Ro-righteous path - a Knights path - lined with love and healingsary Rally for Life just outside of the Savannah Medical Clinic.This - heading toward financial stability. clinic, which is really an abortion mill, is right across the street A job well done brothers! from the Savannah Care Center, one of our CTB recipients.After Online E Commerce - Take Out Ordering months of prayerful vigilance, the clinic has closed its doors forever, while the Care Center thrives!The Holy Spirit hears our prayers!St. Annas, Council #14425 had four On-Line Ordering Projects startingin2020to 2021 in which orders weretakenon-line, advertisedonFace-book, Church Bulletin, E-Mails, Church Pub-lications, our solicita-tions, etc. A QR Code was assigned to make the ordering easy and efficient. Credit Cards were accepted with a platform of direct communications to the pur-chaser.The program was very successful and will be continued in the future. 105'