Year in Review - 2025

2025 Financial Secretary Update

Hello worthy gentlemen!

This is a quick rundown on the things financially accomplished by our small, but awesome council!

First, some of the ways we had income this year:

• We supported two seminarians at $500 each, and received $200 back.

• We received $693 back from the Council Charity grant from our raffle ticket sales.

• Our St. Paddy Day breakfast raised $906! (Always a great draw, and fun event!) 

• Tootsie Roll sales this year raised $1,708 for the ID (Intellectual Disabilities) fund, which goes to help those with special needs.

• Our October breakfast raised $625.

• Our Holly Daze breakfast raised $1,694. This was split with the actual breakfast proceeds of $1,481 going right to St. James, and the donation proceeds of $213 going to our council. Another fun, and huge event!

• And of course, the income from dues, which you will be getting a request for this year again coming to your mailbox soon. Please look for it, and we hope you will be with us again, even if it's only through this small amount that is required to maintain membership. Thanks ahead of time to you all!

Now some of the many ways we have helped others financially.

• We do have our bills that need to be paid to both the Supreme and State councils of the Per Capita assessments for our membership, which is paid from your dues. Thanks, guys!

• We do have a bill for our insurance to cover us, (just in case!), of $410 annually.

• We supplied pizza for the SOAL program at St. James, and helped to serving it to our 55+ member of that group.

• We donated flowers to the family of member Ken Meske who passed away last year.

• We donated $100 to the state Special Olympics.

• $290 was spent for Coats for Kids, and boy, I'm sure those families are grateful for it the way this winter is playing out!

• Flowers from our council were sent for former GK Bob Meller's funeral. RIP my friend!

• $150 was sent to Life's Connections, a terrific pregnancy resource center. As most of you know, their Waukesha center was devastated for the flooding this past summer.

• $150 was donated to the local Waukesha County Chapter of WI Right to Life.

• $150 was donated to Pro Life WI as part of our support for the Culture of Life fund.

• $68 was donated to the Christian Formation department to pay for supplies for the Christmas poster contest, which we help judge, and also have our own little Christmas gathering. (Thanks GK Eric for covering those expenses, and tasty salami roll ups made by Steve Reek!)

• $150 sent to Men of Christ to help with the expenses incurred with their inaugural Students for Life get together coming up this March.

We look forward to doing more fundraising this year, and continuing supporting many worthy causes. If you have even minimal time to help with any of these things, it's appreciated more than you know. Stay tuned for upcoming events through emails and the newsletter.

God Bless you all!

F.S. Tom Becker