The Star Council Award recognizes outstanding achievement in membership, insurance and service program activities. The Knights of Columbus Tacoma Council 809 was honored with this recognition on April 3, 2016 at the 10:30 AM Mass at Saint Patrick Catholic Church.
Rigorous Requirements
To be eligible to earn the Star Council Award, a council must qualify for the Father McGivney, Founder’s, and Columbian Awards.
To qualify for these awards, a council must have submitted its Survey of Fraternal Activity and its Service Program Personnel Report. Other eligibility requirements are:
Columbian AwardCouncils must conduct and report at least four major programs in each of the Service Program categories: Church, Community, Council, Family, Culture of Life, and Youth.
In addition to meeting the traditional Columbian Award requirements the council must:
- conducting at least four programs in each category
- each of the six Columbian Award categories also has at least
one featured program
- Church— The featured program for the church category highlighted is the Refund Supports Vocation Program (RSVP)
- Community— There are two featured programs, Habitat for Humanity and the Global Wheelchair Mission
Great day yesterday at Habitat for Humanity. Thanks Brother Chip for organizing.
Posted by Knights of Columbus Tacoma Council 809 on Sunday, June 22, 2014
- Council— The featured program for the Council program category is Special Olympics
KofC 809 helping make over 900 lunches for Special Olympics last week. That’s a lot of bread!
Posted by Knights of Columbus Tacoma Council 809 on Saturday, May 2, 2015
- Culture of Life— A council can satisfy all requirements for the Culture of Life Activities category by participating in either the Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative 4us or a local, regional or national March for Life
Get Involved – Knights of Columbus from 4US.org on Vimeo.
- Family— The featured program for the Family Activities category is the Knights of Columbus Food for Families program
- Youth— Participating in the Knights of Columbus Coats for Kids program meets all requirements in the Youth Activities category
Achieve membership quota. The quota for councils is 7% increase of the council’s membership as of July 1. Founders’ Award
Achieve insurance membership quota. The quota for councils is a 2.5% net increase in insurance membership as of July 1 for the fraternal year.
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A big thank you to the Knights for their generous service. Learn more about the Knights of Columbus Tacoma Council 809 and the many ways they contribute to the greater community and to the faith community at Saint Patrick Catholic Church.
