Election of officers will at our July 10th meeting resulted in all officers remaining in their respective positions, except for Treasurer and Outside Guard.  Brother Mike Evelo will take over the Treasurer position and Brother Gary Zimmer will take over the Outside Guard position.

Our fundraiser for Intellectually disabled individuals collected approximately $2200.00 in donations.  The beneficiary will be Headwaters, Inc., which will receive approximately $1600.00.

Our Council utilized it's time and talent during the 2024 year to provide financial assistance to many deserving programs.  We donated over $31,000.00 to (6) individuals, (5) Nativity School and Parish events and (8) Organizations/Groups.  The largest of these donations went to New Dawn Pregnancy center for a new ultrasound machine ($11,625.00), Nativity School for Technology upgrades ($7,362.00) and Ski For Light ($2,500.00).

The new cemetery sign was installation was completed on July 26th.  Thank you for all who assisted with this and our projects at the cemetery this summer.  We anticipate accomplishing several smaller improvement projects yet this summer/fall.

Our August 7th Columbus Club meeting confirmed and approved the following donations for this calendar year:

- $1000.00 toward new cemetery sign

- $1000.00 toward funeral expenses for Sharon Panko

- $1500.00 as a matching fund for the September spaghetti dinner to support Nativity School technology needs

 - $1000.00 donation to the renovation project at St. Fances Desalle seminary in Milwaukee.

 - $ 250.00  toward new flagpole, flag and LED light for Nativity School

 - $ 250.00  to NATH - Frederick House temporary housing facility