2009 Council Awards

Membership Awards

Shining Armor Awards

John Graham

Greg McEntyre

Tony Orfila

Howard De Ruyter

Chris Ryan

Kevin Sullivan

Dan Thomas

VIP Club – Very Important Proposer club for recruitment of new members

Derrick Au (2)	Greg McEntyre (2)	Jim Bailey, PGK (2)
Jorge Rodriguez (2)	Ranil Fernando, PGK (5)	Tom Cox (5)
Joe McGrath (5)	Ed Staal (10)	Robert Murray (5)

Service Awards

Given to Knights after 25 years of service and in 5 year increments

Ray Archambault 60	Leo Bachman 65	Leopoldo Cantafio 55	John Sarjeant 55
Ygnacio Estrada 50	Fermin Montoya 50	Msgr. Paul Dotson 40	George Gratz 35
Rev Tom Hamilton 30	Pat Lane 30	Ramon Maestas 30	Tom Maher 25

Ray was able to attend the celebration and receive his award in person.

The award for Tom Maher was awarded posthumously to his son Bill and wife Dolores. Chaplain Peter accepted the award for Rev Tom Hamilton.

Monthly Awards

Knight of the Month (KOM) and Family of the Month (FOM) were received by 24 different Knights and Families. This reflects the commitment to charity, unity and fraternity by all of our members.

Month	Knight of the Month	Family of the Month
July 2008	Harry O’Brian	Scott Roecker
August 2008	Howard De Ruyter	Larry Rosolowski
September 2008	Joseph Muhl, PGK	Derrick Au
October 2008	Tony Orfila	Joseph McGrath
November 2008	John Maloney, PGK	Jorge Rodriguez
December 2008	Frank Kraus	John Massei
January 2009	Bill Hoenig, PGK	Tom Smith, PGK
February 2009	Jim Bailey, PGK	Ed Staal, PGK
March 2009	Greg McEntyre	Jim Shepard, PGK
April 2009	Jerry Conger	Walter Gonzalez
May 2009	John Graham	Don Combar
June 2009	Jim Provencio	Cliff d’Autremont, PGK

Annual Awards
	Outstanding Accomplishment
	Larry Rosolowski, A special thanks and gratitude goes to Larry for the outstanding work he did as the Program Director. The year would not have been successful.

	Harry O’Brian, as you all know we have three dinner teams that raise the majority of the funds for our charitable causes. Harry happens to help with all three and he is a regular helper with the Coffee and Donuts at St. James.

	Family of the Year
	Emily and Howard De Ruyter have fully supported the various activities of the council. Howard and Aydin have assisted with many events including Coffee and Donuts at St. James, House of Yahweh and membership drives. Emily, Howard, Aydin, Aaron and Patrick are regular benefactors to the monthly dinner.

	Knight of the Year
	Jorge Rodriguez As Warden, Jorge did an outstanding job of setting up for our business meetings. He was also a consistent helper with dinner teams along with his daughter Jackie. He assisted with more events than any other Knight during the last year.