K of C Makes $1,000 Donation to DebRA
By Mel Fabrikant Monday, March 12, 2007, 04:49 PM EDT
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DebRA of America is dedicated to finding treatments and a cure for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), which is a genetic disorder.
The Mother Seton Council connection with DebRA came about because Anastasia Murphy, granddaughter of knight Don Murphy, suffers from EB. Don and his wife, Linda, have had a close relationship with DebRA throughout the life of ten-year old Anastasia.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, Mother Seton Council #5427
79 Pascack Road, Township of Washington, NJ 07676
Don was instrumental in setting up an on-going fund drive at the Council. There is a large water cooler-like bottle in the Members’ Room into which Don’s brother knights generously deposit paper money and “pocket change†that adds up to occasional $1,000 donations. Over the last ten years the Council has donated $12,000 to DebRA. Don and Suzanne thank all for being so generous.
The Knights of Columbus was founded in 1882 at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven Connecticut, by Fr. Michael J. McGivney. It is the world’s largest Catholic, family, fraternal, service organization with over 1.7 million members in some 13,000 local councils in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam, Guatemala, Panama, the Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas and Saipan. It is dedicated to the Church, community, family, and youth programs. Last year, Knights volunteered 64 million hours in personal service to Church, community, and youth programs. Last year the K of C donated $140 million to such causes. Members of the K of C spent almost 6 million hours visiting the sick and bereaved, gave up 8.4 million hours in fraternal services to them and 399,264 Knights donated blood during that period. The New Jersey Knights donated $4,568,772 to charities last year.
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