MONROE — Parishioners of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, working with the local Knights of Columbus council, donated hundreds of pairs of new socks during a “Sock Tober” collection last month.
Father Benjamin Roberts, pastor, suggested the collection. Years ago he volunteered at a soup kitchen in Chicago and noticed there was a great need for new socks to provide to the homeless.
Pictured (from left) are Our Lady of Lourdes Grand Knight Gene Bausinger, Father Roberts and Andrew Jones, a Knight of Columbus from St. Mark Church in Huntersville who helped organize and distribute the donations.
— SueAnn Howell, senior reporter
JEFFERSON — Knights of Columbus Council 16839 in Jefferson recently distributed more than two dozen new winter jackets to some very pleased children associated with the NestAlliance program.
Smiling faces could be seen on the children, brother Knights and Nest volunteers. Pictured are Knights John Esser and Rick LaBonte.
— Patrick Hession, correspondent