Despite this difficult year with Covid 19, we should be proud that the club was able to achieve many notable achievements in different areas.
Membership
We welcomed four new members to our club.
- Eric Anderson
- Bob Hennessy
- Leon Kachulis
- Louis Lau
Replenished our inventory of club shirts (blue polo style)
Financial
Despite not having any fundraising events the club maintained its commitment to giving to others. Our donations totaled just under $2900.00.
Our donations
| Accelerated reader, SJ school |
| SPRED |
| Sister John Marie Pantry |
| Saint Vincent De Paul Society |
| Stan Peters, Homeless Ministry |
| SP, SJ school walk |
| SP, Faria Scholarship |
| 6th grade scholarship |
| Eagle Scout Project – creche project |
Service projects
- Bought new Christmas tree storage bags to replace the dilapidated cardboard boxes.
- Supported setup and tear down of Mission organ recital in the Mission Church in February
- Repaired and straightened the leg of one of the SJMC’s folding table that was loaned out and returned bent and un-foldable.
- Setup and tear down of six pop-up canopies for the RCIA initiation ceremony
- Setup and tear down of two pop-up canopies for the inaugural Mass of the newly ordained priest Gregory Liu
- Assisted in parking lot control for initial Sunday afternoon parking lot communion distribution.
- Assisted in the setup, tear down, and disinfecting of chairs, audio, and altar for the Saturday evening and Sunday morning outside Masses in September.
- Stan has continued his weekly food distribution to the homeless throughout the pandemic.
Spiritual
- Virtual Day of reflection (virtual retreat- in progress)
Fellowship
- Combined Mass and brunch between Women of St. Joseph and Men’s Club
- Maintained Monthly General meetings all year (initially in person and since March remote with Zoom)
- Maintained monthly Board meetings to advance club business.
Infrastructure
- Created a new Website for club and membership.
- New electronic newsletter distribution from mail poet