Meets on Monday 7:00-9:00

• 1st and 3rd Monday - Business meeting
• 2nd and 4th Monday - Social meeting
• 5th Monday - Social, open to members, family, and friends
• A rosary for the unborn is offered on the 3rd Monday of every month in church at 6:45 p.m.  All are invited to attend.

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• Knights of Columbus Queen of Heaven Council #4572

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Knights of Columbus Council #4572 Grand Knight Claude Hardison, Mrs. Becky Wright J.O.Y. School Chairman of the Board, K of C member Lester Brown and Rev. Dr. David Horne Interim Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Cleveland.

The Knights of Columbus Council #4572 recently presented a K of C MR Foundation donation to J.O.Y. School which is a nonprofit, nondenominational program for students ages 4 through 21 with mental disabilities. The program runs from late June through late July every summer. Its main purpose is to help students retain the skills which they have worked so hard to gain during the regular school year.
The Knights of Columbus Council #4572 raises funds to support charitable groups that serve those with special needs and others in our community. The Annual Tootsie Roll Drive is held each year to raise funds for the Knights of Columbus MR Foundation of Tennessee. The Tootsie Roll Drive funds are donated to an organization that helps children with mental disabilities.
The K of C is a nonprofit fraternal organization of Catholic men. The local Council has several fundraising activities during the year, such as the Labor Day and Super Bowl BBQ Roast, Valet Parking services and on the first Friday in May, their Annual Golf Tournament. All the proceeds from these events are donated to charitable organizations that help those in need.
 

The Knights of Columbus, Council #4572 presented a donation to the
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chattanooga.
 
          Grand Knight Claude Hardison and Deputy Grand Knight Phil Brown presented a donation to Jules Kinder of the Ronald McDonald House, who was the guest speaker at the Council’s Social Meeting. Kinder spoke about the mission of the Ronald McDonald House, which is to provide a “home away from home” for families of seriously ill or injured children and support programs that improve the health, education and wellbeing of children. She stated that most of the beneficiaries of this support are from Bradley County, as they are beyond the 15-mile radius from the Erlanger hospital.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga was established in 1990 with 14 guest rooms and was expanded to 26 rooms in 2000.  It is the 137^th House to be built.  The first Ronald McDonald House was named, not only because of McDonald's fund-raising support but also for the positive, hopeful, and fun-loving feeling Ronald McDonald was able to instill into the minds of so many children. There are now over 300 Ronald McDonald Houses around the world.
In 1996, the Chattanooga Ronald McDonald House opened a second facility inside Children's Hospital at Erlanger to alleviate the burdens caused by hospital stays and to meet the needs of families who could not use the Ronald McDonald House because of a need to stay with their child.  The Ronald McDonald Family Room offers showers, laundry facilities, a rest area, a living room, and a full kitchen where visitors can take advantage of free coffee, snacks, and meals when donations are available.  The Family Room serves over 22,000 visitors per year and is open to family members of anyone hospitalized in Children’s Hospital, Erlanger or Siskin Hospitals.  There is no charge for any of the services provided in this facility.
Participation in Ronald McDonald House Charities U.S. Scholarship Programs began in 2002, offering freshmen year scholarships in the amount of $1,000 to students who exhibit community service and leadership and also experience financial difficulty in covering college costs.  RMHC awards between 40 and 50 $1,000 scholarships annually, and students apply from counties in a 75-mile radius of Chattanooga.  
In 2003, the organization took delivery on the world’s13^th Ronald McDonald Care Mobile, a mobile dental clinic, which offered full-service dental care to underserved children and provided approximately 1,600 at-risk children with $350,000 of free dental care annually. During 2011, the partners of RMHC and Children’s Hospital at Erlanger reviewed other significant health needs of children in the region and formed a partnership with the Bradley County Schools and SkyRidge Medical Center to provide a school-based medical clinic in 4 of the counties' schools as a pilot project.  The Care Mobile was retrofit with medical equipment and the project has proven to meet a great need.
The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men’s organization dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. The Knights undertake several fundraising activities throughout the year, including the Super Bowl and Labor Day barbecue roast sales, a golf tournament each May and an on-request valet parking service, to raise funds to donate to charities in the community that help those in need. 100% of the proceeds from these events are donated to Charity.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Knights of Columbus, Council #4572
Donation to LUCIC

K of C Financial Secretary John Lucchesi,  Executive Director of LUDIC, Dr. Tammy Johnson, and presenting the donation, Knights of Columbus Grand Knight, Claude T. Hardison, Jr.
 
The Knights of Columbus, Council No: 4572 recently presented a donation to LUDIC (Lee University Developmental Inclusion Classroom). It is a state approved private school for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ADS). LUDID’s mission is to serve the community of individuals with ADS and other developmental disabilities by providing a quality program and support for those affected, including families, preschools, daycare, and churches. It also provides Lee University students to observe and have hands-on experience in the program. LUDIC serves students on full-day, half-day, or part-time basis.
 
The K of C donation was made possible by the fund-raising activities of the Council. The Knights of Columbus is a non-profit Catholic men’s organization dedicated to the principles of charity, unity, fraternity and patriotism.
 
 
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