St. Joseph of the Three Rivers
Ladies Auxiliary
Ladies,
We would like to invite you to join the St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary. We will have a Welcome New Members at our September 8, 2015 meeting.
The purpose of this organization is the promotion of social and charitable activities by the St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Council Ladies Auxiliary; and to be supportive of the activities of the Knight of Columbus, St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Council #11550. Some of our charitable activities are monetary donations to: St Vincent De Paul, TRAM, Giving Tree, St Joseph Knitting Ministry, Pregnancy West, Oser Roth Fest, give activity items to Ronald McDonald House, make pillows for Hospice and handmade cards to the nursing home.
Members of this organization must be 18 years of age or older. A member can be a wife, mother, grandmother, sister or daughter of a member of the St. Joseph of the Three River Council
# 11550 Knights of Columbus, living or deceased.
Our meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month September thru June unless otherwise noted, the same night as the Knights business meeting at St Joe’s. We meet at Miami Township Hall 112 South Miami Avenue in Cleves, (next to Argo Funeral Home) enter by the side door next to the parking lot. Doors open at 6:30 we pray the rosary at 7:15 P. M. with a brief business meeting starting at 7:30 P. M. After each meeting we have a social, service activity or a Speaker then refreshments that usually ends around 9:00 P. M. See the 2015-2016 schedule of events on the next page.
Since we do support the St. Joseph Knights activities we would like to have all of your email addresses to keep you informed of our and their upcoming events. Members on the membership form or non members, please email your information to Elaine Kruse our membership person at kofcstjoeladyaux@aol.com . If you do not have an email address please call Elaine Kruse 513-608-8596 and she will put you on our list to receive information by phone. Membership does not require attendance to any/all of the meetings.
To become a New member, Please print out a copy of the PDF membership form and and bring it to one of our meeting or fill out the form and mail it to Elaine Kruse .Click here to download a copy of the Membership Form
We hope to see you at our September Welcome meeting or one of our other meetings.
Thank You
Brenda Beckemeyer -President
513 941-3017 brenda.beckemeyer@fuse.net
St. Joseph of the Three Rivers Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary
2015-2016 Calendar of Meetings, Activities and Events
Starting at 7:15 P.M. Miami Township Hall in Cleves Refreshments and snacks served at each meeting.
September 8 Welcome new members
meeting Make cards for nursing home
October 13 Speaker– Father Andrew Umberg pastor at St Joseph Church.
meeting
November 10 Game night
meeting
December 8 Christmas Party & Gift Exchange – Come and celebrate the holidays with us. Bring an appetizer to share and an optional $10.00 Gift to exchange. We will also be collecting Activity supplies for Ronald McDonald House
January 12 Game night
meeting
January Baby Shower – We set up a baby shower for baby items and cash
16 & 17 donations at St. Joe’s in the Gathering Space after all Masses for Old St Mary’s Pregnancy Center.
February 9 Stuff Pillows for Hospice
meeting
February 10- Fish Fry at Visitation — Ash Wednesday and every Friday in Lent we help the men, sell March 25 desserts we make and sell the raffle tickets for a Gift Card Tree (we ask each member to
donate 1 gift card for this) this is our only fundraiser. Winning tickets will be drawn on Good Friday.
February 27-28 Gift Card Raffle– Selling raffle tickets after Masses at St Joseph Church
March 8 Girls Night Out – Henke’s winery
March 12-13 Gift Card Raffle– Selling raffle tickets after Masses at Visitation when the Knights serve the Donuts
April 12 Speaker – TBD
meeting
April 26 Knights Family Awards Night at St Joe’s
May 10 Making a Ladies Auxiliary recipe exchange book – We will be making a
meeting recipe book with recipes from the Lady Knights to take home with each of you. You will need to email 1 or 2 of your favorite recipes (Topic to be decided) to Brenda Beckemeyer by April 14 to have your recipe ready to put in the book.
Her email is brenda.beckemeyer@fuse.net
June 14 Picnic — St. Joe’s Knights Family Picnic at Fernbank park
June 28 End of year meeting Game Night– Meeting on the 4th Tuesday due to the St. Joe’s Knights meeting Family Picnic at Fernbank park on the second Tuesday.
Other Events
Throughout the year we could be adding other events to our calendar.