Charitable Efforts

The Charity Committee, chaired by the Deputy Grand Knight, uses established guidelines to vet many types of charity requests.  This committee presents its funding recommendations to the Council which approves monetary donations.

The following charities were supported by the Council during the Fiscal Year 2016-2017.  Please contact the Deputy Grand Knight for any questions, or fill out the charity request form to recommend a charity.

Parish/Diocese/Religious

• All Saints Homeless Shelter Ministry (volunteers and financial support)
• All Saints Saint Vincent de Paul Ministry (financial support)
• All Saints Habitat for Humanity Ministry (volunteers and financial support)
• All Saints Youth Ministry (volunteers and financial support)
• All Saints Legion of Mary (financial support)
• All Saints Pre-School (financial support)

• Benin Missionary (ministry volunteer and financial support)
• Missionaries of the Poor (volunteers and financial support)
• CharityMobi (clergy volunteer to Haiti and Africa, and financial support)
• Sophia/Notre Dame Academy (financial support)
• Cristo Rey Atlanta (volunteers)

Community

• American Cancer Society – Relay for Life, local: DeKalb County (financial support)
• Atlanta Food Bank, local: DeKalb and Fulton Counties (financial support)
• Centro Hispano Marista, Support High School GED program (financial support)
• Gold Shield Foundation, Metro Atlanta 1st Responders (financial support)
• ICARE, Transport DeKalb County senior citizens to medical appointments (volunteers and financial support)
• L’Arche USA, Support for intellectually disadvantaged, downtown Atlanta (volunteers and financial support)
• Lighthouse Retreat, Retreat for children with cancer and family members

• PCs to Ghana (financial support)
• Peachtree Presbyterian Pre-School, Support disabled children (financial support)
• People Making Progress, Support intellectually disadvantaged, local: DeKalb County (financial support)
• Soap Box Derby, Council Soapbox car/driver entry, local: DeKalb County (volunteers)
• Stand Up for Kids, Support near-homeless teens, local: downtown Atlanta (volunteer and financial support)
• Touchdown Club of Atlanta, Support college-bound Catholic athletes/team managers, local: metro-Atlanta (financial support)

Knights of Columbus Programs Sponsored by Supreme Council and GA State Council

• Religious
  • RSVP (Seminarian financial support)
  • Pennies for Heaven, Monastery of the Holy Spirit (financial support)
• Community
  • Special Olympics (financial support)
  • PWID, People with Intellectual Disabilities (financial support)