Every council must submit an annual "Fraternal Activity Report" to the Supreme Council listing the contributions the council has made. The report includes both our money contributions, and the service hours each of us Knights spend doing charitable work whether we perform the service in an organized council activity—or we perform the good work on our own!
As individuals, we don’t get a tax write-off for the volunteer service that we perform, but that service has an economic value and also protects the Order’s non-profit status. The “Value of Volunteer Time” in the USA is calculated annually based on Bureau of Labor Statistics information. For 2016, volunteer time was valued at $27.46 per hour in New Jersey! That means when we serve at a one-hour mass as a Eucharistic Minister, or every time we help with Offertory collection, or we coach a child—the economic value is nearly $30! That really adds up—but only if we report it.
As individuals, we don’t get a tax write-off for the volunteer service that we perform, but that service has an economic value and also protects the Order’s non-profit status. The “Value of Volunteer Time” in the USA is calculated annually based on Bureau of Labor Statistics information. For 2016, volunteer time was valued at $27.46 per hour in New Jersey! That means when we serve at a one-hour mass as a Eucharistic Minister, or every time we help with Offertory collection, or we coach a child—the economic value is nearly $30! That really adds up—but only if we report it.
In the last 3 years, our council members volunteer time
alone was worth close to one-half million dollars!
alone was worth close to one-half million dollars!
Examples of Volunteer Service
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Church:
¨ Breakfasts, Picnics, Suppers, etc. ¨ Choir/Cantor ¨ Eucharistic Minister ¨ Lector ¨ Maintenance & Restoration ¨ Usher ¨ Youth Ministry ¨ Church-Other Community: ¨ ARC ¨ Civic work ¨ Environmental work ¨ Community-Other Food for Families Habitat for Humanity Miscellaneous/Other |
, Youth:
¨ Athletics (Free Throw, Soccer Challenge, coaching, officiating, etc.) ¨ Religious Ed ¨ Scholarships ¨ Scouting ¨ Spelling Bees ¨ Youth-Other Culture of Life: ¨ Life Choices support ¨ March for Life, Rally for Life Veterans/Military (VAVS) ¨ Veteran Masses, Picnics, etc. Special Olympics Fraternal Service ¨ Assisting sick members & families ¨ Council support work |
The council needs your 2017 data! We require only a single estimate
of the hours we've served in each category in the year.
of the hours we've served in each category in the year.
Please complete the Fraternal Activity Survey form and submit
your information to the council.
your information to the council.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT!
