This weekend concludes our Frank’s Farm Market for 2024. Frank Genovese was a prolific gardener (in addition to Master Christmas Tree farmer) with his wife Cathy. I first met Frank many years ago in an all-day organic gardening workshop he taught at the 4H Fairgrounds. I attended with my mom, and I came away with […]

The Knights are picking pumpkins and corn stalks in support of Cook’s Farm Dairy again, starting this week through the end of the month. Anyone can come help (supervised children must be old enough to repeatedly pick up a large pumpkin). They pay in free Ice Cream at the end! And they donated $2,700 to

The Knights of Columbus Council St Anne’s parish fully supports evangelization efforts by the youth and young adults of our community. Our local parishioner Sarah Andrus (who spoke at all the masses this summer) has partnered with FOCUS (Fellowship Of Catholic University Students) and is on the campus of the Minnesota State University – Mankato.

For the Knights of Columbus, that means not only running charity fundraisers to support local organizations (like the  Club Create North Oakland County highlighted last week), but also using our time and talent for non-monetary charity. An example: The retaining fence surrounding the Parish’s  East drainage swale was in need of repair, and this Spring

Club Create North Oakland County (CCNOC), an art and social class for adults with special needs, was founded by parishioners Robert and Sue White, and Kathy Cole in 2013. Today, CCNOC has 53 active members throughout North Oakland County. Parishioners Fred and Michael White are CCNOC members where Michael is also a KofC Council #6824

I’d like to acknowledge the assistance given to me by fellow Knights and friends after the emergency surgery and subsequent recovery which left me unable to lift more than 10# for eight weeks. John Gibbons and Raoul Coronado loaded forty half-ton round bales into my hay barn. Raoul then spent 8 weeks loading my horse