The Lake Current - Council News & Info - Mar. 3
Time for another news update about our very busy council!
Membership Meeting - Wednesday, Mar. 8th at 7:00 p.m. (Note early start time!)

Our monthly general business meeting will be this coming Wednesday, with dinner served at 6:15 p.m., and the meeting beginning promptly at 7:00 p.m. We are starting early to help out our good friends in the Stephen P. Driscoll FOP Lodge Pipe Band get in an important final practice session in our hall before the St. Patrick's Day Parade the following Sunday.

All members are welcome (and encouraged!) to attend our monthly membership meetings. Nothing happens at our council without the input and support from our members. Our meetings are the best way to have your voice heard and get involved with our many fun charitable and family activities.
Fish Fry Fridays Begin Tonight!

We're once again offering our popular Fish Fry Fridays during Lent from 5-8 p.m. starting tonight! Bring the whole family for dinner!

For only $10 you get your choice of these sumptous fish dishes -- to eat-in or take out:
  • Our classic beer-batter Fish & Chips
  • Linguine with White Clam Sauce
  • Shrimp Scampi over Pasta
  • Cape Cod Clam Strips & Fries


We're now featuring weekly specials, and tonight's special will be Lobster Mac & Cheese. (ooooh!!) Quantities are limited, and when it's gone -- it's gone, so get there early!

Other specials planned include Creamy Crab-Corn Bisque soup and Filet of Fish Sandwiches. We'll once again be offering complimentary dessert, coffee and tea service for eat-in orders.

PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT CHARITY! Last year our fish fries raised $1,000 for charities including the St. James Food Pantry, Disabled American Veterans, Special Olympics NY, the KofC Christians at Risk Fund; and CAREERS for People with Disabilities.

Our Fish Fry Fridays will be every Friday during Lent except for March 17 (St. Patrick's Day) and April 14 (Good Friday). On March 24th we will be serving take-out only after 7 p.m. Please join us!
Brendan Toohey Award Breakfast Recap


On Sunday, February 26th, we hosted the annual Westchester-Putnam Conference's Brendan Toohey Award Breakfast. This award is  presented annually to a brother who exemplifies Knighthood in our Order. This year's worthy winner was our friend and former District Deputy, Ken Chambers. Pictured here is Westchester-Putnam Conference Chairman Mike Griffin (far left) presenting the award to Ken as Conference officers look on.

The day began with Mass at Our Lady of the Lake/Mt. Carmel Church. Thanks to Color Corps Commander Mike O'Brien for leading the honor guard from Mother Cabrini Assembly at the Mass. We then served a full breakfast buffet at our council, followed by the award ceremony.

We were also honored to have guest speakers from a local charitable organization, CAREERS for People with Disabilities (recently renamed CAREERS Support Solutions), who spoke about the incredible work they do for the disabled in our community. Our breakfast raised $850 for this very worthy cause. Pictured below are members of our Ladies Auxiliary, who did a great job serving the breakfast, along with CAREERS' spokesperson Christine Chenevey (blue jacket) and client Jessica Ekback (far right).
A great big THANK YOU to our Ladies Auxiliary and to our kitchen crew (pictured below). Well done Brothers and Ladies! #Charity
St. Patrick's Day Parade & Celebration - Sunday, March 12th

Step off with us at 2 p.m. on March 12th as we march as a council in the  Northern Westchester/Putnam St. Patrick's Day Parade, the third largest in all of New York State. Bring the family! Meet at the council by noon to carpool over to the parade in Mahopac.

After the parade, join us for a taste of Ireland's finest back at our Council Hall, with live performances by the Kelly Oster School of Irish Dance, Ed Mullaney, and the Stephen P. Driscoll FOP Lodge Memorial Pipe Band. Enjoy a plate with a corned beef sandwich, potatoes, cabbage, and Irish soda bread for only $5. We'll also be serving Guinness Stout on tap, in addition to our usual lounge selections. Free admission! 
Cash Bingo - Sun. March 26


Our Ladies Auxiliary is hosting another fun afternoon of cash bingo on Sunday, March 26th. Doors open at 1 p.m., house rules read at 2:00 p.m. and first game begins promptly at 2:15 p.m. 

Your $40 (prepaid by March 15th) gets you admission, all-nighters, two specials and a door-prize ticket. Daubers will be available for purchase. Bell Jar tickets will also be sold!

Seating limited to the first 100 players, so reserve today. For payment details or more info, contact the Ladies at ladieskofc@gmail.com. All funds raised go to local charities!
Midnight Run: Help our Ladies Help the Homeless!

A reminder that our Ladies Auxiliary is sponsoring a "Midnight Run" in conjunction with Immaculate High School in Danbury, Connecticut, to collect and deliver food, clothing and toiletries to the homeless in New York City.

Midnight Run is an organization based out of Dobbs Ferry that has been delivering food, clothing and toiletries to the homeless in New York City for more than 25 years. About 5 to 6 times per year, a group of students and chaperones from Immaculate, a Catholic high school, go to the city on a Friday night to deliver food and clothing to the homeless at several locations.  It is a wonderful opportunity for the students to serve and interact with many homeless men and women. Students meet at the school around 6 p.m. on the night of the run, where they sort clothing, prepare the food, and make bags of toiletries. They leave for Manhattan at 8:30 and return to the school around 1 a.m. 

New items needed:
  • Men’s underwear, socks and long underwear
  • Ladies' underwear

Gently used items:

  • Men’s pants and sweatpants, T-shirts, sweaters, sweatshirts and hoodies
    (most popular), coats, dress shirts, and footwear
  • Women’s pants and coats
  • Blankets, sleeping bags, and backpacks
  • Jackets, gloves, scarves, and hats

The Midnight Run takes place on Friday, March 31st, so please get in your donation before then. Look for the donation bins in our lounge. Monetary donations are also needed, as the trips are fully funded by generous donations from Immaculate families, alumni, local businesses, and charitable organizations like ours.

Your donation -- large or small -- will be greatly appreciated. Please help in any way you can!







  • Thanks to everybody who supported our brothers in Mahopac Council in their efforts to raise funds for the Sullivan-Birmingham family, who suffered a devastating fire that took the life of Elizabeth Birmingham. The council's spaghetti dinner fundraiser on February 19th was a success, and was much appreciated by the family. Our council had a good number of members who attended the dinner, and we also donated several trays of homemade baked ziti and meatballs. #Unity!

    You may still help the family directly by clicking here and making a donation on the family's GoFundMe relief fund page.

  • Why no Fish Fry on Friday, March 17th? Because it is St. Patrick's Day! Thanks to a dispensation from His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York do not need to abstain from meat that Friday. (We are, however, asked do an extra act of charity or penance in exchange for eating meat.) So that evening our lounge will be open and we'll be serving corned beef sandwiches for $5. 

  • A special note of deep gratitude from our Grand Knight to the council officers, corporation directors, and all of our volunteers who have been working so hard behind the scenes to maintain and improve our building and grounds. Some of that work is apparent to the casual observer, but much of it goes unnoticed. For example, our kitchen is in the midst of a significant renovation that will improve our ability to cater most our events in-house, which in turn allows us to raise more money for charities, community organizations, and people in need. As stated at the start of this newsletter, nothing happens at our council without the support of our members. We are already doing great things thanks to an excellent group of hard working volunteers and members who turn out for our events. But just think of how much more we could do if even only a few more brothers pitched in to help with projects and staffing those council events. Food for thought.
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