Knights and Parishes Deliver

Sparta - Knights of Columbus from District 46 in the Paterson Diocese delivered diapers, wipes and other needed supplies to Lighthouse Pregnancy Center in Wayne, NJ, on Feb. 2, 2019. January was Sanctitiy of Life month and the four councils of the K of C, covering six parishes in Wayne, Pequannock, Sparta, and Sussex, collected baby supplies for the center.
“Lighthouse does tremendous work all over Central and Northern New Jersey and are always in need of supplies, so we just wanted to help them,” said Bob Medina, District Deputy of the councils. “It was an idea suggested by our State Deputy Robert Hatler, and one of our councils was very excited about it. That excitement was shared by our other three councils, so we decided to make it a district-wide collection.”
The collection, which consited of one truckload, one minivan, and one carfull, netted 8734 diapers, 228 packs of wipes, and assorted other supplies like a car seat, handmade mittens and hats, ointments, etc.
Kerri Schaeffer, Deb Provencher, and Jan Rowland of Lighthouse were delighted when representatives of the district dropped off the supplies. They were very hospitable and showed the Knights around their facility, their ultrasound machine, and their educational programs that help save lives every single day.
The councils plan on continuing and growing their relationship with Lighthouse in the near future. The contributing councils are General Judson Kilpatrick Council 5563, Sussex, Anthony Szwartz, Grand Knight; Bishop Navagh Council 5943, Pequannock, Ed Huresky GK; Immaculate Heart of Mary Council 10206, Wayne, Glenn Matano GK; Saint Kateri Council 13677, Sparta, Greg Risco GK. Contributing parishes were St. Monica’s in Sussex, St. Francis De Sales in Vernon, Our Lady of Fatima in Vernon, Holy Spirit in Pequannock, Immaculate Heart of Mary in Wayne, and Saint Kateri Tekakwitha in Sparta.