Knights of Columbus Campaign for Intellectual Disabilities

The most popular and successful program conducted by Knights of Columbus Fr. McCormick Council 3880 at St. Thomas the Apostle, in Crystal Lake and throught the Chicago area, is their annual benefit drive for people with intellectual disabilities..

During this annual fund-raiser, September 18-19, Council 3880 collects donations outside stores and on street corners, and are easily spotted in their yellow vests.

In appreciation, each donor is offered a Tootsie Roll. The high visibility of this program has led to the campaign being referred to as the “Tootsie Roll Drive.”

Over the past 50 years, the Knights of Columbus has raised and donated more than $389 million to programs for people with intellectual and physical disabilities.

Among the larger gifts of time and money the Order makes annually is to Special Olympics and other programs for people with intellectual and/or physical disabilities. The Knights’commitment to Special Olympics and to hundreds of grassroots programs for people with intellectual and physical disabilities is an expression of its belief in the intrinsic worth of every human being.

Volunteers are welcome. http://kofc3880.org/ 815-455-5400

Please be generous when you see a Knight of Columbus representative at dozens of Crystal Lake locations from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18th and Saturday, Sept. 19th.