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DEPICTIONS OF OUR MANY ACTIVITIES
Below are pictures of our many activities for fun, fundraising, church assistance and community help. Enjoy!
ANNUAL SPELLING BEE
TOTAL PARTICIPATION
We had our annual Spelling Bee 0n Feb 10, 2023, at St. John’s. School. We had 10 participants, two from each grade 4th through 8th grade. .At round 17 two students went out tied for third place, the 2 remaining went 23 more rounds before we had a winner. We had a 4 round spell-off to decide the third place winner.
WINNERS AND HELPERS
Here are the winners;
1st place Michelle Philip,
2nd place Karina Sivertsen,
3rd place Lucia Vang Nu.
Bernie Madden was chairman, Al Kalitzky was our recorder, and Jackie Madden was the pronouncer and three teachers acted as judges.
COUNCIL COOKED FOOD FOR THE PARISH SUMMER PICNIC
2022 Scholarship winners
Pictures of Award Event are in next section
Each winner of a scholarship received $1000; over the years the council has given away $50,000 to help college students. The winners for 2022 are as follows:
- Victoria La Croix going from Wheaton North HS to ILL State University
- Bridget Weber going from West Chicago HS to Iowa State University
- Ryan Lyngass going from St. Francis HS to University of Kansas
- Dulce Emaly Reyes currently attending Elmhurst University
- Madison Ann Thomas currently attending College of DuPage
- Norbert Kenny Herbert going from Wheaton North HS to Loras College
- Hayden M Janavich going from So. Elgin HS to Bradley University
- Anne Otto currently attending DePaul University
COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP AWARD DINNER ON AUGUST 1, 2022
June 26, 2022 Celebration for Fr Brian Geary becoming a priest
for the ronald macdonald house (rmh) kOFC provided 20 meals served to the families staying at RMH Near Winfield. BBQ chicken or brisket, mac & cheese
the council helps with the First annual halloween party for St. John’s with local children and adults with varying abilities in our local community
COUNCIL SNACK SHACK: winfield weekend fund raiser as well as offer visitors refreshments as they shop
annual college scholarships: winners of annual individual $1,000 scholaships provided by the council totaling $11,000
