Effingham Knights of Columbus Council 665 recently made an $800 donation to the Effingham Family Life Center. Presenting the check to the Family Life Center’s Executive Director, Mary Hovis is Effingham K of C’s Charity Ambassador and Past Grand Knight, Bob Walker.
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Effingham Knights of Columbus Council 665 is happy to announce the 2021-2022 scholarship and Christian Athlete Award winners.
Each year the council awards up to eight $500 scholarships to deserving graduating senior students. The requirements for eligibility are: either the applicant or their father needed to be a member in good standing in Council 665, the student needed to show excellence in academics and extracurricular activities, the student needed to lack any infractions in conduct and they needed to submit a 400-500 word essay on this year’s topic. The topic for this year’s essay was “The Responsibility of a Catholic in Today’s Society”.
There were eight scholarship recipients this year from three high schools. There were four winners from Effingham High School, three from St. Anthony High School and one from Teutopolis High School. The four from Effingham were Jackson Doedtman, son of David and Ann Doedtman, Chloe Koester, daughter of Greg and Clara Koester, Krista Phillips, daughter of Glen and Jeni Phillips and Gavin Sherrod, son of Sean and Jaimee Sherrod.
Knights of Columbus Scholarship Winners from Effingham High School are (l to r) Jackson Doedtman, Krista Phillips, Chloe Koester and Gavin Sherrod.
The three winners from St. Anthony were Henry Kemme, son of Tony and Valerie Kemme, Maria Poston, daughter of Matt and Ginny Poston and Bridget Sudkamp, daughter of Joe and Karie Sudkamp. Council 665 also awards a Christian Athlete Award to one St. Anthony High School senior athlete. The winners present a positive Christian attitude to all coaches and players. This year’s winner from St. Anthony was Grace Karolewicz and she is the daughter of Steve and Lisa Karolewicz.
Effingham K of C’s Grand Knight Bob Utz presents a scholarship check to St. Anthony High School Senior, Henry Kemme.
Effingham K of C’s Grand Knight Bob Utz presented K of C scholarships and the Christian Athlete Award at the St. Anthony Awards ceremony. Pictured with Utz (l to r) are scholarship winners Maria Poston and Bridget Sudkamp and Christian Athlete Award winner Grace Karolewicz.
The winner from Teutopolis was Tia Probst, daughter of Keith and Mandy Probst.
Effingham K of C’s Scholarship Chairman Phil Koerner presented a $500 scholarship at the Teutopolis awards ceremony to Tia Probst
Council 665 also awards a Christian Athlete Award to one Effingham High School senior athlete.
This year’s winner from Effingham was Jonathon Perry who is the son of Greg and LeAnn Perry.
The Knights of Columbus Christian Athlete Award winner from Effingham High School is Jonathon Perry.
Effingham Knights of Columbus would like to congratulate these winners, as well as all of the area graduating seniors.
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