Knights of Columbus honor Family and Knight of the year

From staff reports

The Clarion Immaculate Conception Knights of Columbus Council #7549 honored Deacon Joe, Jen and Elizabeth Glover as their Family of the Year, and Joe Polito as Knight of the Year for fraternal year 2022-2023.

The awards were presented at the annual Appreciation dinner that was held at the Clarion American Legion on September 9.

The council has 137 members and is active through the year with events that include Coats for Kids, Stocking for Seniors, Purses & Bling, Red Cross Blood Drive, Palm Sunday breakfast, National Night Out,

Community Thanksgiving dinner and I Love Clarion. The Knights make an annual scholarship donation of $7,500 to the Immaculate Conception School and has made donations to Next Step, Rural Ministries,

Special Olympics, Immaculate Conception parish, Wreaths Across America, YMCA, Clarion Hospital, Clarion Free Library and Community Action, among other agencies.

The council had their usual hot sausage and kettle corn available during the Autumn Leaf Festival in their trailer at the corner of Main Street and Sixth Avenue in downtown Clarion. Darren Frederick assumed the role of Grand Knight from Gary Wolbert on July 1.