Natural Disaster Funds Program
Knights of Columbus - Kentucky State Council
To fulfill
its responsibility of its founding principles, the Kentucky State Council
Knights of Columbus has developed a Natural Disaster Funds Program to provide
relief to members, families and councils as a result of natural disasters.
A natural disaster is defined as an occurrence such as a tornado, storm, flood,
high water, wind-driven water, earthquake, drought, pestilence, famine, blizzard
or other situation that causes human suffering or creates human needs that the
victims will need mitigation and assistance.
When a natural disaster strikes it creates a catastrophic situation in which the
day-to-day patterns of life of our members, families and councils are suddenly
disrupted. Those affected by disasters will probably need immediate and/or
long-term assistance.
The Kentucky State Council has established a natural disaster funds assistance
program to do the following for its members, families and councils immediately
following a disaster:
1. Provide victims with
immediate financial assistance.
2. Provide emergency financial aid-in-kind in the form of clothing, food,
shelter and supplies.
3. Provide long-term financial assistance when necessary.
4. Assist the victims in attaining referrals from support agencies, such as
the American Red Cross, St. Vincent de Paul Society, etc.
5. Provide advice regarding how to recover from a disaster.
6. Mobilize a fundraising campaign among the state’s many councils to help the
victims when disasters are of a large magnitude.
The manner and structure of
providing assistance is determined by the unique characteristics of each
disaster event.
Confidentiality is maintained regarding the specific amount of assistance
provided and those assisted. Reporting at the state level will be in a general
or summary format.
Carl Biery, PSD and FM
Natural Disaster Funds Program Chairman
307 Florence Avenue
Newport, KY 41071
(859) 781-5054
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