Remember to take photos before, during, and after your FGC/JHD event. Mail to home office.
Come Together!
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Planning Calendar

Download this calendar (PDF format) to plan your FGC activity.

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Non-Members

To learn if a COF group in your area is planning a community service activity, contact Feeding God's Children coordinator, Danielle Marsh at 800-552-0145, extension 4780, or email dmarsh@catholicforester.com.

COF Members

Interested in participating? Contact local court officers to see if an activity is planned. Not sure how to reach them? Contact Feeding God's Children coordinator, Danielle Marsh at 800-552-0145, extension 4780, or email dmarsh@catholicforester.com.
News Updates

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Join us next year on May 7, 2011.
 

Kentucky Courts Garner Local Television Coverage

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Press Releases

 Everyone enjoy a fun and successful Join Hands Day/Feeding God’s Children activity? Well now’s the time to let others in your community know.

Click on Officers tab and scroll down to Post-event (PR-100-R) press release form. Adapt to fit your needs by filling in, or deleting, information about your event where indicated by brackets. Consider sending to local and diocesan newspapers, school or community newsletters.

Form Deadlines

Courts who ordered 2010’s Join Hands Day/Feeding God’s Children T-shirts, received the following forms with their shipments:

JHD/FGC Sign In form Needed to enter  Member Service and Court Community Benevolence cash award drawings* (PR-100-J)

Post-Event Information sheet  Used when writing Catholic Forester magazine copy (PR-100-K) 

If your court is sponsoring an event but did not request T-shirts, access these forms by: clicking on Officer tab above and scrolling down to form, or contacting Danielle Marsh at 800-552-0145, extension 4780, dmarsh@catholicforester.org

Both forms due at home office by May 23

*Award drawings open to Catholic Order of Foresters courts and members ONLY

More Forms

To access fillable publicity tools, recruiting flyers and letters, posters, and forms, click on Officer tab, above.

Join Hands Day — Feeding God’s Children 2010

In 2009, fraternal spirit flourished when 80 Catholic Order of Forester (COF) courts and more than 3,500 member and non-member volunteers participated in May's Join Hands Day, a national volunteer day sponsored by America's Fraternal Benefit Societies.

Building on 2009's success, and volunteers overwhelming support, COF has enhanced Join Hands Day Feeding God's Children program, which last year helped alleviate hunger at the local, national, and world level.

COF once again offers support materials, for planning and executing an activity, and free participant T-shirt, wristband, and bookmark.Besides our committed Forester volunteers, we invite non-member youth and adults, family, friends, and other church, fraternal, and civic organizations to Join Hands with Catholic Order of Foresters on May 1, 2010.

Click to view the 2009 FGC wrap-up