“Sprucing Up”
In order to give our new incoming Parochial Vicar a proper welcome, Leonardo Zapata, asked Knight Hands to “spruce up” the living quarters for Fr. Esteban Antes who will be […]
In order to give our new incoming Parochial Vicar a proper welcome, Leonardo Zapata, asked Knight Hands to “spruce up” the living quarters for Fr. Esteban Antes who will be […]
Knight Hands continues it’s community work by completing two fairly difficult projects this past month. On November 14th, 2019, David Dybala, Steve Zehnder, Ken Rarick, Hector Rubio, Mike Fitzgerald, Dan […]
When Devyn Buschow asked if Knight Hands could help with the painting of a house in Dallas, we said “sure”. Little did we know the extent of repairs that would […]
Twice a year Knight Hands helps a needy citizen in the city of Duncanville by doing repairs to their home or yard. This year we did both. Jorge Ruiz replaced […]
Every time Knight Hands takes on a large project, I am amazed how quickly and efficiently the Knight Hands get the work done. And so it was with the project […]
Knight hands undertook a huge project when we decided to replace the siding on the home of Jesse Ann Nobles located in Cedar Hill. Initially it was the siding on […]
Starting in March 2017, this Council has participated in the P.I.P program sponsored by the Vitality Commission of the City of Duncanville and coordinated by the First United Methodist Church […]
Knight Hands Getting After It On the morning of March 18, 2019 at 8am, David Dybala, Mike Fitzgerald, Dan Murphy, Ray Rivera, Efrain Ochoa, Art Rodriguez, Jim Russell, Ken Rarick, […]
Many months ago, Mrs. Rosaura Nunez accidentally rammed her garage door with her car smashing the garage door to smithereens and damaging her car as well. After many attempts to […]
What a beautiful fall day it was on November 17th, 2018 as 8 Knight Hands gathered at the home of Bill Sheets located in Duncanville. Our mission this day […]
What a nice turnout on Wednesday afternoon at the Community Center as Knight Hands unpacked 49 new round tables for the church. This should have happened on Tuesday; but circumstances […]
For the past two years Council 8157 has participated in the Property Improvement Program (P.I.P). P.I.P is sponsored by the Neighborhood Vitality Commission of the City of Duncanville and the […]
Nel Mancenido wondered how Knight Hands could possibly remove all the rotted lumber from his gazebo deck and replace the rotted portions with new treated 2” X 6”’s in such […]
Our Council’s commitment to helping our community was evident during the City of Duncanville’s PIP Days program on Saturday May 5th, 2018. The project assigned to our Knight Hands team […]
On the morning of Saturday January 13th, 7 Knights of Columbus met at the home of Allen Reitmeier to tackle the next Knight Hands project. We all drove from there to […]
Our council was again invited to participate in a PIP Days project spearheaded by the First United Methodist Church in Duncanville on September 29-30, 2017. The project we undertook was a complete […]
On May 3rd of 2017, The Knights of Columbus, through the Knight Hands program, collaborated with the City of Duncanville and participated in P.I.P Days (Property Improvement Program). Betty Dunn, […]
In our most ambitious project to date, Knight Hands helped the Consecrated Women of DFW Regnum Christi with various home maintenance projects inside and outside of their residence near Dallas […]
David Dybala and Jose Montoya worked 6 straight hours replacing a safety balcony porch railing at the home of Sue Sehi this past Monday morning/afternoon. Hector Rubio, the sponsoring […]
While Knight Hands has received national recognition for the work we have done thus far, for sure we are not sitting on our laurels. By the way, if you haven’t […]
[dropcaps] O [/dropcaps] ur Council’s Knight Hands Service Program received national (and international) recognition this month in a four-page article published in the Knights of Columbus – Columbia Magazine. Early in […]
Every Knight Hand project is unique and special to both those doing the job and those receiving the benefits of the labor of the Knights of Columbus. And so […]
Larry Balagna Larry is a tireless contributor to council activities. It seems like we don’t scramble an egg or set up and take down a room without him pitching in. […]
October 2015 turned out to be a very busy time for Knight Hands; we completed 11 projects during the month. Most memorable was replacing a fence at Gabriele Hardin’s home; […]
In the readings this past Sunday, St. James says it is not enough to hope those who are in need will find help. It is not ecough even to pray […]
As we approach the 5th year anniversary of the beginning of Knight Hands, I would like to summarize what has transpired these past five years. First of all, I would […]
Since we last reported, Knight Hands has been busy providing various services in the community, like: [three_fourth] 10-20-14. Install three sliding drawers in the bottom shelves of kitchen cabinets. […]
Knight Hands have been on the job these past three months completing projects #92 through #99. Included in these projects was a tree trimming job for Yolanda Sanchez which […]
[dropcaps] O [/dropcaps] n the morning of August 2nd (a cool morning for Texas in August), seven Knights set out to help a neighbor in need. Knight Hands had accepted […]
[dropcaps]S[/dropcaps] ince the publication of the March 2014 Newsletter, Knight Hands completed 8 additional projects bringing the total number completed since inception to 91. On March 25, Ray Rivera and […]