Light up for Christ
On December 1, 2009 the Knights of Columbus No. 2852 of New Hyde Park, N.Y. on Long Island , celebrated its 25th Anniversary of the "Light up for Christ" celebration. Our council was the birth place of the "Light up for Christ" program and was started by PGK Tom Piotrowski, in 1984.
Grand Knight Joseph Renta invited many people to this historic event, and it resulted in a packed building. We were honored to have Worthy State Deputy Arthur Harris, Worthy State Secretary Ken Latham, Worthy State Treasurer James Thompson and Worthy State Warden Salvatore Restivo attend the 25th Anniversary celebration. We also had many other officers from Long Island there to join in the celebration as well.
The "Light up for Christ" celebration started locally on Long Island at New Hyde Park council No .2852, and has evolved to spread across the nation and now around the world including Canada and Poland. It is an honor to be the place where it all started, and it's
wonderful to know that this celebration will live on for many years to come.
Picture 1 standing left to right are: Frank Smith the person who donated the tree for the 25th Light up for Christ, Tom Piotrowski PGK who started the Light Up for Christ program, Joseph Renta, Grand Knight of New Hyde Park Council No. 2852, Marlene and State Deputy Art Harris.
Picture 2 is of the crèche outside of New Hyde Parks Council Home
Submitted by Joseph Renta, GK New Hyde Park Council No. 2852
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