Niceville Knights of Columbus Receive Statewide Award for Charity Work

In Brief:

🔨 Local Knights of Columbus Council 13527 honored for 15+ years of volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity in Okaloosa County

🏠 Volunteers helped build homes from the ground up—often finishing framing in a single day

🏅 Council received a statewide award at the Florida Knights of Columbus convention in Jacksonville

Knights of Columbus Council 13527 at Christ Our Redeemer Catholic Church in Niceville was recently honored by the 60,000-member State of Florida Knights of
Columbus Council for the council’s service and commitment to Okaloosa County’s Habitat for Humanity for more than 15 years.

The Council has routinely provided from twelve to twenty volunteers for each workday, performing tasks which included the digging footings for the concrete slab,
framing the walls, installing drywall, flooring, painting, exterior siding and installing doors, cabinets, shelving and installing conduits.

Because of the number of volunteers that the council routinely provides, the Okaloosa County Habitat has called upon the council for large jobs such as framing, which requires a large number of participants.

At two recent builds in Crestview, the Knights were able to assemble the frames and install them on the foundation, completing the walls for an entire house in just under eight hours, a job that would normally take several days.

The award was presented to the Council at the State’s recent annual convention held in Jacksonville, attended by representatives of the more than 340 councils in the
state.