Awards Dinner

Annual Awards Dinner to present Service Pins for 50 years, 25 years, Knight of the Year, Family of the Year, Isabella's Gift (the Knight who has worked to fulfill our brotherhood's commitments to Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism) , and the Joe Lang Award (long and faithful service to the Order). The speaker is Jerry Viviano. Jerry is our rep at Sysco Foods for the Shrimp Dinners. Jerry Viviano is the second youngest of seven children born to Italian parents in St Louis, MO. He is a product of Catholic grade and high schools and earned a bachelors degree in business from the University of Missouri in 1973. Jerry is a proud and active member of the Knights of Columbus Holy Cross Council and is the founder and producer of the annual Viviano Benefit Variety Show which has raised over 1.9 million dollars for Kansas City charities. Jerry is the emcee and is very entertaining. Their charitable works in the community is what the Knights stand for. He is a great representative.

Jerry is recently retired from Sysco. He and his wife Megan have been married for 29 years and they have 2 children---Joseph, who is an officer in the US Navy and Katherine who is a professional entertainer. Jerry’s topic will be “Why are we here”. It will be enlightening and fun.