The Knights of Columbus East Hanover Council 6504 presented college scholarship awards to several local students at the council’s awards night held at St. Rose of Lima Church in East Hanover, N.J., on June 22. The council, with the support from an anonymous donor, awarded one-time college scholarships of $3,000 each to seven students: Sophia Duarte, Villanova University; Alicia Cosentino, Sacred Heart University; Lucas Lorent, University of Tennessee; Ryan Carrell, University of Miami; Anthony Cosentino, Rutgers University; Ava Patanella, Rider University; and Emma Patanella, University of Delaware. The students were congratulated by the council along with their family and friends who attended. Pictured with the students is Council 6504 Grand Knight Michael Trocchia.
At the same event, the East Hanover council was presented with the Drive for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities Appreciation Award which had been given to the council on May 16 at the Knights of Columbus annual N.J. State Council Convention in appreciation for the council’s outstanding work with their Intellectual Disabilities Drive. Pictured above: Michael Spiecker, district deputy, who presented the award to the council; Michael Trocchia, Council 6504 Grand Knight; and Robert Cosentino, Council 6504’s Intellectual Disabilities Drive chairman.
