Source: Zenit
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, JUNE 8, 2010 (Zenit.org).- The Knights of Columbus are reporting that last year's charitable contributions broke all previous records, by some $1 million.
In 2009, donations from the organization totaled $151,105,867, $1 million more than the previous year.
The organization's Supreme Council gave $34,627,530 of this total, and $116,477,971 was contributed by the state and local affiliates.
As well, the organization gave over 69 million hours of volunteer work to charitable causes, which was some 500,000 more than the previous year. About 228,000 of these hours were given to Habitat for Humanity programs.
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