Congratulations our 2026 COUNCIL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS at KofC #1333!

On July 14, The Knights of Columbus, Council #1333 in West Chester had the privilege and honor to award two scholarships as part of our 10th Annual Council Scholarship Program for the 2025-2026 Fraternal Year. Those recipients were:

Dan Dolan – Dan is attending Penn State University and is majoring in criminology and psychology with a minor in Spanish. He graduated high school from B. Reed Henderson in 2025. Some of his experiences over the last 2 years are with The Fame Fire Company, Alpha Fire Company in State College, New Directions Program at The Melton Center and the Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law Fraternity Philanthropy Committee.

Andrew Manley – Andrew is attending Kutztown University and is majoring in Animated Arts. He graduated high school from Bishop Shanahan in 2023. Some of his community serving experiences were serving at St. Cecilia’s Fausnaught Sale (2025 and 2026), Volunteering at Nazareth High School representing Kutztown’s Esports Program, and Kutztown Trash Pickup Day (2024 and 2025).

All of our worthy recipients plan on continuing their service work with various groups on campus. Congratulations and good luck in your future endeavors, Dan and Andrew! Well done!

Thank you as well to our dedicated Scholarship Committee who does a great job in reviewing the essays and identifying potential candidates every year; Nick Palczuk, Jim Hennessy, Art Treston, Jim Cushwa, Joe Dugan, Jerry DiBello, Don Troupe, and Gary Novinskie. We are very proud to be able to offer this opportunity to our members and their families.

We also thank all of the members of Council #1333 for your annual generosity and act of kindness, to help provide this great support for the scholarship program.