Tom Convery February 23rd, 2010
Party / Dinner-Dance
Saturday, March 13, 2010
from 6:30 p.m. to midnight
Saint William Activity Center
Walled Lake, Michigan
$25.00/person or $45.00/couple
Table of 8 only $170.00
Buy your tickets today:
Contact Tim McClorey at (248) 310-0052
Or order your tickets on-line now
dgoebel April 22nd, 2009
This year’s Friday lenten fish fry was another banner year and unqualified success. Over the course of the seven week run, over 6,200 dinners were sold with an additional 800 worker and donated dinners served. These numbers exceed any previous year record by 492 dinners. We also set a new single night record of 1,015 sold dinners on the second Friday of lent. A huge “THANK YOU” to all the guests, kid workers, high school help, and Dads and Moms who made this years fish fry such a huge success!
trudofski February 22nd, 2009
All parish kids 3rd Grade and up are welcome to work the Lenten Fish Fry dinners!
- 3rd and 4th graders help with bussing and setting tables (Bussers)
- 5th and 6th graders help with serving dinners (Servers)
- 7th and 8th graders help with greeting and seating our guests (Hosts/Hostesses)
- High schoolers help out with the carry-out, in the kitchen, or wherever help is needed.
We will sign off on service hours for the high school kids that are required to obtain them.
To sign up, please send an email to:
and tell us you are interested in working. Each week we will send out an email to all that register asking if they would like to work. Just hit reply and let us know when and where.
Since the four hour dinner can seem long, we like to have the younger kids work in shifts, from either 4:00 – 6:30 or 5:30-8:00. Kids should arrive no earlier than 3:45 – only those kids whose parents are working can arrive before that time.
All kids must sign in with a supervising adult when they arrive, wear a nametag, and must give a contact number for a parent or responsible adult. Parents – please walk your kids in.
In an effort to save money we will not be giving out shirts to the workers – so wear something appropriate. Old fish fry shirts would work!
Working kids are entitled to a free worker meal – we only ask that they try to take their breaks before or after the peak times. They are always welcome to take their breaks when their family arrives to eat.
Parents – kids love having their parents work – please consider helping out – even if it is only for one or two nights, or only for a few hours. It is a great social event and more fun than work.
trudofski February 22nd, 2009
The first lenten fish fry of 2009 is this Friday, February 27th!
As always, we anticipate a large number of guests each week.
All Dads’ Club members are especially encouraged to help out – this is our biggest fundraiser and is a lot of fun.
On Thursday evening, we will be meeting in the kitchen at about 7:00 p.m. to organize our inventory and do some advanced preparation.
On each and every Friday, we begin arriving before noon to get started (yes, noon). We crank up the fryers, final prep the kitchen, set-up the gym. An extra couple of bodies or more between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. will help get the dining room in order for the kids to set tables after school dismisses.
We need to have the kitchen manned, floor supervisors in place, coffee brewed, the carry-out station manned, and the cashiers table ready to go by 3:45 p.m. as the seniors begin arriving early for the 4:00 p.m. early bird special.
The heaviest traffic will come between 5:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., so if you can’t get out of work early, just get out fast and lend a hand. By 6:30 or so the early crew has been working for 6 hours, so they are happy to get a break.
If you can’t get out fast, don’t sweat it. Take your time, bring your family for a late meal and plan to stay for clean-up. Between 8:30 and 10:30, we completely tear down the gym, Vercelli Hall, the main hallway and the kitchen. We vacuum every inch, set up chairs in Vercelli for weekend Mass, scrub the entire gym and kitchen, and put things back in order. If we have some fresh dads it all goes smoothly–If we don’t, the guys that arrived before noon are dragging along until midnight to get things cleaned up.
So, if you can help out, please let us know – simply email fishfry@saintwilliam.net and let us know when you would be available and where you would like to help out. By emailing you will help Dennis Goebel and Tom Rudofski know where we need extra help and where we can expect to be covered. If you do not get a chance to email but area available to help, just show up – we always can use an extra hand somewhere.
Todd November 12th, 2008
The general membership Meeting date has been changed to November 19th to accommodate the Thanksgiving Holiday. See everyone there at 730 pm in lower Zeph Hall.
Tom Convery July 16th, 2008
We had our first “Raffle Return Night” on Monday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. next to the convent garage. 15 of our athletes are already at or beyond their sales quota. We are encouraging everyone to make their sales AND their returns as soon as possible. Joe Boulus and I will be available every Monday and Wednesday (at conditioning practices) from 7-8 p.m. to accept returns or distribute additional tickets. Once an athlete has sold their quota, they get an entry in our July 28, 2008 incentive prize drawing for an IPOD, movie tickets, and other great prizes. Increases your chances to win by making your return early and by selling extra tickets: For each $20 over quota sold, the athlete gets an additional entry in the prize drawing.
NOT AN ATHLETE? You can sell tickets and get in the prize drawing too!! Just contact Joe Boulus or Tom Convery and we will get tickets to you!
While our next major return night with a prize drawing is Monday, July 28, 2008, we will be accepting returns and serving soft serve ice cream and cold drinks on Monday, July 21, 2008 from 6:30 to 8:30 to anyone making early returns or looking to pick up more tickets to sell.
Check our progress toward our goal by watching the graph at the top of the right-hand column. We have a long ways to go, but we can get there before August 2 if everyone does their part!
Marge Shackett July 15th, 2008
DON’T MISS THE FUN!
ST. WILLIAM PARISH PICNIC
SUNDAY, JULY 27TH
GILBERT WILLIS PARK
(Behind the VFW on
Loon Lake Road, Wixom)
2:00 PM – ‘til whenever
The highlight of the picnic is the annual softball game – St. William’s Dads’ Club vs. Usher’s Club vs. the Youth Group.
The rules seem to be on a sliding scale; depending on who is winning and who the umpire might be. Recruit your friends to join our team for the day!
Youth Group families are asked to bring a dessert to share! The Dads’ Club will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, salads, pop, and ice cream. The Ushers will provide beer. Tennis and basketball courts adjoin our gazebo and tents. There will be a bounce-house, buried treasure hunt, water baloon toss and other activities for the youngsters. Bingo with some great prizes at about 3 p.m.. Bring the entire family, as there is something fun for everyone.
saintwil May 30th, 2008
On Wednesday evening, May 28, 2008, the St. William Dads’ Club held its biannual election establishing a new Executive Committee. We are pleased to introduce our new executives whose terms began immediately following the announcement of election results:
At the helm of the Dads’ Club through May of 2010 will be its new president, Thomas Rudofski.
Re-elected to a second two-year term as vice president is Scott Ziegler.
Re-elected to a third term as secretary is Don Squier.
Succeeding our six-term treasurer, Jim Simpson, will be our new treasurer Michael Schira.
Our new Trustee (who also serves as Dads’ Club representative to the school committee) is Randy Trombley.
Please keep the Dads’ Club and its new executive committee in your prayers as they plan and execute their term of office.
Tom Rudofski can be reached by e-mail at trudofski@comcast.net
Scott Ziegler can be reached by e-mail at skziegler@comcast.net
Don Squier can be contacted by e-mail at golfrules48390@yahoo.com
Michael Schira can be contacted by e-mail at mschira@nsi-consulting.com
Randy Trombley can be contacted by e-mail at rtrombley@comcast.net
Feel free to send them a congratulatory message. Please update your contact lists accordingly.
Tom Convery February 10th, 2008
The first lenten fish fry went well on Friday, February 15 with well over 760 dinners sold. We were pretty-well manned at all positions. Now that Walled Lake School’s break week is over we hope to have all of our “regular” dads and kid workers back in town. We also anticipate larger numbers of guests. All Dads’ Club members are especially encouraged to help out this week–we will provide ‘on-the-job’ training.
SO…. Click on the comment link below and tell us all when you plan to arrive and how you’d like to help. i.e.:
“Joe Daddy- can’t make it till 7 or so–I’ll stay for clean-up” or
“Nacho Daddy- I’ll be there around 3 to help wherever needed”
by “commenting” you will help Dennis Goebel know where we need extra help and where we can expect to be covered.
Tom Convery November 23rd, 2007
The Dads’ Club Christmas Tree lot is now open and ready for business. Besides the great selection of premium trees you have come to expect at our annual sale, you will also find more convenient drive up service and additional parking. The lot is located immediately south of the school on Pontiac Trail (1/3 mile south of Maple Rd.).
Visit our “Christmas Tree Sale” web page for more information.
