Star Council Report
Please access the April 1, 2026 Star Council Status Report with the link below. The emboldened council numbers are the 64 councils who achieved the Star Council Award for the 2024-2025 fraternal year.
I also attached the Supreme Council Awards Report for April 1. This report will list the total Fraternal Benefit Event attendees and the total number of events your council has been credited for this fraternal year.
I might also suggest that Grand Knights forward this email with the two reports to all your officers and program directors.
Finally, I want to remind all councils that we will have a new award at the state convention for all grand knights whose council achieve the 2025-2026 Star Council Award by May 1, 2026. The award will be called the “Ohio Star Council Award Recognition”, or “OSCAR”. Please note that receiving this “Oscar” award does not necessarily mean your council will achieve Supreme’s Star Council Award as of June 30. But they should. We encourage all councils not to wait until June 30 to complete their Star Council Award requirements. Continue working on the Star Council Award NOW!
Please contact me if you have any questions. My email is girtken@sssnet.com and my phone number is 330-608-1729.
Criteria for the 2025-2026 Star Council Award.
- Membership Quotas 6% Net Growth. Minimum of Five – Maximum of Fifteen new members, based on total membership.
- The Founders Award (Insurance). All council must participate in at least TWO Fraternal Benefit Programs, live or on line. SUM ATTENDEES OF TWO OR MORE SEMINARS: Minimum of TEN members or Member-Eligible attendees for councils less than 100 members. Minimum of FOURTEEN members or Member Eligible for councils with 100 or more members. Grand Knight must submit Form 11077 on-line on Supreme website.
- Columbian Award Application SP7. Supreme Council is requiring 16 activity reports. Four activities or credits in each of the Faith in Action categories (Faith, Family, Community, Life). Sponsoring a “Featured” activity will count as two report credits. Columbian award Application must be submitted by June 30, 2026.
- Safe Environment Certification. No new changes. Remember: Grand Knight is prohibited from serving more than two council chairman positions. (Grand Knight, General Program Chairman, Family Activities Chairman and Community Activity Chairman.) All chairmen are required to have a personnel email address; not a generic address, like grandknight15999@aol.com.
- NEW REQUIREMENT: Form 185 Report of Officers. Supreme has added the submission of Form 185 to the Star Council Award Requirements. Form must be submitted by July 1, 2025.
- Form 365 Service Program Personnel Report. Form must be submitted by July 1, 2025. Supreme Council will use the emails for the Grand Knight, General Program Director, Council Community Director and Council Family Director in order to forward safe environment on-line training.
- Form 1728 Fraternal Survey Must be submitted by January 31, 2026.