Knights of Columbus Isabella Council 15 Announces a Benefit for Relay for Life - May 22, 2015

The Southington Knights of Columbus Isabella Council 15, The Elks Lodge and the Nancy Lee Salerno Foundation jointly honor the years of contributions to Southington Relay for Life of Mike, Patty and Mary Boissonneault.

Deputy Grand Knight of the Isabella Council 15 of the Knights of Columbus, Bill Shatas,  who is chairman of the council’s Relay for Life team announced a pasta and meatballs supper would be held together with the Southington Elks Club on Friday, May 22nd at the Elks Lodge located at 114 Main Street in Southington.  Menu includes pasta and meatballs, salad, dessert, coffee and tea with food donated by Nancy Nurtures Foundation honoring Nancy Lee Salerno, killed by a drunk driver in 2012. For tickets, at $12 pp, contact Bill Shatas at 860-302-4556 or Rosemary Champagne at 860-621-8328.

Mike and Patty Boissonneault and their daughter, Mary will be honored for their years of dedicated service to Relay for Life in the American Cancer Society’s battle against cancer.

The Boissy Open family golf tournament, led by the Boissonneault family brings  together 150 golfers each year supporting the efforts of Relay for Life . In the past 10 years, funds of about $15,000 have been raised.

Mary Boissonneault, a genuine fighter against cancer, helped her Southington H.S. DECA team raise $8,000 for Relay in 2010.  Then, as an intern for American Cancer Society and event director of the Rocky Hill Bark for Life in 2012, Mary helped the campaign raise $10,000. As the event director of UCONN’s Relay for Life in 2013, Mary led a drive which raised over $60,000 at the school.

“Beyond those efforts, the Boissonneault family has also supported our Knights of Columbus  Relay For Life Team during the past three years, helping us raise almost $17,000 for Relay”, Shatas said.  Patty, a cancer survivor since 2006, said:  “We’ve been walking the ‘Relay’ since it started in town. “My dad died of cancer in 2001 and our family and friends  have been touched by cancer through the years.”