Who can become a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters? 
    Anyone in the Parish can become a Forester. 

Why should I join the Foresters?
    C.O.F. has designed a program to assist our local court in promoting social, spiritual or charitable growth. C.O.F. understand there is a cost to conducting these events for our members. Our court receives financial support to offset the cost based on membership and participation. By joining, you increase our opportunities; especially opportunities for our youth. 

How do I become a Forester?
    There are many ways to become a Forester, here are some simple ways (Click on the Links to learn more)

• Adults and youth can become members by complete an application for a Membership / Travel Accident Policy. 
      The Membership / Travel Accident Policy is a life time membership for a one time $15 premium. 
      The Membership / Travel Accident Policy membership has a life time travel insurance of $5,000.
  

• Children can become a member through the Pathways Program. 
      The Pathways Policy is a $10,000 term life insurance policy to age 25. 
      The annual premium for the policy is $25.
      When a youth signs up through Pathways, C.O.F. donates $25 to our youth ministry program.   
  

• Adults and Children can become members by opening an Annuity Membership. 
      An annuity is an investment with an insurance company earning guaranteed interest
      A simple contribution of $25 is the minimum amount to open an annuity
      This is a Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity 
      You are able to contribute additional money if you want when you want

For additional information on ways to become a member, please feel free to contact parishioner 
and C.O.F. representative Tom Kaelin at 859-630-3217 or by email at tomkaelin@fuse.net

How is our Forester court financed?
    Our local court receives money in several ways to help promote social, spiritual or charitable growth.

§         We receive immediate funds each time a child age 0-21 joins through the Pathways Program; the local court automatically receives $25 to be use on the youth of our parish.

§         Throughout the year, our court will plan and coordinate youth activities. COF will subsidize our court $3 for each Forester youth who attends. We can hold up to two activities a month and receive funding for any child member in attendance.

§         COF pays dues for each member we have. We receive $2.60 paid quarterly for each member we have, both adult and youth.

§         Our court can pick one qualifying fundraiser each year and COF will match up to $1,500 through the Matching Funds Program. When we raise $1,000, COF will match us dollar for dollar. For the next thousand dollars, COF will give us $.50 per dollar. Ultimately, if we raise $2,000 –it is turned into $3,500.

§         Throughout the year, if we have already held our Matching Funds Event, and an emergency or a special need arises, an Emergency Matching Funds Event may be approved.

How do I get involved in planning activities?  Currently there are two ways to get involved. The first is to come to the monthly meetings and take part in our round table discussions. No politics, no formality, just talking and planning activities for the kids. We are still working on setting dates for the summer so please check back for meeting dates. The other way to get involved is to work with one of our age group youth coordinators. This will be an informal process where adults work together on specific activities for their age groups. If you would like to join them please contact the following person(s):

                Primary Youth Director (ages preschool to 3rd grade) - Nancy Kelly and Lisa Wormald

                Intermediate Youth Director (ages 4th grade to 8th grade) - Lisa Hans

                Senior Youth Director (High school age) - Julie Dupont and Sue Seta