Annual Benefit Draws Record Turnout, Highest-Ever Level of Giving
WASHINGTON, DC—Supporters of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS) set record levels of attendance and giving at the Archdiocese’s Annual Benefit Saturday evening in Washington, DC. According to the AMS Office of Advancement, a record 286 registered for—and 269 attended—the Ninth Annual Benefit at the St. John Paul II Shrine, donating more than $375,000 to the Archdiocese, the largest amount ever raised in the nine-year history of the Annual Benefit. The event opened with an anticipated Sunday Mass and included a sit-down dinner highlighted by presentation of the Medal of the Archdiocese to Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson of the Knights of Columbus (K of C).