Fellow Health Services Chairman — the short version
Yours is the quietest chair on Form #365 and one of the most practically useful: blood drives, wellness checks on aging Brothers, support for members and neighbors facing illness or disability. Nobody argues with a blood drive. Few councils run one without somebody owning it. That somebody is you.
What a Health Services chairman actually is
- Runs the council blood drive(s) — the signature program. Partner with the Red Cross or a regional blood bank; the parish hall and the Knights' manpower are exactly what they need.
- Coordinates help for sick and disabled members — rides to treatment, meal trains, hospital visits, in step with the Chaplain's pastoral care.
- Supports disability-focused programs — Special Olympics volunteering and people-with-special-needs events, alongside the Community and Life directors (agree who reports what).
- Keeps an eye on the older Brothers — the wellness call to the member nobody's seen since winter is this chair at its best.
What a strong year looks like
- Two blood drives, booked by August. Blood banks schedule months out; January and June drives bracket the year nicely and each yields real, reportable #1728 hours.
- A visiting roster, not good intentions. Pair members for hospital and homebound visits monthly. What's scheduled happens.
- One accessibility win. A ramp built, a parish hearing-loop funded, a wheelchair van fundraiser — pick one tangible project a year.
Common pitfalls
- Invisible programs. Health work happens quietly; report it anyway — hours from visits and drives count, and unreported is unrecorded.
- Overlapping with Community. Special Olympics and similar programs straddle categories; decide with the Program Director who reports them so they're counted once.
- Going alone to hard visits. Serious-illness visits go in pairs, ideally with the Chaplain looped in.
Related
- Community Director — your closest program neighbor
- Program Director — your coordinator for reporting
- Chaplain — partner for pastoral visits
One more thing
A unit of blood is measured in pints; council care is measured in the Brother who tells you, years later, that someone visited when nobody else did.
Source notes. Draws on standard council health-program practice and Form #1728 reporting. Send feedback if anything's off.
Last reviewed: June 12, 2026. Fraternal year 2025–26.
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