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Become a Member!
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Meetings: Council Meetings are held the first and third Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Charles Paradise Room (the Lower Lounge).
Observing and/or participating in Council meetings is one of the best ways to discover what is happening and what is planned.
Any Knight in good standing is welcomed and encouraged to attend. You must have your current membership card to gain admittance.
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Arlington Knights of Columbus Council 2473
The Arlington Council (Arl2473) was founded in 1923 as the Edward Douglass White Council; and is the largest Knights of Columbus in Virginia and one of the largest in the Order. Our over 1,200 members serve as the home council for St. Agnes, St. Ann, St. Charles Borromeo parishes in Arlington and St. James parish in Falls Church.
Our beautiful 10-acre campus with a historic stone mansion atop Reserve Hill, less than 4 minutes from Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School in Arlington, serves as our Council Home. Our large membership and Reserve Hill campus with its amenities affords us the opportunity to assist and aid our parishes, Kovar, VKCCI, the Knights of Columbus, and the Arlington community in so many diverse ways. From hosting diocesan events, financial support, fundraisers, and a ready supply of volunteers at a moment’s notice - Arl2473 stands ready at all times in service to God, our family and our country.
Our council is locally well-known for providing OVER 3,000 Thanksgiving meals to the disadvantaged each year, leads its brother councils throughout Virginia in raising money for hosting and serving over 16,000 Honor Flight Veterans Newtwork and guardians since 2012, and a PLATINUM SPONSOR of the Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation 5K run each year that raises over $100,000 for pre- and post-natal health and wellness care and support at the Arlington Pediatric Center and the Virginia Hospital Center’s Outpatient Women’s OB Clinic.
Some of the accomplishments of the Arl2473 Council for the Arlington Community:
-Thanksgiving meals served yearly for more than 3,000 disadvantaged neighbors
-Honor Flights hosting more than 16,000 military veterans since 2012
-Hosting the Jennifer Bush-Lawson 5K run benefiting Arlington Hospital
-Supporting the 9/11 Memorial 5k benefiting Arlington police, fire and sheriff personnel
-KOVAR providing financial assistance to those with intellectual disabilities since 1971
-Serving as the host site for groups such as the Better Sports Club and the Ancient Order of Hibernians
-Columbus Club Summer Camp for Kids since 1999, a 9 week summer camp with 145 campers per week for the Arlington Community
-Arl2473 was a founding sponsor for the Arlington YMCA's Model General Assembly Program - now thriving as an important extracurricular activity available to all Arlington high school students.
Your EDW 2473 Council Officers for 2017 - 2018.
Past Grand Knights' Picnic 2017
EDW 2473 Griller's volunteering for the St. Charles "Volunteer Appreciation Summer Cookout 2017".