Collection Schedule

How the Tootsie Roll Drive Works 

LAMB Grants

NC KofC State LAMB Organization

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Since its inception in 1974, the OPERATION LAMB program in North Carolina, named after the biblical quotation:

"…whatsoever you do to the Least Among My Brethren, that you do also to me."   Matthew 25:40

has raised over $12.2 million to assist mentally retarded citizens in our state. Each year, the Knights of Columbus, their families and friends stand long hours outside shopping centers. They offer free Tootsie Rolls to all passers by and ask for donations to assist citizens with mental retardation. Their smiling faces and bright yellow aprons have become familiar sights throughout this great state.

Thanks to the generosity of the shoppers of North Carolina, in 2001 alone, the membership and volunteers raised almost $900,000. The cost of the candy is covered by donations from Brother Knights.

The LAMB Foundation is an extremely effective and efficient use of your charity dollars.  There are no paid employees.  The foundation is administered by volunteers.  There are no fancy headquarters. We work out of homes, churches and council halls.   Additional donations from individuals and local companies cover the overhead cost of candy and aprons.  All money "raised on the street"  goes directly to programs helping people that are afflicted with the varied forms of mental retardation.  Grants are approved on the local council level and the state level without regard to race, color, religious affiliation.

To learn more about Operation LAMB  contact:

Richard Phillips
Council 7186 LAMB Co-Director
301 Devonhall Lane
Cary, NC  27518 
 919-362-1811 (home) richard.phillips@ieee.org

Angelo Gibilaro
State LAMB Director

P.O. Box 161

Oak Island, NC  28465

910-201-1048

angelo@ec.rr.com