2003 Corporate Sponsors

How the Tootsie Roll Drive Works

Mental Retardation Resources

Grant Process

LAMB Grants

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Operation LAMB

A Program of the Knights of Columbus in North Carolina to Assist People with Mental Retardation.

The LAMB Foundation gets its name from an acronym from the biblical quotation: "Whatsoever you do to the Least Among My Brethren, that you do also to me." Matthew 25:40

Helping people help themselves since its inception in 1974, nearly $14 million has been raised with this program in our state. The primary means of support for Operation LAMB is the Tootsie Roll Drive. 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 those with Mental Retardation. Their smiling faces and bright yellow aprons have become familiar sights throughout the state.

Thanks to the generosity of the shoppers of North Carolina and corporate sponsors, in 2004 alone, the membership and volunteers collected $913,000 to help these special citizens across the state. In 2005, we hope to build on the past successes of this drive and raise one million dollars for this worthwhile charity. Since Council 6650 was formed in 1975, we have raised more than $243,519.58 to go to be distributed to worthy programs in our area.

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.

Frank DeLorenzo
State LAMB Director

5037 US 70 East

Goldsboro, NC 27534

919-778-0869

frankd@coastalnet.com

To read a note from former member of our council about LAMB click here