Join us on January 23, 2026 for our seventh 1 Day for the Knights. One Day is the SFS version of #GivingTuesday commemorating St. Francis de Sales Feast Day. Over the past six years SFS has raised over $900,000 for the 1 Day. campaign This year we are asking each class to raise double their graduation year. (ex: $1992+1992= $3984) some classes are already off to a good start. If every class hits the goal we will have raised $1,000,000 for 1 Day in just seven years!
Bonus win-win situation this year for Ohio Residents: If you live in Ohio or pay Ohio taxes, St. Francis de Sales is now a state-verified Scholarship Granting Organization or SGO. This allows donors to receive a dollar-for-dollar state of Ohio tax credit up to $1500 (filing jointly). Your donation will be used for 1 Day and you can apply it once towards your 2024 or 2025 State of Ohio taxes. WIN-WIN! If you have any questions please email me at dzawisza@sfsknights.org (Ohio Revised Code 5747.73)
Last year, we raised over $ 160,000 and with 650+ donors. We also saw Knights from every class from 1958-2022 help our current and future Knights. The Class of 1975 won the Dick Mattingly "Ratch Cup" for raising the most money among all classes. The Sue Conrad Certificate of Excellence will be given to the class with the most participants **New Award** - Dick Cromwell Comeback Award: for the class the most improved participation
We are asking for your help this year by:
- Make your gift today to 1 Day for the Knights
- Spread the word through social media via X (the artist formally known as Twitter), Facebook TikTok SnapChat and Instagram.
- Contact your fellow Knights directly and ask them to help
Please help us achieve our philanthropic goals.. Your gift will help provide a transformative experience for many young men as they develop leadership skills, while receiving an education in the spirit of our Patron Saint, St. Francis de Sales.
St. Francis de Sales…Pray for us.
Thank you to everyone who helped us set a new 1 Day for the Knights record! Join Fr. O as he goes over our final numbers and the winners of the Ratch Cup and Sue Conrad's Certificate of Excellence
To see all the videos from 1 Day click here:
136 days ago by Daniel J Zawisza
One of the first years we did "Rise Up" as a school saying for the year. This total will be a BRAND NEW RECORD for 1 Day. We still have 2 hours to go so if you still want to get in you can. We also toppled last years number of donors and are quickly headed toward 600.
Thank you to our Knight Family! We appreciate your help with 1 Day for the Knights!
We close at Noon and then we do some work behind the scenes. If you are missing a donor let me know: dzawisza@sfsknights.org
137 days ago by Daniel J Zawisza
*** The record for 1 Day for the Knights is $222,000
Thank You to everyone -- we close out tomorrow at Noon!!!
Let's Go Big Red!
137 days ago by Daniel J Zawisza
There it is, we hit our goal of $125,000, we have now gone over $1,000,000 for 1 day for the Knights in the 7 years we have been running this. We have helped countless current and future Knights and we could not have done it without your help.
THANK YOU and let's keep going!
This year we are joined by Chris Dyer '08, the 33 year vet Doc Urum and the assistant AD Nate Gullette '17. We talk about why we stay here at 2323 West Bancroft, AP Testing and the hockey program. We have a longer cut, if you would like to see it click the link below:
Good Knight Stories with Gerk & DZ - The Dyer Cut
Coming up on $125,000
PS: In the longer videi there is mention of the mythical AP Pre-Algebra class
139 days ago by Daniel J ZawiszaFr, O joins us to give us an update on 1 Day.
Click here to hear an update from Fr. O
**this is an actual yearbook photo
Building our Good Knight Stories with Gerk & DZ, we add a new segment called Opening Knight: Backstage Edition which features some key players from our SFS Musicals. Greg Skibinski '92, Grant Grisier '08, Kevin Tennant '00, Alumni Director Will Garbe '10, our Musical Director Ward Ensign, DZ '92 and the Legend Carl Collier (celebrating 40 yrs) join as we take a stroll down memory lane talking about the SFS musical program. Here is short snippet of that conversation as you can see the rest of it on our youtube page (60 minutes). This is a great piece and is already booked for next year!
Opening Knight: Backstage Edition
140 days ago by Daniel J ZawiszaDonors
View All Donors| Class of: | Donors | Raised ($) |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | $95 |
| 1965 | 10 | $5,100 |
| 2002 | 4 | $750 |
| 2006 | 17 | $4,200 |
| 1979 | 14 | $4,600 |
| 2001 | 2 | $140 |
| 1958 | 4 | $3,050 |
| 2015 | 4 | $2,950 |
| 2018 | 3 | $200 |
| 1968 | 44 | $24,370 |
| 1971 | 8 | $2,525 |
| 2021 | 2 | $300 |
| 1972 | 1 | $200 |
| 2005 | 7 | $1,520 |
| 1989 | 3 | $1,650 |
| 1985 | 3 | $349 |
| 2016 | 7 | $2,100 |
| 1963 | 5 | $400 |
| 1998 | 5 | $1,925 |
| 2012 | 1 | $50 |
| 1960 | 0 | $0 |
| 1967 | 3 | $650 |
| 2014 | 6 | $814 |
| 1997 | 5 | $300 |
| 1977 | 4 | $900 |
| 2029 | 0 | $0 |
| 1973 | 32 | $8,768 |
| 2030 | 0 | $0 |
| 1974 | 7 | $1,100 |
| 2013 | 10 | $750 |
| 1976 | 7 | $3,225 |
| 1975 | 31 | $11,510 |
| 2010 | 8 | $2,200 |
| 2011 | 8 | $625 |
| 1996 | 14 | $14,021 |
| 2003 | 12 | $3,150 |
| 1999 | 3 | $1,309 |
| 1978 | 5 | $1,725 |
| 1961 | 2 | $200 |
| 1990 | 9 | $4,000 |
| 2000 | 38 | $5,221 |
| 1987 | 23 | $15,050 |
| 1992 | 11 | $7,109 |
| 1980 | 16 | $6,146 |
| 1993 | 18 | $3,929 |
| 2025 | 2 | $35 |
| 1966 | 11 | $3,900 |
| 2031 | 0 | $0 |
| 2027 | 0 | $0 |
| 1970 | 3 | $10,300 |
| 1964 | 3 | $3,400 |
| 2007 | 3 | $170 |
| 2023 | 1 | $25 |
| 1982 | 5 | $525 |
| 1995 | 7 | $4,250 |
| 2028 | 0 | $0 |
| 2004 | 3 | $5,200 |
| 2022 | 1 | $10 |
| 2032 | 0 | $0 |
| 1969 | 3 | $300 |
| 2017 | 3 | $2,750 |
| 1981 | 3 | $11,600 |
| 1959 | 2 | $2,600 |
| 2019 | 3 | $600 |
| 1983 | 33 | $11,738 |
| 1988 | 5 | $650 |
| 2020 | 5 | $210 |
| 1994 | 15 | $10,518 |
| 2009 | 10 | $6,100 |
| 1991 | 3 | $2,750 |
| 2008 | 5 | $1,825 |
| 1984 | 4 | $400 |
| 1962 | 5 | $616 |
| 1986 | 3 | $300 |
| 2026 | 0 | $0 |
