Please join us in congratulating our 2023 Scholarship Awardees!

 

 

2023 Scholarship Dinner Flyer

 

2023 Scholarship Contribution Form

 

Dear fellow members and friends of the Societa’,

I hope that all of you and your families are enjoying your summer!

The Societa’s next General Membership meeting will be on Saturday September 16, 2023, at 12:30 P.M. at Villa Mosconi Restaurant 69 MacDougal Street, NY, NY 10012

Please text, call 201-481-1458 or email me if you are attending so that we can give The Restaurant a head count by Tuesday September 12. 

It’s our last meeting before our October 15th Scholarship and Awards Dinner, we expect a big turnout.

Tickets to our 54^th Annual Scholarship Dinner Dance on Sunday October 15, 2023 – 12:30 PM at Russo’s on the Bay, Queens, NY will be available at the September 16th meeting.

You can also purchase tickets on our website soon and they will be mailed to you.

Adult Tickets are $130. Children 2-12 are $65. and children under 2 are free.

Journal Contracts will also be available at the meeting. Bring the artwork you’d like to accompany your ads.

Along with our newest Life Members and Merit Recipients, the following 2023 Scholarship Recipients will receive their Scholarships at the October 15^th Dinner:

Joseph Michael Avignone,

Matthew John McNamara,

Anna Francesca Oliva,

Nicholas Maurizio Bruzzi,

Taylor Hope Guglielmetti,

Jolie Marie Avignone,

Mark Steven Theriault,

Catherine O’Connor

Congratulations and continued success to all the 2023 recipients and their families!

2023 Scholarship Journal Ad Contracts are available on our website.

A contract is attached for your convenience.

Your support of the Journal allows the Societa’ to continue its scholarship program. The deadline for submitting ads or donations is September 30, 2023.

You can also purchase ads, with or without artwork or donate on our website.

This is a wonderful opportunity for the families and friends of the scholarship recipients to honor your loved one’s academic achievements and support the program.

Thank you to our members and friends that already purchased ads or donated to our 2023 Journal and Scholarship Program!

If you are receiving this newsletter as a friend of the Societa’ and not yet a member, please consider joining our Societa’.

Membership Applications are available on our website and our dues are minimal, but our cause and camaraderie are great! (E Pluribus Unum).

A membership application is attached and available on our website.

See you on the 16^th and don’t forget to RSVP if you’re attending.

Congratulations to our fellow members Alexandra Minicone Segalini and Antonio Segalini on the July 25th birth of their daughter Amanda Grace Kaimana Segalini.

Dear fellow members and friends of the Societa’,

I hope that all of you and your families are safely enjoying your summer!

The Societa’s next membership meeting will be on Saturday September 9 or Saturday September 16, 2023. We will confirm the date in a future newsletter.

Hopefully many of you were able to join us for at least one of the many recent Societa’ Hosted Events including:

March 2023 Tortellini making class, June 18^th Annual Father’s Day Picnic attended by more than 280 members and friends, the wine pairing event on June 29^th and our monthly membership meetings at Villa Mosconi.

President Diego Segalini and some members are looking into putting together a cooking class at the Westchester Italian Center.

Photos of all our events are on our Facebook Page and our picnic was featured in an article in Piacenza’s Liberta’ Newspaper by journalist and friend of our Societa’ Nadia Plucani!

Our next large function will be our 54^th Annual Scholarship Dinner Dance on Sunday October 15, 2023 – 12:30 PM at Russo’s on the Bay, Queens, NY. Tickets will be available soon and at our next meeting.

The following 2023 Scholarship Recipients will receive their Scholarships at the October 15^th Dinner:

Joseph Michael Avignone,

Matthew John McNamara,

Anna Francesca Oliva,

Nicholas Maurizio Bruzzi,

Taylor Hope Guglielmetti,

Jolie Marie Avignone,

Mark Steven Theriault,

Catherine O’Connor

Congratulations and continued success to all of you and to your families!

2023 Journal ad contracts are available on our website. A contract is attached for your convenience. Your support of the Journal allows the Societa’ to continue its scholarship program.

Family and friends of the scholarship recipients, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to honor their academic achievements and support the program at the same time.

If any of you are in Piacenza this August 12^th, try to make the 29^th Annual Piacentino Benemerito Nel Mondo Ceremonies. Events take place in Bettola, Farini and Ferriere. See the Attached flier for more info.

Membership Director Enrico Boletti would like to remind you that if you have college aged children, the NIAF ‘National Italian American Foundation’ offers scholarships and all-expense paid trips to Italy for Students, and you can find more information and apply for 2024 programs on their website: https://www.niaf.org/programs/voyage-of-discovery/

If anyone is interested in seeing The Italian Immigrant Monument in Nogent Sur Marne France (Sister City of Bettola, Farini and Ferriere), the link is: https://www.cercle-leonardo-da-vinci.com/promesse-de-don

On behalf of all our members, I would like to thank Rita Draghi, Fran Gallinari, all the volunteers, those that helped with the children’s games and those who donated raffle prizes and food, making The Father’s Day Picnic a success. Thanks to all of you and to your families for letting you work for us instead of spending the day with them.

Congratulations to the Flory and Arrigoni families on our Board Member Marc Flory’s May 20^th Wedding.

Congratulations to fellow member Salvatore Segalini and his wife Melissa on the July 6^th birth of their son Leonardo Segalini.

Reminder about our fantastic Father’s Day Picnic. Monetary donations to help offset the cost of the Father’s Day Picnic raffle prizes and children’s games are gratefully appreciated either at the May Meeting or online.

2023 Father's Day Flyer