Waterbury CT Chapter of Unico National's monthly newsletter. Unico National is the largest Italian American Service Organization. Waterbury is the birthplace of Unico National in 1922
accomplished to help these deserving students with their future education. At our Scholarship Dinner, we will be electing our new officers for next year. The nominating committee has made up a proposed slate which is included in this newsletter but we encourage all members especially new members to volunteer on committees and run for office. We will be asking for nominations from the floor at our April meeting. The nominee must be present at the April meeting to be nominated. Installations of officers will take place at our June meeting. It has been my pleasure to serve the chapter as your President and I know I will be leaving it in good hands. Please volunteer -remember our motto “Service above Self”. Yours in Unico, Joanne D’Angelo, President My Fellow Unicans, Spring has finally sprung! Let’s use the excitement that the warm, sunny weather is giving off to help out on Earth Day Saturday, April 26. We will be meeting in the Sears parking lot at 8:30 a.m. to receive gloves, bags, water and a voucher for a free Frankies lunch after we clean up the Veterans Memorial Park on Thomaston Avenue from 9a.m. to noon. We will be having an interesting speaker at our April meeting, Greg Potamis, which will be speaking on Cooley’s Anemia. Cooley’s Anemia also called Thalassemia affects many people from Italy and Asia. Unico National has always been a major sponsor for Cooley’s Anemia Research at St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. In fact, I have visited St. Jude’s Hospital and Unico National has a large special plaque honoring our organization for all its help over the years. Exciting gene research at St. Jude’s is pointing to a possible cure very soon. I am very excited about our Scholarship Program. This year we have received 29 applications for our local scholarships and I am happy to say we have a National Study Abroad Scholarship Winner, Zachary Paul Longo. Our Chapter has also sponsored Joe Stango for a National Americanism Award for his work on the program for seniors “Dora’s Hope—Choice Centered Medicaid”. I am proud to say Mr. Stango has won the Grand Patriot Award which will be presented at the National Convention in Florida. I encourage all our members to attend our Scholarship Dinner on Tuesday, May 27 th at the Aria in Prospect and be proud of these very intelligent students and all the fundraiser work we have Waterbury UNICO PO Box 933—Waterbury, CT 06721 www.WaterburyUNICO.com [email protected]www.Facebook.com/WaterburyUNICO April 2014 WATERBURY CHAPTER OF UNICO NATIONAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Note From President Upcoming Events Tuesday—April 22nd: Dinner Meeting at Juniper’s Restaurant– 6:30pm—$25.00 [Guest Speaker Greg Potamis to share information regarding the NYC Cooley’s Anemia Foundation] Saturday—April 26th: Day of Service at Veterans Memorial Park—9:00am– 12noon Tuesday– May 13th: Board of Directors Meeting at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall—6:45pm Tuesday—May 27th: Meeting, Elections & Scholarship Dinner at Aria—6:00pm—$30.00
WATERBURY CHAPTER OF UNICO NATIONAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
Note From President
Upcoming Events
Tuesday—April 22nd: Dinner Meeting at Juniper’s Restaurant– 6:30pm—$25.00 [Guest Speaker Greg Potamis to
share information regarding the NYC Cooley’s Anemia Foundation]
Saturday—April 26th: Day of Service at Veterans Memorial Park—9:00am– 12noon
Tuesday– May 13th: Board of Directors Meeting at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall—6:45pm
Tuesday—May 27th: Meeting, Elections & Scholarship Dinner at Aria—6:00pm—$30.00
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Proposed Slate of Officers for 2014-2015 Presented by the Nominating Committee {Peter Ciullo, Carmine Paolino & Tom Buzzelli}
Officers
President - Frank Travisano Vice President - Louis Gelada Treasurer - Lia Ursini Secretary - Bianca Daniels
Financial Secretary - Dianne Minardo Sergeant At Arms - Tim Clark Chaplain * - Rev. Ronald Ferraro Historian * - Tom Buzzelli
Board of Directors
Toni Beccia - Peter Ciullo - Joan Pesce-Veneziano - Martin DeSomma—Don Mancuso Joanne D’Angelo—Francine Nido - Carmine Paolino—Robert Rinaldi - Tom Buzzelli
Frank DePaolo- Member Emeritus
Delegates Tom Buzzelli - Louis Gelada - Joanne D Angelo—Bob Gerace - Lia Ursini
Alternate Delegates
Francis Donnarumma - Robert Rinaldi - Angela Buzzelli—Don Mancuso - Joan Pesce-Veneziano *Not an elected officer
Time Line For Elections
Section 6. – Nominations and Election of Officers:
The President of this Chapter shall appoint a Nominating Committee, consisting of at least three (3) members, two (2) of whom shall be
Past Presidents, at the regular March meeting two months prior to the annual meeting in May.
Nominations from floor: The Nominating Committee shall meet and submit a slate of candidates for each office at the regular meeting
immediately preceding the annual meeting (April) at which time nominations for respective offices may also be made from the floor and
nominations closed.
The Recording Secretary shall advise the membership in writing of the names and members nominated for each office, at least ten (10)
days before the annual meeting. (May)
Elections shall take place at the annual (May) meeting. Such elections shall be by secret ballot where there is a contest and simple
majority is necessary for election.
The officers shall take office following installation at the June meeting and shall hold for one year or until their successors are elected.
It’s Duck Day
Raffle Ticket Time!!
We receive 50% of every $5.00 ticket we sell for the Naugatuck Chamber’s
DuckDay Raffle/Race to be held on June 1st!
The more “beaks” we sell………..the more “bills” we earn! Each ticket has a chance to win one of 25+ prizes.
We can easily raise over $1,000 we sell only 5 tickets each.
It’s a no-fail, no-brainer, no-work way to earn money for our local projects.
Questions? Want a bunch to sell to your family, friends, co-workers or church group?
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SCHOLARSHIP DINNER Tuesday– May 27th Aria Banquet Facility
Murphy Road (off of Route 69) in Prospect
$30.00 per Person
Guest Speaker: MARISA FAMIGLIETTI
5:30pm—Doors Open *** 6:00pm—Program Starts [Brief meeting including elections followed by dinner, award presentations & guest speaker]
RSVP by May 14th!!
To attend, complete form below and return it to a Dinner/Board Meeting or mail to Bob Gerace—3124 North Main Street—Waterbury, CT 06704
[Checks payable to Waterbury UNICO]
UNICO Scholarship Dinner RSVP
Name:
# of Tickets: x $30 = $ [Amount Enclosed]
Congratulations to our Scholarship Recipients
each receiving an award in the amount of $1,000!!!
Sasha Biagiarelli—UNICO Achievement [Kennedy] Conor Bronsdon—UNICO Achievement [Chase Collegiate] Justin Cipriano - Nicholas J. Parillo Memorial [Kaynor Tech] Elizabeth Czapor - Maiorano Family Memorial [Holy Cross] Alexa Pomerlau—Joseph Manganaro Memorial [Holy Cross] Juliana DiMascia—Dr. & Mrs. Bart DePetrillo [Sacred Heart]
Mary Donato—William V. Summa Memorial [Sacred Heart] Allessandra Lamberti—Charles S. Lanza Memorial [Cheshire] Nicolina Lamberti—James V. & Christine M. Ingala Memorial [Cheshire Academy]
Service Above Self
Waterbury UNICO
PO Box 933
Waterbury, CT 06721
UNICO National Day of Service
The Waterbury Chapter of UNICO National will participate in Waterbury's City-Wide Clean-Up on Saturday, April 26th !!
[Rain Date is 5/3]
Chairperson Fran Durante has decided upon Veterans Memorial Park in the Waterville Section on
Thomaston Avenue as UNICO’s clean-up site!!
Dress weather appropriate and bring your own rake/shovel!!! Family & friends are welcome !!!
At 8:30am, meet at Sears Automotive Parking Lot to register,
pick up gloves, bags and a voucher for a free Hot Dog from Frankie’s and then head on over to the Park
OR Report directly to the Park anytime between 9am—Noon [No free Hot Dog]!!.
