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
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please contact me at: 203-405-3190 or [email protected]. Finally, don't forget our Unico/PonteClub Italian Language Fundraiser on Sunday April 26 at 1:00pm at La Bella Vista. More information on this event will be coming shortly. In the meantime I hope to see you all at the next Dinner Meeting on Tuesday March 24. Yours in UNICO, Frank Travisano I want to begin by thanking all of you who had anything to do with making our Corned Beef and Pasta Fagioli Dinner the other night a success. Whether you sold a placemat ad, sold tickets, obtained or donated a raffle prize, sent in scratch lottery tickets to fill a basket for a door prize, and /or volunteered at the event you were instrumental in making it a success. We sold 516 tickets before the day of the dinner which is far and away the most we ever sold in advance. The Committee is now in the process of putting together the final numbers and we should have them for the next Board Meeting on April 14. The next event involving our Chapter is the St. Vincent DePaul Annual Banquet on Thursday March 26 at the Grand Oak Villa at 5:30pm. One of the Honorees is our Chaplain Fr. Ronald Ferraro. We have reserved a table of ten (10) for the dinner and we still have 2 seats open. The cost is $35.00 per person. Anyone who is interested in attending Waterbury UNICO PO Box 933, Waterbury, CT 06721 http://www.WaterburyUNICO.com [email protected]Piazza UNICO http://www.piazzaunico.us March 2015 WATERBURY CHAPTER UNICO NATIONAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Information for newsletter can be sent to [email protected]! If you haven’t done so already, please send in your Chapter Dues!! Like us on Facebook…..check us out at facebook.com/waterburyunico!!! Inside this issue: Francine Nido to be Honored/Thank You!! 2 Late Spring Upcoming Events/Other Italian Events 3 St. Vincent de Paul Banquet/Chapter Leadership 4 Upcoming Events 5 Our Sponsors 6-7 Note From the President
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please contact me at: 203-405-3190 or [email protected]. Finally, don't forget our Unico/PonteClub Italian Language Fundraiser on Sunday April 26 at 1:00pm at La Bella Vista. More information on this event will be coming shortly. In the meantime I hope to see you all at the next Dinner Meeting on Tuesday March 24. Yours in UNICO,
Frank Travisano
I want to begin by thanking all of you who had anything to do with making our Corned Beef and Pasta Fagioli Dinner the other night a success. Whether you sold a placemat ad, sold tickets, obtained or donated a raffle prize, sent in scratch lottery tickets to fill a basket for a door prize, and /or volunteered at the event you were instrumental in making it a success. We sold 516 tickets before the day of the dinner which is far and away the most we ever sold in advance. The Committee is now in the process of putting
together the final numbers and we should have them for the next Board Meeting on April 14. The next event involving our Chapter is the St. Vincent DePaul Annual Banquet on Thursday March 26 at the Grand Oak Villa at 5:30pm. One of the Honorees is our Chaplain Fr. Ronald Ferraro. We have reserved a table of ten (10) for the dinner and we still have 2 seats open. The cost is $35.00 per person. Anyone who is interested in attending
Inside this issue: Francine Nido to be Honored/Thank You!! 2 Late Spring Upcoming Events/Other Italian Events 3 St. Vincent de Paul Banquet/Chapter Leadership 4 Upcoming Events 5 Our Sponsors 6-7
Note From the President
Francine Nido To Be Honored
Congratulations to our own Francine Nido, who will be
honored by the Italian-American Legislative Caucus on
Thursday March 19th at their Annual St. Joseph's Day
Celebration.
Everyone is invited to come to the Legislative Office
Building Room 1A in Hartford
at 4pm for the ceremony and
reception featuring pizza,
pasta e fagioli and Zeppole.
Thank You!!
Thanks to all who participated in making the Corned
Beef Dinner a great success. We couldn’t have done it
without you!
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Late Spring Upcoming Events
Mark your calendars!
Details will be forthcoming in the April-May newsletters
Saturday May 16– The Gathering– Downtown
Waterbury
Tuesday May 26– Scholarship Dinner
Other Italian Events
Thursday March 19- Oakville
Watertown UNICO-
St. Joseph’s Day Pasta Dinner
Oakville VFW, Davis St, 5-7 pm. $8.00 per ticket plus
Zeppole for sale. Dinner includes pasta, meatballs,
sausage, salad, bread and butter, soda, water or
coffee. Cash bar.
Saturday March 28- Opera Il Barbiere di Sivglia
7:30pm MHS Arts Center, Middletown
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St. Vincent de Paul Banquet As many of you are aware, the St. Vincent DePaul Mission will be honoring Fr.
Ferraro, our long standing Chaplain, at their annual banquet on Thursday March
26. We are excited and proud of Father's accomplishments. We have reserved a
table of 10 for the evening's festivities at the Grand Oak Villa in Oakville. At this
time, we have 3 seats remaining at the table. Please kindly call or email Frank
Travisano if you are interested in attending the banquet. Frank may be reached at
The St. Vincent DePaul Society Annual Banquet is Thursday March 26, 2015, at
Grand Oak Villa at 5:30pm, honoring among others our Chaplain Rev. Ronald
Ferraro.
For more information, see:
http://www.stvincentdepaulmission.org
Chapter Leadership
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Board of Directors**
National and Regional Leadership National President- Richard D'Arminio National Membership/Retention Director- Francine Nido Eastern Regional District Governor-. Elyse Buonamo CT-I District Governor- Anthony Lancia
Toni Beccia PDG Peter Ciullo Dr. Martin DeSomma
PDG Francine Nido Dr. Carmine Paolino Frank DePaola- Member Emeritus
*=Not an Elected Position
** = Also Includes All Elected Officers,
Delegates & Alternate Delegates
President- Frank Travisano Vice President- Louis Gelada Jr. Secretary- Bianca Daniels Treasurer- Lia Ursini Financial Secretary- Dianne Minardo
Chaplain*- Rev. Ronald Ferraro Historian*– Tom Buzzelli Sargeant At Arms- Tim Clark Newsletter Editor– Dr. Sherry LaCoursiere
Delegates Tom Buzzelli PDG Joanne D’Angelo Lou Gelada Bob Gerace Lia Ursini
Alternate Delegates Angela Buzzelli Fran Donnarumma Don Mancuso Joan Pesce-Veneziano Bob Rinaldi
Service Above Self
Waterbury UNICO PO Box 933 Waterbury, CT 06721
Dinner Meetings: 4th Tuesday of the Month at 6:30pm Juniper’s Restaurant, Middlebury- $25
Tuesday March 24, 6:30 pm
Tuesday April 28, 6:30 pm
St. Vincent de Paul Dinner Honoring Fr. Ferraro Cercemaggiore Club/Grand Oak Villa
Thursday March 26, 5:30 pm
UNICO/Ponte Club Italian Language Fundraiser: Ponte Club/La Bella Vista
Sunday April 26, 1 pm
Board Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 6:45pm Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall—Waterbury
Tuesday April 14, 6:45 pm
Upcoming Events
Sunday – April 26th
1:00pm
$40 per Person
LaBella Vista
@The Ponte Club
380 Farmwood Road
Waterbury
For Tickets Contact:
Saverio – 203.756.1140 * Bob – 203.592.8785 * Marilyn – 203.272.1202
