waterbury unico newsletter may 2015
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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 1922TRANSCRIPT
1890's. In fact, one of Thomas Edison's first short film's was a story that featured an Italian immigrant pickpocket who was called "The Dago." So it started right away and in some manner continues to this day. One of the duties of UNICO is to help educate Americans on the true story of our people and to promote the tremendous contributions Italians have made to this country and the world. Anything we can do to get the word out we should do. The Gathering gives us the opportunity to promote this positive image. While it is a lot of work (especially for the organizers and participants) is my hope we can continue to be part of The Gathering in the future. Yours in UNICO, Frank Travisano
First of all I would like to thank all the members (and others) who baked cookies for The GATHERING and also those who traveled to my house on Friday night to package the cookies for sale. It was much hard work but turned into a fun time on Friday and the camaraderie was great. It made for a successful event on Saturday and we made well over $200.00 which was far and away more than we made last year. We also garnered much good will and gained a couple of potential new members. Thank you again bakers of UNICO! I'd like to put a last minute pitch in for the Scholarship Dinner. If any of you late deciders now want to attend please call our Chairman Bob Gerace at 203-592-8785 and he will fit you in. We also elect officers for the coming year at this event which replaces our
regular dinner meeting. If you've never been to this event you should attend. It is the highlight of our year and it is always a wonderful time. To get back to The Gathering, I think it is an important event for any Italian organization to participate in. When I joined UNICO in 2000 one of the reasons was to help promote a positive image of Italian Americans. During the 1990's I became increasingly aware that many Americans had a very limited understanding of whom we are as a people. Their views were shaped by old prejudices and stereotypes without any knowledge of our culture and history. All they knew was what they saw and heard in movies, on television and in popular culture. These stereotypes and the prejudice started as soon as Italians started immigrating to this country in large numbers in the
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May 2015
WATERBURY CHAPTER UNICO NATIONAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
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Inside this issue:
The Gathering!! 2 Editor’s Message/Publicity/ComUNICO/
Chapter Leadership 3
Upcoming Events 4 Our Sponsors 5-6
Note From the President
The Gathering!! New Waterbury Chapter took part in The Gathering on May 16, marching in the parade, and selling Italian cookies. Thanks to all who participated!
Marchers in the parade
Aldermen Steven Giacomi and Jerry Padula Francine Nido and Frank Travisano Francine Nido and Fran Durante Riders in the bus
Page 2
Chapter Leadership
Page 3 May 2015
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
Editor’s Message/Publicity/ComUNICO This will be my last Newsletter. I have enjoyed working with you over the past year. I will be moving on to Publicity Chairperson for the Chapter. Please be sure to send any pictures you have taken at events to the Chapter’s email address: [email protected]
We are especially in need of high resolution pic-tures taken with cameras (as opposed to iphones), which are required for publications like ComUNICOand some newspapers.
To see the latest ComUNICO issues online, please check http://www.unico.org/readcomunico.asp
Happy June to all!
Sherry
Service Above Self
Waterbury UNICO PO Box 933 Waterbury, CT 06721
Scholarship Dinner/Chapter Elections La Bella Vista/Ponte Club $30
Tuesday May 26 6 pm (doors open 5:30 pm)
District Meeting Crestbrook Country Club, Watertown Hosted by the Watertown/Oakville Chapter
Thursday May 28 7 pm Board Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 6:45pm Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall—Waterbury
Tuesday June 9 6:30 pm Dinner Meeting: 4th Tuesday of the Month at 6:30pm Vasi’s Restaurant, Watertown Ave, Waterbury $25 Swearing in of Officers, Special Year End Celebration. Come and celebrate another successful year for our Chapter!
Tuesday June 23 6:30 pm
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