Note from Your President

Italian Mayor for the Day

Nick Rinaldi

A native of Waterbury, Nick graduated from

Sacred Heart High School in Waterbury and

received his B.S. in Accounting from Central

CT State University and his M.B.A. from the

University of Hartford. Nick is the Treasurer

of the Pontelandolfo Community Club, a

position he has held for many years. He is

also the chairman of the Club’s scholarship

committee and served previously as its

Financial Secretary. Nick served as a

member of the Waterbury Board of Alderman

from 1989-1996 and as its liaison to the

Waterbury Inland/Wetlands Commission. He

also served as the president of St. Lucy’s

Parish Council and as a member of the

Waterbury Palace Theater Development

Committee. He also served as a member of

the Waterbury UNICO Club, chairing the

Waterbury Italian Mayor for the Day event in

honor of Columbus Day for several years.

Nick has been honored for his work in the

community by the Waterbury Jaycees with

their Community Service Award and by the

Waterbury Republican Town Committee with

the Mayor Raymond E. Snyder Award for

Excellence in Public Service and by the

Waterbury Boys and Girls Club with their

Community Service Award. Nick and his wife

Mary Lou live in Marion, CT and are the

proud parents of Mark and Lauren.

Welcome back from the

Summer. I am so proud to serve

you again as President. I am so

enthusiastic about all the

events coming up this year.

October, Italian Heritage Month,

is full of activities. On Friday,

Oct. 5th, we will be hosting the

“Italian Mayor for the Day”

celebration. This year’s winner

will be Nick Rinaldi. Please join

us to celebrate this very

deserving candidate. If you can’t

make the mass, flag raising and

luncheon, consider attending at

least the mass at 9a.m. at Our

Lady of Lourdes Church. It

always is a worthwhile event

with great singers.

Then we will be celebrating our

90th Birthday on Sunday, Oct.

21st at the Aqua Turf. The

committee has been very active

collecting ads for our souvenir

journal for this event and dinner

tickets returns are coming in.

Businesses are being asked to

advertise but our own members

are encouraged to place an ad

also. The event is going to be

big! We will have Marty Q

providing us with great music

for dancing and our National

President Dave Doninni will be

attending from California. This

year, the “CT Meet the

President” will be combined

with our 90th party so our

President won’t have to fly back

to the East Coast. This means a

lot of CT chapters will be

attending so I would like a very

good showing from our

Waterbury Chapter. After all, we

are the “Birthplace of Unico”.

On November 27th we are

planning a Memorial Mass for

all our deceased members at

Our Lady of Lourdes Church at

6p.m. followed by our regular

meeting in the Church Hall (the

meeting will be catered by

Richard Lanza).Please invite all

the families of deceased

members to come and

participate.

My goal for this year is to try

new things. I thank all our

members who agreed to serve

on all the new committees. I

encourage all committee chairs

to come up with new ideas and

implement them. I also would

l i k e t o i n c r e a s e o u r

membership. Our National

Membership Chair asked me to

challenge every member to

bring in 1 new member. This

would double our membership.

Invite your friends to one of our

meetings. Help me to keep the

Waterbury Chapter a strong and

vibrant chapter! Thanks for all

your help.

Yours in Unico,

Dr. Joanne D’Angelo

Save the Dates:

September 25th– Dinner Meeting

October 5th—Mayor for the Day Ceremony

In this issue:

Mayor for the Day 1

90th Birthday 2

Chapter News 3

October 21st—90th Birthday Celebration

November 27th—Memorial Mass

WATERBURY CHAPTER NEWSLETTER BIRTHPLACE OF UNICO—CELEBRATING 90 YEARS OF SERVICE—1922-2012

September 2012

Waterbury UNICO

PO Box 933

Waterbury, CT 06721

Unico.85@hotmail.com

www.waterburyunico.com

Please join us in celebrating UNICO „s 90th Birthday & CT Meet the UNICO National President !

Hosted by the Waterbury Chapter

Sunday, October 21, 2012

1:00pm—6:00pm

The Aqua Turf Club—Plantsville, CT $60.00 per Person

Entertainment by Marty Q

We look forward to celebrating with you! Please reply by October 5th.

Name:

# Attending: Amount Enclosed:

$60 per Person ~ Make check payable to “Waterbury UNICO”

Meal Choice: Baked Scrod with Artichokes, Spinach & Tomato

Chicken Valdestone with Mozzarella in a Marsala Demi-Glace

New York Strip Sirloin with Perigourdine Sauce

Special Request: Seating is in tables of 10 or 8. Please indicate table guest and preference.

Mail form and payment to Waterbury UNICO—PO Box 933—Waterbury, CT 06721

Or you can bring the form and payment to the Dinner Meeting or Mayor for the Day

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60 WESTWOOD AVE

WATERBURY,CT 06708

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Monthly Meeting Schedule (Sept-June)

Board of Directors – 2nd Tuesday 6:30 pm - Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall

Regular Dinner Meeting– 4th Tuesday - 6:30pm - Juniper’s Restaurant

October is Italian-American Heritage Month

Be sure to tune into WATR 1320AM to hear the “Notable Italian-American” each weekday in

October. Thank you to IPP Frank Travisano to researching and developing the list of facts.

Friday—October 5th: Waterbury’s Mayor for the Day

Ceremony!! 9:00am Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes

Church followed by procession to City Hall for the

10:00am program. EVERYONE is encouraged to attend.

Luncheon will take place at 12noon at San Marino’s.

Cost per person is $25. Contact President D’Angelo for

more info.

Monday—October 8th: NYC Columbus Day Parade!!! All

UNICANS are encouraged to march with the UNICO

National contingency. For more info, contact Francine

Nido at unicodoll@gmail.com.

Sunday—October 21st: UNICO’s 90th Birthday Celebration!!! There is still time to take out an

ad in the souvenir journal and purchase tickets to attend. Don’t miss this exciting event!!

Phil Maiorano and Marie Ponzillo Both recovering from surgery.

Let’s hope they are back on their feet soon!!!

Italian Heritage

Angela Buzzelli

will be leading us

all in the UNICO

Prayer in Italian at

each meeting and

teaching us the

“Parole de Giorno/

Word of the Day”.

Copies of the

Prayer &

Benediction in both English & Italian

will be distributed for us to follow-

along.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to

“Parli like a Professional”!

National News

Tom Buzzelli attended [& enjoyed] his 1st National Convention. He learned more about UNICO on a national level. Talk to him about his experience!!

National Officers: President– Dave Doninni; Executive Vice President - Mike Veselka; 1st VP—Ric D’Arminio; 2nd VP - Dr. Ann Walko and 3rd VP—Dominick Nicastro. Our own Francine Nido has been re-elected National Secretary and has been appointed as a Trustee for the UNICO Foundation.

National purchased their own building! This larger business-condo office is located in Fairfield, NJ and the offices moved in last week.

The Eastern Regional Conference will take place on November 9th & 10th in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Information is available on the website at www.unico.org

Giuseppe Pampena was reelected District Governor for CT I. A District Meeting will be held in November. Everyone is invited to attend.

Waterbury Chapter of UNICO National

PO Box 933

Waterbury, CT 06721

Reminders

Celebrating 90 Years of Service—1922-2012

Waterbury ~ Birthplace of UNICO National

Chapter dues billing has gone out. Please remit in a timely fashion. If you are NOT renewing your

membership, please notify our Financial Secretary Dianne Minardo by October 19th so that we do

not incur unnecessary charges from National. Remember– we are assessed $65 for each of our

members by National.

Dinner meeting will take place on Tuesday, September 25th at Juniper’s Restaurant at 6:30pm.

Cost per person is $25 and all members (and friends/family) are invited to attend.

Board meetings will be held in the Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall at 6:45pm on the following

Tuesdays: 10/9; 11/13; 12/11; 1/8; 2/12; 3/12; 4/9; 5/14; and 6/11. All Directors and

Committee Chairs are expected to attend. The meetings are also open to any interested member.

There will NOT be a dinner meeting in October to allow members to attend our 90th Birthday.

Turkey Shoot flyers will be distributed with the October Newsletter!

In lieu of the November dinner meeting, we are holding the Memorial Mass and reception at Our

Lady of Lourdes Church and Hall. More info on the Mass to follow.

A Christmas Party will take place in December…...date/time/location/price/etc will be sent shortly.