waterbury unico newsletter january 2013
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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
Note from Your President
THINGS TO KNOW
RIP—Past National Presidents
Joseph Coccia Jr. & Joseph
Manganaro
RIP—PDG CTII Len DelGallo
Congratulations to Don
Mancuso for being named acting
Vice Principal at Kennedy High
School in Waterbury
February Board of Directors
Meeting will take place on
February 12th at 6:45pm at
the home of Linda Lanza
located on 371 Bunker Hil
Avenue in Waterbury.
C-Charity is described as
benevolence or generosity
toward others or toward
humanity.
The two terms "love" and
"charity" are frequently used
interchangeably, since the
virtue of charity is in fact a
kind of love. However, the two
are not the same; not all
forms of love are also charity.
Love is the essence of what
and who we are. The task is to
let our love, our charity,
stream through us unto
everyone we come in touch
with. Charity is love put into
action.
The nature of charity is always
to reach beyond self. Charity
acknowledges the differences
between people, but is also
the force that overcomes such
differences. You feel another
person's joy as joy in yourself.
Charity is done not out of duty
but out of the love you feel
inside you. And the more you
give out, the more it flows
back in; that is the joy of love
in action, the appearance of
charity. Charity can come
into being only when there
is total surrender of selfish
interests. It does not come
as the result of any effort.
So give freely of yourself to
UNICO, and let charity be
your guide.
I can’t believe that it is
2013! Not sure where the
time goes...but it’s moving
fast.
As we enter our “busy
season”, there are plenty of
volunteer opportunities for
you to join. Don’t hesitate—
your time & talents are
needed!
I hope to see you all at our
next Dinner Meeting which
is also the CT-1 District
Meeting. Come celebrate
UNICO!!!
Yours in UNICO!!
~Dr. Joanne D’Angelo
Save the Dates:
January 22nd—Dinner & District Meeting
February 12th—Board of Directors Meeting
In this issue:
Presidents Notes 1
Chapter News 2-4
District/National 2
February 26th—Dinner Meeting
March 12th—Board of Directors Meeting
WATERBURY CHAPTER NEWSLETTER WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT—THE BIRTHPLACE OF UNICO
January 2013
Waterbury UNICO
PO Box 933
Waterbury, CT 06721
www.waterburyunico.com
“Charlie Lanza Memorial”
Italian Corned Beef Dinner
When: Wednesday, March 6th. Doors Open at 5pm—Last Serving at 7:30pm Menu: Corned Beef; Cabbage, Potatoes & Carrots; Italian Bread; and Pasta e Fagioli. Soda & Coffee.
Cash Bar & Zeppole for sale.
Location: La Bella Vista at The Pontelandolfo Club—380 Farmwood Road - Waterbury
Price: $15.00 Adults $10.00 Children Under 12 (Dine In Only)
This is our largest (and tastiest) fundraiser! Tickets will be available at the Dinner & Board
Meetings and will be sent out in the next newsletter. While we are asking each member to sell at least 2, it is hoped that everyone will sell as many tickets as possible. Volunteers are also needed to help serve.
For more information contact
Don at 203.910.3437 or Francine at 203.510.0276.
CT-I District Meeting
January 22nd
Juniper’s Restaurant
Middlebury, CT
$25.00 per Person
We will host this meeting of the other
Chapters from CT-I [Ansonia/Derby;
Bridgeport; Darien; Oakville/
Watertown and Stamford] led by
District Governor Giuseppe Pampena
Mid-Year Board Meeting
March 8th—10th
Embassy Suites
Convention Center,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Room Rates
$129/night + Taxes
Registration and Meal Plan
information to follow
91st National Convention
July 31st—August 4th
Harbor Beach Marriott
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Registration & Meal Plan
$375.00
Room Rates and Other Information to
Follow
Scholarship
Opportunities
Scholarship Applications
have been distributed to
all Waterbury High
Schools. If you know a
graduating high-school
senior of Italian
descent…...encourage
them to apply! !!
For more info, contact
Scholarship Chair
Bob Gerace at
Newsletter Ads
It’s time to renew your
newsletter ad or consider
placing an ad for the
upcoming year. For just
$50, your ad will be
distributed to over 100
UNICANS monthly and featured on our website for 1
year starting in February. Contact Don Mancuso at
203.910.3437 by February 12th. Please note that
funds from ads are used to defray costs for
producing/copying/mailing the newsletter &
chapter information.
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INTERNAL MEDICINE
573-0300
60 WESTWOOD AVE
WATERBURY,CT 06708
SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS
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Proud to be a member of Waterbury UNICO
90 Years of “ Service Above Self ”
UNICO NATIONAL
The Largest Italian-American Service Organization
“Service Above Self ”
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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
Dinner Meeting: Tuesday—February 26th
Guest Speaker: James Frey—Walker Road Vineyards—Woodbury Subject: Wine Making
Walker Road Red Table Wine is a dry full-bodied red wine, fermented from St Croix grapes (70%) grown in Woodbury and at a local vineyard in Watertown. This allows us to crush and process these grapes within hours of harvesting. The balance of the
wine (30%) is from purchased grapes, which allows us to balance critical properties and taste. Blending is an important part of wine making with an honored tradition in all significant winemaking regions. This wine is completely dry, but softened by slow cool fermentation and oak barrel storage. In 2008, Walker Road Red Table Wine was awarded a Silver Medal at a major competition including hundreds of wines submitted by commercial wineries throughout New York and
the 5 New England states. The competition was judged by Amenti Del Vino, national and international wine judging organization. www. walkerroadsvineyard.com
Great Meeting to Bring a Potential New Member!!
It’s Oscar time and with the Stephen Spielberg movie “LINCOLN” being nominated for so many awards, we would be
remiss not to mention the contributions of Italian-Americans in the Civil War:
Between the Census of 1850 and the Census of 1860, the number of Italians emigrating to America jumped by 7,000, so that on
the eve of the Civil War just over 11,000 Americans listed themselves as having been born in Italy. Many of them came to escape
from stifling poverty, only to find it pursued them to the crowded cities of the East Coast of the United States; still others came to
find freedom from the oppression of the Roman Catholic Church, which was trying to enforce orthodoxy upon its believers. Most
Italians were simply looking for peace, for their homeland was torn by wars of its own. New York City was the destination of the
majority of Italian immigrants. There, they found many of their own people already established; the language was familiar and,
despite the opposition of the Catholic Church in America, the old religious practices were still being observed. They had their own
schools, when they could afford them, and their own newspapers. Their militant hero back home, Giuseppe Garibaldi, was their
inspiration; his republican views led many Italians to back the Union cause, though they were represented in the Southern armies
as well. Francesco Casale spearheaded the formation of an Italian Legion, and later the founding of the Italian Garibaldi Guard,
and was joined by many like-minded Italians: Luigi Tinelli, a former consul to Portugal and an industrialist, had experience as a
militia commander; Francesco Spinola recruited four regiments in New York, and was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to be their general; and
Count Luigi Palma di Cesnola, a veteran of the Crimean War, established a military academy in New York City, where many young Italians learned the art
of war and later served in the Union army. Their stories are fascinating and colorful. Cesnola, for instance, was left wounded and pinned under his horse
after fighting JEB Stuart's cavalry at Aldie, Virginia, in June 1863; while a prisoner of war, he agitated for better treatment for prisoners, to the point that his
captors put him in charge of the prison commissary at Belle Isle. Spinola, finding his men of the Spinola Empire Brigade outnumbered six to one in a battle,
ordered them to fix bayonets-and they charged, scattering the amazed Southerners before them in disorder.
The Garibaldi Guard: The Garibaldi Guard was the nickname of the 39th New York Infantry, a regiment of Italian-Americans recruited mostly from New
York City under the auspices of Francesco Casale and other Italian leaders in the North. Most of the members of this regiment were men who had fought
under Giuseppe Garibaldi, the freedom fighter and republican agitator; they wore a distinctively styled red shirt as part of their uniform to show their
connection to their countryman, whose partisans had worn such a shirt in Italy. Other Italian nationals joined the guard as well, however, out of a feeling
that the Union's cause matched their own ideals of freedom and equal justice. They also viewed the Northern ideology as closely- allied with the aims of
Garibaldi and felt such alliance lent credence to the great patriot's ideas, since they were clearly being adopted by other nations.
Source: The Civil War Society's "Encyclopedia of the Civil War."
CALLING ALL NAUGATUCK SAVINGS BANK CUSTOMERS……...
UNICO OF WATERBURY NEEDS YOUR VOTE!!
The Naugatuck Savings Bank Foundation is giving local charities $50,000 through their 4th
Annual Community Awards Program! NSBF invites customers to cast a vote for a local charity or non-profit
they feel is deserving of grant money from their Foundation. Each vote helps decide which charities
are most deserving. Existing Naugatuck Savings Bank customers are eligible to vote,
so tell your family and friends to “Vote UNICO”!!
Ballots may be cast by mail, online at naugatucksavingsbank.com,
or in person at any of their branches until March 31st. One vote per customer.
In addition to providing your name & last 3 digits of your account #, you will need the following information: UNICO of Waterbury—PO Box 933—Waterbury
Waterbury Chapter of UNICO National
PO Box 933
Waterbury, CT 06721
Upcoming Chapter Events
Service Above Self since 1922………..
Waterbury ~ Birthplace of UNICO National
March 6th: Italian Corned Beef Dinner– La Bella Vista Catering at the Ponte Club
April: National Day of Community Service– Date and Location TBD
April: Duck Day Raffle Ticket Sale
May 28th: Scholarship Dinner– La Bella Vista Catering at the Ponte Club
June: Golf Tournament—Date & Location TBD