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ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S CLUB OF
BROWARD COUNTY - Davie
11 /06/10 – Annual Fashion Show & Luncheon
Dinner Meetings – 3rd Tuesday of the
month
Club’s webpage:
www.ffiac.com/iawc
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AMERICAN ITALIAN CLUB OF HOLLYWOOD
ESTATE
10/23/10 – Dinner Dance
11/21/10 – Sunday Brunch
12/04/10 – Christmas Party
Board Meeting on the 2nd Tuesday
General Meeting on the 3rd Monday
Webpage:
www.ffiac.com/hollywoodestates.htm
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ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB OF JACKSONVILLE
05/21/10 – World of Nations Dinner
06/13/10 – Dinner & Meeting
06/26/10 – Club Anniversary Dinner
07/04/10 – Picnic Barbeque
08/08/10 – Dinner & Meeting
09/12/10 – Dinner & Meeting
09/24/10 – Hawaiian Luau
10/02/10 – Columbus Day Dinner Dance
10/10/10 – Dinner & Meeting
10/22-24/10 – 21st Annual Festa
Italiana
11/06/10 – Festa “Thank You” Dinner
11/14/10 – Thanksgiving dinner
12/18/10 – Christmas Party
12/31/10 – New Year’s Eve Gala
Dinner Meetings on the 2nd Sunday of
the month
Webpage:
www.iacofjacksonville.com
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BROWARD COUNTY
COUNCIL OF ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUBS
New President:
Gladys Marino
Gala Ball --
March 6, 2010 at the Embassy Suites in Boca
Call Joe Contino at
954-917-4431 or Rita Petreccia at 954-772-2361
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ITALIAN AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB OF
ORLANDO
Board Meetings – 1st Wednesday of the
month
General Meetings – 2nd Wednesday of
the month
05/22/10 – Dinner Dance
06/05/10 – Dinner Dance
06/19/10 – Dinner Dance
07/10/10 – Dinner Dance
07/24/10 – Dinner Dance
08/07/10 – Dinner Dance
08/21/10 – Dinner Dance
09/11/10 – Dinner Dance
09/25/10 – Dinner Dance
10/09/10 – Dinner Dance
10/23/10 – Dinner Dance
11/06/10 – Dinner Dance
11/20/10 – Dinner Dance
12/04/10 – Dinner Dance
12/18/10 – Christmas Dinner Dance
12/31/10 – New Years Dinner Dance
Website:
www.iascorlando.org
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ITALIAN AMERICAN WAR VETERANS POST #4
OF ORLANDO
11/05/10 – 11/07/10 – Daisy Drive
Website: www.post4flitam.org
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ITALIAN AMERICAN WAR VETERANS OF THE U.S., DEPT. OF FLORIDA
07/30 - 08/01 – Quarterly Meeting in Port Richey
09/17 - 09/19 – Convention in Daytona
For more
information you can contact Tony DiMarino at (407) 365-5546 or Dan Propp (407)
877-0607
Webpage:
www.ffiac.com/warvets.htm
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ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB OF SOUTH
BREVARD
New President – Frank Ciccone
Business Meeting – 2nd Wed. of the
month
Bocce – Monday & Friday
Bingo – Tuesday
Game Night - Wednesday
Lunch - Every Thursday
05/23/10 – Memorial Day Picnic
06/19/10 – Dinner Dance
07/03/10 – 4th of July Picnic
09/05/10 – Labor Day Picnic
10/09/10 – Columbus Day Dance
10/31/10 – Halloween Dance
11/14/10 – Spaghetti Festa
12/05/10 – Tree Trimming
12/18/10 – Christmas Dinner Dance
Webpage:
www.ffiac.com/iacofsouthbrevard.htm
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PASCO ITALIAN
AMERICAN
CIVIC CLUB OF
HUDSON
Bingo – Every Thursday
Social Night – Every Monday
Ladies Social – Every Wednesday
Meetings – 1st & 3rd
Wednesday
Webpage:
www.ffiac.com/pascoiacc.htm
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ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB
OF GREATER CLEARWATER
Social Night – Every Monday
Pasta Dinner – Every Tuesday
Bocce -- Every Sunday
05/22/10 -- Memorial Day Dinner Dance
Club’s webpage:
www.iacgc.org
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ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB OF VENICE
Bocce – Monday
Weekly Italian Classes
Pasta Dinners – Every Friday Night
Social Night – Every Wednesday
Video Night – Tuesday & Thursday
For information call
(941) 493-6344 or E-mail:
Italfeast@aol.com
Club's website:
www.italianamericanclubofvenice.com
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ITALIAN AMERICAN SOCIAL CLUB OF PALM COAST
Bingo every Monday Night and Tuesday afternoon
Every Tuesday & Friday Night Dinners
Game Day every Wednesday
Website:
www.iascpc.com
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ITALIAN AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE OF FT. LAUDERDALE
New President – Rita Petreccia
06/03/10 – Pasta Night
09/02/10 – Pasta Night
10/07/10 – Pasta Night
11/04/10 – Pasta Night
12/02/10 – Pasta Night
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ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB OF COCONUT CREEK
Our
sympathy goes out to the families of Julie Bertelle & Gina Dell'elba. Both
ladies were very remarkable women with the kindest hearts. They were long
time members of the IAC of Coconut Creek, and attendess of the FFIAC's
conventions, and their passing will be missed by all of us
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SICILIAN-AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY
05/23/10 – Spring Dinner Dance
06/17/10 – Dinner Meeting
09/16/10 – Dinner Meeting
10/17/10 – Columbus Day Dinner Dance
11/18/10 – Dinner Meeting
12/05/10 – Christmas Dinner Dance
Club’s webpage:
www.trinacria-mia.org
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ITALIAN AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ST. PETERSBURG
Board Meeting - 1st Tuesday of the
month
Italian Movie Night – 2nd Tuesday of
the month
General Meeting – 3rd Tuesday of the
month
Italian Language & Dance Instruction on Thursday
evenings
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AMERICAN OF ITALIAN
HERITAGE CLUB
@ TAMPA BAY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
10/08/10 – Columbus Day Dinner Dance
11/13-14/10 – Annual Italian Festival
12/17/10 – Annual Christmas Party
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CAPE CORAL ITALIAN
AMERICAN CLUB OF LEE COUNTY
Every Wednesday Spaghetti & Sandwich Night
Every Friday Dinner & Dance
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ITALIAN AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION OF VERO
BEACH
Dinner Dances – Every Friday
Pasta Dinners – 1st & 3rd
Sunday every month
Fish Fry Dinners – 1st & 3rd
Wed. every month
Lunches – every Tues., Wed. & Thurs.
Men’s Meeting – every Monday evening
Men’s Dinner Meeting – every 4th
Monday
Women’s Auxiliary Meeting – every 1st
& 3rd Tuesday evening
Cookies for Soldiers – every 3rd
Thursday morning
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ITALIAN CLUB OF TAMPA
06/15/10 – 06/18/10 – Campo Italiano
Happy Hour every Friday Night
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ITALIAN AMERICAN
CIVIC LEAGUE OF BROWARD -- HOLLYWOOD
New
President -- Joe Sardo
05/29/10 -- Memorial Day Barbecue
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
PLEASE SEND US YOUR NEWS. WE CAN’T PRINT IT, IF YOU DON’T SEND
IT!!!
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ANNUAL 2010 CONVENTION
The
2010 Annual Convention will be held at the Embassy Suites in Orlando on
September 17 thru 19, 2010. The reservation package is enclosed in this
newsletter. Please call Shirley or Sherry at (954) 472-1245 for information or
visit the Webpage:
www.ffiac.com/coming_events.htm
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2011 - MINI CONVENTION
Mini Convention is pending. For future information visit the webpage:
www.ffiac.com/coming_events.htm
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APRIL 2010 MINI CONVENTION
BERMUDA CRUISE MSC’S POESIA
APRIL 17-24, 2010
Mini Convention is pending. For future information visit the webpage:
www.ffiac.com/coming_events.htm
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ANTI-DEFAMATION
If anyone has any anti-defamation to report to the Florida Federation, please
contact Bruce Bastian at (941) 966-3857.
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GRIEVANCE
If anyone has any grievance to report to the Florida Federation, please
contact Henry Porter at (904) 788-5476.
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AREA DELEGATES
Membership Chairman, Lee Orrison
(772) 237-5100
Northeast, Henry Porter (904) 788-5476
Northwest,
Southeast, Ida Giannettino
(954) 967-8512,
Southwest, Tony Gnerre (941)
Central, Peter Caprece (352)
243-0393
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SCHOLARSHIP
The 2010 Scholarship Winners
are Ashley Taylor & Jordan Holzmacher. If you have any questions in regards to
the scholarships, please contact Jean Bonica at (772) 237-5829.
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WEBPAGE
I mentioned at the last Delegate’s
meeting that I would like to offer a webpage for a club to list their upcoming
events, address and telephone number, and e-mail address for their club. If your
club is interested in participating, I would need one year of events. I don’t
have the time to update each month, so a 1 year list would be great to do at one
time. You can mail it to: E-mail it to: webpage@ffiac.com
If you provide a return E-mail
address, I will send you the webpage address.
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A Message From The President
Dear Members,
How fast times fly! Here we are already, half
way through the FFIAC Year. Let's look back at what has happened, and what's
ahead.
Our second FFIAC sponsored Italian Festa was
held in Melbourne the week of February 5-7. The weather gods were not kind to
us once again, serving up a brief tornado (really) on Friday afternoon, followed
by cold and strong winds for the better part of the remainder of the weekend.
Countless hours and many road trips had gone into this huge effort, and our
sincere thanks go to Mike Mele and Lee Orrison, who headed up the effort along
with many committee members, and also to the volunteers who showed up on site to
help out. In the end, we were able to make a donation to Special Olympics, as
we did last year.
Eighty plus members and guest joined the cruise
to Bermuda and the Bahamas on the MSC Poesia in mid April. I trust everyone had
a good time, and we had a productive Officers and General meeting on board as
well.
Coming up is the officers meeting at the
Deerfield Beach Hilton on July 10. I am always open to suggestions and ideas on
how to make the FFIAC better and more meaningful to all it's affiliates and
individual members. If you have any items that you would like the Board to
consider, please contact me at
ffiacpresident@aol.com
I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the
tireless effort of one of the hardest working Board member, Sherry Casey, who
has served as our Treasurer and Newsletter Editor for many years.
The Annual Convention this year will be held at
the Embassy Suites in Orlando, Sept. 17-19. A huge thanks once again to Shirley
Casey for all her time and effort spent in planning and organizing our
conventions. We need your attendance to support the Federation and to help
promote our Italian heritage and culture. And, we always have a great time it!
I am hoping for and working for UNITY and goodwill among all member
Clubs and individuals.
"Have a Great Summer!" I will see you in Sept.
I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes "Where ever you go and whatever
you do, go with a smile on your face and a song in your heart.
May God Bless us all and the FFIAC
Joe Contino
President 2009-2010
HURRICANE RELIEF
Our hearts and prays go out to the
victims from Hurricane Charley and Tropical Storm Bonnie. We hope to find
everyone healthy and safe, and we hope for a speedy recovery and normalcy. If
anyone wants to make a donation or volunteer, the following are website and/or
telephone numbers I find:
Florida official websites:
www.myflorida.com
www.floridadisaster.org or
1-800-FL-HELP1
Salvation Army:
www.salvationarymflorida.org
FEMA:
www.fema.gov or 1-800-621-3362
American Red Cross:
www.redcross.org or 1-800-435-7669
Local Red Cross Chapters:
Collier County (Naples):
www.colliercountyredcross.org
or 239-596-6868
Charlotte County (Punta Gorda):
941-629-4345
Central FL (Orlando):
www.centralfl-redcross.org
or 407-894-4141
Southwest FL (Sarasota):
www.southwestflorida.redcross.org or 941-379-9300
Northeast FL (Jacksonville):
www.nefloridarecross.org or
904-358-8091
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FYI
The following info. was provided by the IA Civic Assoc. of Vero Beach’s
newsletter.
The Justice Dept. has a 243 page report on the treatment of Italian Americans
during WWII. For a free copy, ask for A Review of Restrictions on Persons of
Italian Ancestry During WWII. Call 1-202-514-4224 or visit their website at
www.house.gov/judiciary/news112701.htm
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A LITTLE HUMOR
Last Sunday morning, the Priest noticed little Alex, a 6-year-old boy, was
staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. It was
covered with names and small American flags were mounted on either side of it.
Alex had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the Priest walked up,
stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, “Good morning, Alex.” “Good
morning, Father”, replied Alex, still focused on the plaque. “Father, what is
this?” asked Alex. The Priest replied, “Well, it’s a memorial to all the young
men and women who died in the service”.
Soberly, they stood together, staring at the large plaque. Suddenly, the
little boy in a voice barely audible, trembling with fear, asked, “Father, which
service, the 8:30 or the 10:30?”.
Provided by the IA Civic League of Ft. Lauderdale’s
Newsletter.
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ANOTHER LITTLE HUMOR
During my last visit at Century
Village, I heard 3 old men talking about their aches, pains and bodily
functions.
One seventy five year old man said,
“I have a problem. I wake up every morning at seven o’clock, and it takes me 20
minutes to pee.”
An eighty-year-old man said: “My case
is even worse. I get up at eight and sit in the bathroom for half an hour
grunting and moaning before I finally have a bowel movement.”
The third old man said: “I do not
have the problem you guys have. At seven I pee like a horse, at eight I crap
like a cow.”
The other two gentlemen asked: “Then
what is your problem?”
“Well”, said the man, “I don’t wake up until nine o’clock.”
Provided by Italian
American Civic League of Ft. Lauderdale’s newsletter
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ONLY ITALIANS
UNDERSTAND BY ZUPPA
* You grew up thinking what you ate
for lunch was a “sangwich”.
* Your dog understood Italian.
* Every Sunday afternoon you visited
your grandparents.
* You witnessed 150 people fitting
into 50 sq. ft. of yard for a cookout.
* You were as tall as your
grandmother at age 7
* You never ate meat on Christmas
Eve.
* You were hit at least once with a
wooden spoon.
* You called the bathroom the
baccausa.
* You had at least one relative who
came over on the “boat”.
* All your widowed aunts wore black
until they died.
Provided by Italian
American Club of Jacksonville’s newsletter
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COOKING WITH PASTA
Lucy Cortese from the IAC of Jacksonville explains the meaning of different
shaped pastas and what sauces go with them.
For Soups and Stews: Stelline(stars), Acine de Pepe (peppercorns), Orzo
(barley, Ditalini (little thimbles), Conchiglie (conch shells), Cravate (bow
ties) or Pastina (baby pasta).
Marinara or Seafood Sauce: Capellini (angel hair), Linguine (little
tongues), Vermicelli (little worms).
Thicker Sauce or Alfredo Sauce: Fettucine (ribbons), Orecchiette (little
ears), Gnocci (dumplings), Penne (pen quills), Rotini (twists), Tortelli (little
cakes), Radiatore (radiators), Fusilli (helix), Farfalle (butterflies).
Stuff with Meat or Cheeses: Cannelloni (reeds), Tubetini (tubes),
Manicotti (small muffs), Bucatini (hollow reeds) or Perciatelli (tiny holes).
For pasta recipes visit her website at: www.jacksonville.com/community/cc/cortese/stories
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YEARBOOK
WE THE FLORIDA FEDERATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUBS, INC. ARE HAVING OUR 29TH
ANNUAL CONVENTION IN DEERFIELD BEACH AT THE EMBASSY SUITES ON SEPTEMBER 16, 17, &
18,
2005. THE PUBLICATION OF OUR AD BOOK IS VERY INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR
CONVENTION AND PRESERVING OUR ITALIAN HERITAGE. WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT
FOR THE ADS IN THIS YEARS BOOK.
THE COSTS OF ADS ARE AS FOLLOWING:
FULL PAGE FOR CLUBS . . $100.00
FULL PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . .
$125.00
HALF-PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . $
75.00
QUARTER PAGE . . . . . . . . $ 50.00
EIGHT PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . $
30.00
BACK PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . .
$175.00
INSIDE FRONT PAGE . . . . $175.00
PLEASE MAIL ADS TO RITA PETRECCIA AT
2107 N.E. 56th Place, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308. MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO FFIAC.
FORMAT FOR HOSTING MINI-MEETINGS/CONVENTIONS
1. Host club will have a greeting table in lobby of hotel/motel at least one
hour prior to check-in.
2. Host club will have a list of FFIAC members and guest attending the
convention by club and room number, copies should be made available to FFIAC
representative. A list with mailing addresses should be made available for the
chairpersons of the annual and mini Conventions. Table assignments should be
made available for all guest staying at the mini meetings and annual convention.
When arranging tables, have members of individual clubs sitting together.
3. List of all attractions in the area or events to be held at the annual and
mini convention.
4. If there is a head table, the president of the Federation should be
included with any other dignitaries.
5. Introduce all the FFIAC clubs and their presidents or if there is no
president present, than introduce a delegate.
6. Introduce all Federation officers that are present.
7. Host club to give the Federation’s President and guest, the package
weekend at no cost, a suite if possible.
8. Host club to pay to the Federation the sum of at least $500.00 or
percentage determined by the board for hosting the mini-meeting.
9. Give the option to the weekend package of staying one day early or a day
later.
10. The host club will have a written contract from the hotel/motel outlining
what is being offered for the weekend package.
11. The proposal will be submitted for mini-meetings subject for approval.
January/February mini-meeting must present proposal at the prior April/May
mini-meeting, and April/May mini-meeting must present proposal at the prior
Annual Convention.
12. The Annual Convention will be submitted the year prior.
13. All officers shall be housed in same hotel/motel.
14. Buffet dinners at mini-meetings/conventions must be approved by FFIAC’s
Board. Buffet dinners must be served by an attendant, and one night only.
15. The 50/50 raffle is to be run by the Federation on Saturday night dance.
16. The host club can use their clubhouse for dinner dances for the events,
if the hotel/motel is within reasonable distance.
17. In the event of illness or emergencies, the host club will reimburse the
person or persons that was supposed to attend the mini-meeting/convention for
the full amount of the package. All refunds subject to the hotel/motel contract.
Restrictions must be listed on all flyers.
18. Host club will not offer separate dinner package to their club members
and guest until after all reservation are submitted, and there would be ample
room for hotel/motel guests. Annual convention will follow with no dinners only,
unless ample room.
Close your eyes and picture in your mind the soldier at Valley Forge, as he
holds his musket in his bloddy hands. He stands barefoot in the snow, starved
from lack of food, wounded from months of battle and emotionally scarred from
the eternity away from his family surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of
war. He stands tough, with fire in his eyes and victory on his breath. He looks
at us now with anger and disgust and tells us this - - -
He gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and now your
children graduate too illiterate to read it --- He fought in the snow barefoot
to give you the freedom to vote and you stay at home because it rains --- He
left his family destitute to give you the freedom of speech and you remain on
critical issues because it might be bad for business --- He orphaned his
children to give you a government to serve you and it has stolen democracy from
the people.
It's the soldier, not the reporter, who gives you freedom of the press --- It's
the soldier, not the poet who gives you freedom of speech --- It's the soldier,
not the campus organizer, who allows you to demonstrate --- It's the solider who
salutes the flag, serves the flag, who's coffin is draped with the flag, that
allows the protester to burn the flag!!! --- Lord hold our troops in your loving
hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the
selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.
Please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our U.S. troops in Afgahanistan
and Iraq. --- And all over the world.
Submitted by ITAM-VETS Newsletter, Post #4, Orlando
Carl Messina, Past President of the
FFIAC, passed away on April 22, 2004, and his wife Ann Messina passed away four days
before. Ann Messina died Sunday, April 18th from stroke complications.
On Thursday April 22nd, Carl Messina died from heart and lung disease. Ann
and Carl would have been married 59 years on June 24th. In 1945,
they were married in Brooklyn, New York. Then four years later (1949) they
moved to the country (Long Island). In 1981, they moved to Jacksonville to
be closer to two of their 3 children. Soon after, their circle of friends
grew when they joined the local Italian American Club. Ann enjoyed the
cooking and encourage Carl to become president of the club. The Italian
American Club was a second home to them. They enjoyed the cooking,
dancing, traveling and most of all, the good friends they met at the club.
Carl later became president of the FFIAC, again with Ann's help and devotion.
Their wonderful traveled to functions at the various local clubs located
throughout the state. Health problems for both Ann and Carl had curtailed
their traveling the last several years but the friends that they made at the
Italian American Clubs continued.
1926 - 2001
IN MEMORY OF PAUL RENALDO
It is with deep regret that we have lost a dear friend and
officer of the Florida Federation of Italian American Clubs. Paul recently
retired as Treasurer of FFIAC, an office he held for fifteen years. He most
recently held the position of Trustee.
Paul had been married to Carol Sickle Renaldo for 54 years.
Together they had six children, a son, five daughters and 15 grandchildren.
Paul was a former resident of Manville, New Jersey, living
later in Branchburg before moving to Miramar, Florida. While in New Jersey, Paul
was Commander of the V.F.W. Post #2290 for four years. In Florida he was the
President for three terms for the Italian American Civic League of Broward
County. After retiring from his business at Air Flow Filters in Hialeah, he
purchased a motor home. He and his wife have traveled extensively throughout the
United States.
The Officers and friends of the Florida Federation of Italian American Clubs
will greatly miss Paul and our prayers are with him and his family.
ROBERT MARINO
On April 2, 2009, we lost a long standing member
of the FFIAC, and friend to everyone. Bob Marino was a loving family man. His
wife Gladys is the Parliamentarian for the Federation. Our sympathy goes out to
his wife and family. Thank you for being a part of our family.
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