Here we are again, getting closer to Grand Council and our Open House the weekend of March 21-23!

It has been a very busy month traveling from my house to the Grand Lodge office! We are ready (as ready as we will be) for our Open House March 23.  I am excited to show it off and hope that you will all attend.

The Grand Council will also be meeting there the weekend of March 21-22, 2025.  Be sure to get your reports in on time. The only thing we have found is that there even though there are many restaurants in the area, they are small.

It has been such an experience emptying out the boxes at the office.  (still many to go)  What treasures and memories we have discovered!

Wow the winds and rain have been horrible

Well here it is February and hope everyone had a great Valentines Day.

In January I was able to do the installation of officers for the Enrico Caruso lodge in Visalia with the help of there State Deputy and Youth Committee Chairperson Brian Watson. In February I was able

Dear Brother and Sisters,

I’d like to apologize first for not having an article last month. Our Sacramento Lodge was having its 100th Anniversary Dinner and we had so much to get ready that I was not able to write my monthly article.  A fantastic time was had by all! President Danny Marinelli along with sister Pam, and the Anniversary committee did an outstanding job putting everything

January of an odd numbered year brings the installations of each lodges new slate of officers. I’d like to congratulate all the new officers, especially the first timers, thank you for stepping up, to serve your lodge for the next 2 years.

On January 16th, our president, Arlene Nunziati and I

Attended the Watsonville lodges meeting

The celebration of the Sacramento Lodge’s 100th Anniversary was held on January 25th and exceeded our expectations with over 100 attendees!  We were able to celebrate the fellowship of our lodge, as well as four members with 40, 45, and 50 years of being part of the Sons and Daughters of Italy.  Honorees were:  David Carboni – 50 years; Pam Tedesco – 50 years; Barbara Alfidi – 45 years; and Ed Smith – 40 years.

The lodge was originally founded by Eduardo Gustalli, Giovanni Santini, and Armando Bondi on January 7, 1925 as the Giacomo Puccini Lodge.  Many years later, in January 1991 the Regina Margherita Lodge #1423 merged with the Sacramento Lodge.  Two of the noteworthy pieces on display that evening was the original charter and a ledger dated 1926-1936 written

Pictured above is a partial group of Roma Lodge members who organized and conducted our Italian food booth at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, February 11-13th.  The World Ag Expo was started at the Tulare Fair Grounds in 1968 and moved to the International Agri-Center in 1982 and has grown to 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space.  Roma Lodge is one of the only organizations that has been at the show from the very beginning.

For the past 12 years Michael DePaoli,

I believe we really started out recognizing people that went to extraordinary lengths to help their fellow man, after the events of 9/11. We stood up as a nation, and cheered, and celebrated the firemen and police of New York. And we couldn’t thank them enough for their service, that was beyond exceptional, that day, and subsequent days. And they truly deserved it!

Then came Covid and we as a nation celebrated the doctors, nurses and all those that rose up, despite the perils of dealing

Saluti tutti

Greetings from Vallejo.  We had our first polenta and stew dinner in quite a while and it was a success.  We had 96 guests including State Second Vice President Louie Lodi and his wife who traveled all the way from Sacramento.  Our kitchen crew of Rick Branch, John Costa and Glen Rushing made a very tasty dinner.  We plan on having dinners roughly every two months.  We celebrated the many birthdays we missed during Covid for