The polenta and chicken sit down and drive-thru dinner at the Elks Lodge on April 23rd went very well. All the tickets were sold thanks to our ticket sales force.

Cooking staff included Bill Chino, Erling Dellabalma, Dave Olivieri, Donna Olivieri, Gene Perricelli, Nick Giannini, and John Senestraro. They did a fabulous job.

Betty and Gene Senestraro put a lot of work

Roma Lodge celebrated its 93rd Anniversary at the May 1st meeting. The meeting featured the traditional meal of Italian sausage and Risotto cooked by Michael DePaoli, Joseph Goni, Dominic Pitigliano and Melissa Watkins. Lorraine Cleek and Maryann Luis supplied the anniversary cake enjoyed by all.

After enjoying a great meal of sausage sandwiches with all the trimmings (chaired by Tony and Louise Tesoriere), Louise Silacci, Immediate Past President of Hanford Lodge #1543 poses with a rose which was a gift to each mother at the May meeting. Louise has begun her campaign to be included on the ballot as President of the Grand Lodge of California when members meet for the Convention in June. Let’s give her all our support. She has been dedicated to the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy for many, many years. Happy Father’s Day to all our wonderful fathers!!

Ciao to all our Fraternal Lodges. Can you believe it; that half the year is here. As the old saying goes, time flies when you're having fun.

Also, we are preparing for The Grand Lodge Convention in Reno at the end of June.

ANAHEIM LODGE Celebrated our 65th Anniversary on May 7, 2023. The dinner was held at the Elks Lodge in Brea, CA. We were honored to have in attendance

 I am hoping that all our April showers (and snowstorms) have turned to lovely May flowers. This has certainly been a difficult winter for many of our members. Our hearts go out to the many members in the Central Valley that had to deal with the historic flooding. The snow in our mountains caused much damage to houses and businesses in the area. Northern and Southern California had record rain and flooding as well. Northern Nevada has h