To All OSDIA Members,
Half the year has passed, and Convention time is upon us. I know Ervin Siax has been working very diligently along with Lynn Lawrence Murphy, Lori Rossi and of course our State President Barb Wisniewski. Our office manager, Ervin is the silent hero within all this preparation of our Annual Convention. He spends all week at the Grand Lodge attending to concerns and handling phone calls. I would like to give a big shout out to Ervin along with a Hug. Thank You for all that you do at the Grand Lodge.

April and May have been Bocce Months. Gold Country Lodge #2705 had their Pasta Bowl Bocce Tournament, and everyone enjoyed the three F’s: Fun, Food and Fraternity. Sacramento Lodge #1352 also had their Big Bocce Tournament. It was a great success with a grand total of about $1,700 towards their charities. Speaking about Bocce, I would love the Lodges in the North to come to me at Convention and let me know if there is any interest

Sisters and Brothers:
Last meeting was on Mothers Day May 8th so it was only attended by 38 members. Joe Panfiglio, our Guard and also part time cook, did BBQ Chicken and it was outstanding. Thank You again, Joe, or you can call him Giuseppe, Joey or Pinky! ! !.

Our next meeting will be June 12th when

Grand Lodge President, Barbara Wisniewski asked lodge presidents, on a recent zoom call, how to get younger members involved in the organization? The answer is simple. Get new lodge members to join when they are a junior member! Most of us will agree it is easy to get young members to join because the dues are free (unless they want the insurance). They will enjoy attending meetings, if you have some activity for them to do while the meeting is going on.

The success of any lodge junior member program

My apologies for omitting some of the polenta and chicken drive-thru crew from last month’s Il Leone.
Cooking staff also included Bill Chino, Erling Dellabalma, John Salizzoni, Eddie Morgan, Gene Perricelli, and John Senestraro.

And the bag and distribution organizers (some of whom were pictured in last month’s article but were not captioned): Bonnie DuMond,

After many months of inactivity due to the pandemic the Roseville Lodge is once again hosting monthly dinners. Our St. Patrick’s dinner prepared by our chefs Renzo Razzarolli, Tom Tommasi and Jerry Di Regolo was a success with over