Saluti Fratelli e Sorelle,

Let me introduce myself for those of you who have not met me yet.  My name is Louise Marie Silacci.  I belong to Hanford Lodge #1543 and have been a member for the past 35 years.  My goal is to let you all know who I am and why I want to be your next President for the Grand Lodge of California.

Where it all began…On my father’s side, the Silacci’s immigrated from Corippo,

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On Friday, March 24, donor members of the Sons and Daughters of Italy met in Palo Alto at the Center for Academic Medicine to present a check in the amount of $4000 to Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Foundation on behalf of the Western Foundation Birth Defects Program. We were thrilled to donate to the world-class Children’s Genetics Program at Stanford, a true place of healing and love for sick children.

Our Medical Charities/Birth Defects Libraries Chairperson

LEADERS GIVE THEIR ALL – They are willing to commit themselves to their goals, they do not hold back, those that are truly serious about becoming successful leaders are willing to pay the price for their success. Sometimes giving your all is expensive – to your family and to your own personal well-being. Leaders understand this expense

Cindy Bellini Williams, an actress and producer, who played sweet wide-eyed Shirley Feeney on “Laverne & Shirley, died on January 25.

Williams was born on August 22, 1947 in Van Nuys, California. Her father Bill Williams, hailed from Texas and her mother, Francesca Bellini was Italian American. Williams had credits spawning six decades, but it was her role on “Laverne & Shirley that endeared her to millions and made her a household name. Along with her friend Laverne Defazio, played by actress Penny Marshall, whose