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Valley of the Moon Lodge #1959

by Susan Antonini

  • 11 October 2020
  • Author: News Editor
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AND IN THE MEANWHILE....
Folks are hunkering down... keeping invisible and safe... looking strange...with a mask..., and hopefully staying well. (I wonder what affect it will have on young children to see masked parents)

NEWS FROM ON HIGH...
Our President Paul Grant says, “Stay home! Drink a lot of liquids, red or white. If you add ice cubes then that will be more H20.

Roma Lodge #1573 Tulare, CA

by Larry Dutto-Roma Lodge President

  • 11 October 2020
  • Author: News Editor
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Currently there are 47 of 58 counties in California that have qualified for limited reopening of non-essential businesses such as restaurants, barbershops, salons, bars and theaters as long as masks and social distancing are practiced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Roma Lodge is in the center of Tulare County which is one of the remaining counties which is still on lockdown.

Since the pandemic hit Tulare County in March, 15,270 people have been sickened and 253 people have died from COVID-19 complications

Message from the State President

John Costa

  • 10 September 2020
  • Author: News Editor
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Message from the State President

Going on six months now, I think it’s time to hurry and get to New Year’s Eve and welcome 2021 in. 2020 has been a very difficult year to say the least. The year started out well, then the pandemic, shelter in place, cancellations of many events, Conference call for March Grand Council (a first), things looking better, than a upswing on cases, no Convention and now we are fighting the heat and fires in the south, central, north and in Reno. Enough already. Maybe it’s a bad dream. This we will overcome and hopefully come out stronger on the other side. Let’s pray real hard for our firefighters, first responders and continued prayers for our hospital workers. Better days are ahead!

Many of you have heard that we have a new Office Manager, Rodelle Palce. She is a dynamic young lady, who has picked up the day to day items very quickly. I want to thank Head State Trustee Ray Bini and State Recording Secretary Lori Rossi for helping me go thru numerous resumes. Also an extra thank you to Lori for helping out keeping the office going until Rodelle came on board. Welcome Rodelle!!!

Message from the 1st Vice President

Barbara Wisniewski

  • 10 September 2020
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Message from the 1st Vice President

Sisters and Brothers:

I hope this edition of the “Il Leone” finds you all well and safe.

As we draw closer to Columbus Day, I think it is time to revisit what Columbus means to the Italian American community. Lets start with how the celebration began.

In 1892, the 400th anniversary of Columbus landing in the New World, following a lynching on New Orleans where a mob murdered 11 Italian American Immigrants, President Benjamin Harrison declared Columbus Day as a onetime national celebration. The proclamation was part of a wider effort after the lynching to placate Italian Americans and ease diplomatic tensions with Italy.

Many Italian Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of their heritage, and the first celebration had already been held in New York City on October 12, 1866. The day was first enshrined as a legal holiday in the United States through the lobbying of Angelo Noce, a first generation Italian, in Denver. The first statewide holiday was proclaimed by Colorado governor Jesse F. McDonald in 1905, and it was made a statutory holiday in 1907.

In1934, as a result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus and New York City

Message from the 2nd Vice President

Pauline Richmond

  • 10 September 2020
  • Author: News Editor
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Message from the 2nd Vice President

“Italians Feed America”
article taken from IL Leoncino Modesto Lodge #2021 Newsletter:

During this tough period, Italians abroad and Italian Americans are doing their part to help others. Many are the examples of their generosity, and one involves food: the way Italians often show love and affection. In New York during the critical phase of the Covid 19 outbreak, Fabrizto Facchini, chef of the Ristorante Cotto, founded, in just a few days, the nonprofit organization “Italian Feed America” with the purpose of distributing food for free to doctors, nurses, paramedics, and many poor people.

He was born in Belgium from Italian immigrant parents and he learned to cook from his grandma. He moved to California where he opened three restaurants, and then on to New York.

When the pandemic reached critical levels and many were unemployed, he decided to call his network connections, friends, and food suppliers, to create an organization where Italians, Italians-Americas and

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Sons and Daughters of Italy in America
Grand Lodge of California 
P. O. Box 2467
Fairfield, CA 94533
Phone: (415) 586-1316
Fax:(415) 586-4786