Charlotte Mary (Cappadona) Anderton, 96, passed away on Friday, October 22, 2021. Born on October 14, 1925 in Secaucus, New Jersey the youngest of nine, Charlotte moved to Napa when she was nine-years-old. Besides being a homemaker for her family, she also worked as a bookkeeper and a childcare giver.

She was active in our community, running the bingo

By the time you read this our first post Covid dinner.meeting went off without a hitch on December 12th. I hope to have some pictures will be in the January Il Leone. We have been idle for over 20 months.

I have decided that 2022 will be my last year as President. I have to pay attention to my health issues and also concentrate

Do it for your family: get your shots.

Last month (November) we had our second get-together at Luna’s for salad and pasta. The meeting mostly discussed negotiating for the use of Notre Dame Hall and alternatives to that venue.

This month (December): our meeting will be at Andiamo’s for a 6:00 PM no-host dinner; be sure to

The Gold Country Lodge #2705 recently celebrated its new member initiation on October 19, 2021. We have 10 new members!!

We had a wonderful turn-out by many of our lodge members attending. The Arietta Family provided an excellent ravioli dinner. New members initiated this evening include, Sergio Camerlo, Regina Roman,

SOON....yes, this has been said before, do step forward if you would like to help in the kitchen...at the meetings ….or any position that keeps the Valley of the Moon Sons of Italy Sonoma....running like a well oiled machine!

MEMBERS OF NOTE!
Marie Davis 52 years
John Musilli 48 years
Gary Hermes 43 years
Josephine Grant 39 years
Good and faithful members of Valley of the Moon Lodge....

VOLUNTEERS...
Sons of Italy runs on Volunteers..yep, just in case you were not aware....and one person (though) there are many...had some recipes that were interesting...perhaps you would

The sunrise was bright and clear on Sept 18; a good sign for our Lodge’s premiere event of the year. The inaugural “Festa Italiana” was about to open in downtown Chico’s City Plaza.

Planning this extravaganza was the brainchild of Patti Denito, who put together a stellar committee of members dedicated