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A Message From Our President:

First of all I am excited to assume leadership of the Amerigo Vespucci
Society. Rick Cua and the Council did a fantastic job leading this
organization for its first three years and I am looking forward to working
with the council to continue to build upon the great foundation they
laid. I also want to thank the many, many members who through their
energy, dedication and talent have made Amerigo Vespucci Society a
tremendous success. To all these members and their tireless hours of
work ...........…….THANK YOU.

Now, our focus in 2008 continues to be bringing the club together for
fellowship and fun. After all, our goal is to promote and perpetuate our
Italian heritage and ensure our great Italian traditions continue to be
passed down from generation to generation.

2007 ended with a great Christmas party. We had wonderful food and
wine, had some fun giving away door prizes and spent the rest of
evening singing Italian songs and telling stories of our youth. Everyone
had a great time!
In 2008 our February and March Valentine’s Day and St Joseph’s Day
events were fabulous! Our 3rd Annual St Joseph’s Table was
picturesque to say nothing about it being delectable! Everyone out did
themselves preparing the many meatless dishes in the Sicilian
tradition. And the desserts……………..the St Joseph’s desserts were
out of this world! I can’t wait ‘til next year to do it again.

These were also great opportunities for us to get to know our new
members and for them to meet many of our “Family”. It was also nice
to see some people we haven’t seen in a while and to welcome guests
and potential new members.

We’re looking forward to other great events this year including our
picnic, our Italian film night, our wine tasting, and the great wine
making weekends in the fall. We’re also planning some fun nights of
teaching Italian card games, playing bocce and having some Italian
classes to learn our beautiful language. So hopefully I will see you at
our next meeting where we can share some food and drink, maybe
have a friendly competition playing a game or two, or just have a good
time enjoying each other’s company! Until then…….

Ciao,
Dennis