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Produced By Angela Palmieri
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1. THE SOFINA & AMICI GOLF CLASSIC 2010 From Cuban cigars to celebrity chefs, guests were wined and dined at last year’s Sofina & Amici Golf Classic. Through the generous support of business associates, colleagues, family and friends, a record-breaking $254,000 was raised in support of a new Operative Birthing Unit at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and in support of the construction of the world’s largest Ronald McDonald House. www.sofinafoods.com
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2. 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITY OF ITALY EVENT On Mar. 31, 2011, over 200 elders from Community & Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS) gathered for the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification. Organized by Iolanda Masci, Filomena Torric and Nadia Ferrari, the event was a great success. Guests brought their Italian pride and were thrilled to have the Hon. Julian Fantino, member of Parliament for Vaughan and associate minister of National Defence; Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua and Greg Sorbara, member of provincial parliament for Vaughan, take part in the special day. www.chats.on.ca
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1a - Jennifer Tory, RBC; Marilena Latifi, Sofina Foods; and Catherine Ouellette, RBC. 1b - Michael Latifi, Sofina Foods, Santo DeRose and Fabio Fata, Via Cavour Yorkville. 1c - Diana Santangelli, Angela Bizzotto, Isidoro Russo, Lina DeGasperis and Claudia Mazzaferro. 2a - Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua presents an award to the Community & Home Assitance to Seniors charity. 2b - Mayor Bevilacqua, Iolanda Masci, the Hon. Julian Fantino and Nadio Ferrari stand proud.
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3. REEL FILM PICTURES PRESENTS GRAND SOCIAL With performances by The Retro Rockers and musician Sebastian Carubia, the Grand Social was a night that brought you way back to the ’50s and ’60s. At the Venetian Banquet Centre on April 1, 2011, Mark Pagliaroli and Antonio Ienco of Reel Film Pictures organized an event full of music and dance to bring awareness to the arts and culture scene in Vaughan. www.reelfilmpictures.ca
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CORRECTION In the April/May issue of City Life Magazine, an article on Vivian Risi and the Yellow Brick House titled “Aiming Higher” misstated York Region to be the location as to where there have been no abuse shelters for women and children up until now, when in fact, it is specifically the town of Markham in York Region. York Region currently offers three shelters that assist abused women and children. Apart from Yellow Brick House, ETA Vaughan (Empowerment Through Achievement) Women’s Shelter, and Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region, are committed to sheltering, counselling and supporting women and children of abuse. A shelter alerted City Life to the error on April 21, 2011. www.etavaughan.com www.sandgate.ca www.yellowbrickhouse.org
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3a - Antonio Ienco, Mayor Bevilacqua and Mark Pagliaroli show excitement for the night’s festivities. 3b - Actors who have worked with Reel Film Pictures gather for a group shot on the red carpet. 4a - Pure Motivation Fitness owners Dimitri and Francesca Giankoulas celebrate their well-deserved award. 5a - Teachers and students from Leadership Classes present Marc Kielburger with two enormous cheques.
4. PURE MOTIVATION Run by bodybuilding and nutrition expert Dimitri Giankoulas, Pure Motivation Fitness has been helping clients achieve their dream bodies for years. Proving that hard work pays off in the gym and in business, this successful fitness boutique recently won in the small business category at Vaughan Chamber of Commerce’s 22nd annual Business Achievement Awards. www.puremotivationfitness.com
5. CHAMINADE COLLEGE SCHOOL On Apr. 28, 2011, Chaminade College School welcomed co-founder of Free the Children and Me to We’s Marc Kielburger. The school’s Leadership class brought its philanthropic hearts together and raised an astonishing $13,500. Two generous cheques were presented to Kielburger to help build a school in Sierra Leone and water well in Kenya. www.tcdsb.org www.citylifemagazine.ca