The Third Annual Michael N. Corradino Service Above Self Awards is presented by the Clifton -Passaic Chapter of UNICO National at its Gala Award Dinner Dance. The black tie optional event is March 16, 7 pm at Il Tulipano in Cedar Grove. The award is presented to those organizations and individuals in Passaic and Clifton, recognized for their unselfish service to the community and for work above and beyond their normal duties and which best exemplifies the UNICO motto “Service Above Self.” Receiving the awards are Clifton Junior Mustang Football Coach Joe Gaccione, Passaic Police Sgt. Louis Gentile and Congressman Bill Pascrell. For tickets or ad journal info call David D’Arco at 973-417-0731 or Ricky Bagolie at 201-618-0508.
The Geraci Citizens League’s 77th anniversary feast of Sicilian culture, food and music is on March 9 at the Valley Regency. Call Nina and Frank Corradino for tickets at 973-278-0356. The League was first organized in 1930 by Passaic residents from the Sicilian village of Geraci Siculo. School 11’s Pirates’ Treasure Cove Tricky Tray is March 16 at the Grand Chalet in Wayne. Tickets are $25 and include dinner and a sheet of small prize tickets. For tickets and info, call 973-546-5111.
Congressman Bill Pascrell, pictured above, Coach Joe Gaccione and Passaic Police Sgt. Louis Gentile will be honored by UNICO on March 16.
The School 15 Home & School Association’s Tricky Tray is on March 30 at 6:30 pm at the Boys & Girls Club on Colfax Ave. A $15 ticket includes a sheet of main prize raffle tickets. Call Nancy Delaney at 973-951-5024 for info. School 16’s Casino Night and Tricky Tray hosted by the Home and School Association is on March 15 at the Valley Regency on Valley Rd. Tickets are $45; call Geralyn Plaskon at 973-471-0779. Marian Rosary Society of SS. Cyril & Methodius Church on Ackerman Ave. presents a fish and chips dinner on March 21 at 5:30 pm in the church hall. Tickets are $12 and take out orders are available. For info call 973-777-9617 or 973-772-8806. St. Andrew’s Home and School Association’s Annual Beefsteak Dinner and Night at the Races is on March 10 in the church hall at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $35. Call Holly Cedro at 973-773-1946, Rosemary Trinkle Baran at 973-779-4611 or the school office at 973-473-3711.
Clifton Hungarians will mark the 1848 peaceful revolution and Independence of this nation with a flag raising on March 15 at 9:30 am at Clifton City Hall. Pastors from St. Steven’s RC Magyar Church and the Hungarian Reform Church in Passaic will be on hand. The public is invited. For info, call Teddy Harsaghy at 973-340-9075. 70
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St. Brendan School’s Beefsteak Dinner Dance is on March 10 from 7 to 11 pm. For $40 tickets, send checks payable to St. Brendan School, 154 E. 1st St., Clifton, NJ 07011 or call 973-772-1149.