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Italian Language Schools in Québec Moving Forward by Tony Zara
no less than most of its executive committee in the form of Angela Civitella, Peter Pomponio, Peter Comito and Roberto T. De Minico. Other FCCI members were Luigi Di Geso, and Carlo Scalzo. Professor Filippo Salvatore professor of Italian studies at Concordia University and Anna Colarusso, president of Centro Culturale Italiano del Quebec, also attended as well as yours truly Tony Zara, publisher of Panoram Italia. Several others attended and you will surely get to know them as we get further into this project. We will be enlisting them to head sub committees to advance our project. I will be reporting on our progress in future issues. On another note, I would like to personally thank all who donated, thus far, to our “Friends of Panoram Italia “affinity program. All your donations will go towards assuring that we continue to mail, free of charge, Panoram Italia more than 50,000 homes of Italian heritage every 3 months. Please do your share to assure the survival of the only independent voice of our community. Do not leave this to someone else. Please log on to www.panoramitalia.com and click on “ SUPPORT US “ and donate what you can. Congratulations to our first quarterly winner: Fernando Massa and his lovely wife Michelina donated 150$ and won a gorgeous Lancaster watch worth $2000. Thank you to Mr. Carlo Scalzo, president of Diamond 2 for donating this Lancaster time masterpiece. Mr. Scalzo also donated another beautiful watch for our September drawing. Again, please donate between now and the end of August and have great chance to win it. Let me take this opportunity to express Panoramitalia’s deep condolences to the families of the April 6 earthquake victims in L’Aquila and surrounding villages in Abruzzo. I would also like to whish you Buona Festa della Repubblica Italiana (June 2), Bonne Sainte Jean ( June 24) and Happy Canada Day (July 1). And finally, to all graduates of Italian descent Brave, bravi! Continuate a farci onore.
GOOGLE describes Panoram Italia as more than a simple magazine. “It’s a showcase for Montreal’s Italian culture and lifestyle”. As a matter of fact, it was voted Montreal’s #10 best magazine in the Mirror’s “Best of Montreal” Quite an accomplishment for a cultural magazine. Thank you to all who voted for us. anoram Italia is our community voice. It represents our accomplishments, dreams and aspirations. At the top of our list is the creation of daytime private schools run by us for us. I am glad to report that we are inching ever closer to achieving this goal. The organizing committee comprised of Carmine D’Argenio, Tony Zara, Peter Pomponio and Roberto T. De Minico is fully committed to this cause. Important steps were made over the last 6 months towards realizing this dream. First, we raised an important sum of money which will be used to fund a professional study to confirm the need for such a school. Secondly, we decided what shape this school will take. During a general meeting which took place May 11th, 2009, we invited many potential future committee members; Carmine D’Argenio stated “Our mission is to create an institution of higher learning for children of Italian heritage so that we can maintain the Italian language and culture for our future generations. As well, we want a school that is accessible to as many of our children as possible”. Thirdly, we believe to have secured the support of the vast majority of our community leaders. This is a must. Our May 11th meeting was attended by Maria Luisa Faggian from the Italian Consulate and Angelo Mazzone from the Italian Institute of Culture. As well, the Fondation Communautaire Canadienne Italienne was fully represented by
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he lucky winner of our spring grand prize of a Lancaster watch, valued at about $2000, was Mr. Fernando Massa. He was born in the town of Pietracatella in the province of Campobasso, Molise, and came to Canada in 1952 where he worked in the clothing industry for most of his life. He presently lives in St. Leonard along with his wife Michelina. Mr. Massa was very happy with his gift and believes PanoramItalia magazine is truly “out of this world”. He decided to contribute to the Friends of PanoramItalia affinity program because he feels the magazine is an essential cultural vehicle for his generation, as well as his kid’s and his grandchildren’s generation. v
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Tony Zara, Michelina and Fernando Massa, Carlo Scalzo, president of Diamond 2 jewelleries.
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