The Giovanni Caboto Lodge received our Charter on June 6, 1976
From the Supreme Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy in America
Celebrating our 41st Anniversary in 2017!
LIBERTY ~ EQUALITY ~ FRATERNITY
The Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) was founded on June 22, 1905 at
203 Grand Street in New York City. An Italian immigrant, Dr. Vincenzo Sellaro,
and five compatriots; pharmacist Ludovico Ferrari, attorney Antonio Marzullo,
sculptor Giuseppe Carlino and barbers Pietro Viscardi
and Robert Merlo, created the organization to unite men and women of Italian
heritage under one banner in order to preserve and disseminate the large cultural
heritage of Italy. They also felt a need to promote and advance their progress everywhere
within the framework of American society.
OSIA has provided a community in which both men and women of Italian descent
have preserved and nurtured their Italian heritage. It continues to thrive, meeting
the initial objectives of its founders through a wide variety of community, cultural,
social, charitable, educational, patriotic and civic activities.
Giovanni Caboto Lodge #2372
Our General Membership meetings are on the third Tuesday
of each month at 7:30 pm at the Seaford American Legion Hall
2301 Penatiquit Ave, Seaford, NY 11783
Our Board Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 pm
also at the Seaford American Legion Hall
Yes, we may meet in Seaford, but our members are from Bellmore, Levittown,
Massapequa, Melville, Ronkonkama, Seaford, and more...
New members are always welcome and wanted..
Come - attend some meetings - make new friends....
Keep our heritage going...
Tuesday, February 21, 7:30 pm - General Meeting and Elections
Sunday, February 26, Noon-5pm- CSJ Dinner Dance, Russo's on the Bay
Tuesday, March 7, 7pm - Board meeting at the Seaford American Legion
March 17, 2017 - Happy St, Patrick's Day Everyone!
Tuesday, March 21, 7:30 pm - General meeting and installation of officers
Thursday, May 18, 6:30pm Annual Fashion Show
Sunday, July 9, Annual Picnic, Cedar Creek Park
Calendar of Events - 2016
December 14 - Food Drive by Wantagh HS & Caboto
Meeting at Wantagh HS at 11 am on the 14th
Help would be nice to bring food to the local food pantry!
The Giovanni Caboto Lodge presented certificates of appreciation for their annual
food drive for the St. Frances food pantry
and one from the Social Ministry from St. Frances de Chantal Church
to the sturdents from Mr. Zagari's Wantagh High School Italian Club.
We applaud the efforts of the High School students each year and we thank
our members for all their help to the students also.
Please note that our next Board Meeting has been changed to
Friday, June 10, 2016, 7 pm, Seaford American Legion Hall all members are welcome to attend
Congratualtions to our new President Josephine Capriola.
We wish you a very happy and successful terms as President!
Let's all get behind and get involved with Josephine,
she has great plans for our Caboto Lodge!
Thursday, May 12, 2016, 6:30-10:30
10th Annual Fashion Show
~ Join us for our annual fashion show and chinese auction ~
Verdi's of Westbury
Old Country Road
Westbury
$50 per person, $55 at the door
Price includes: Hot h'rdorves, choice of dinner, pastry, cookies, coffee, cappucino,
tea, soda and unlimited white and red wine on the tables.
Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 7:30 pm
Pasta and Bingo
Join us for a pasta dinner, coffee, dessert plus one bingo card
All for just $5
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016, 7:30 pm
Installation of Officers
Join us in thanking President Anthony Capriola as he finishes his term
And
Congratulating our new President Josephine Capriola
And
Her new board of officerrs! Come and show your support and wish them all well!
Installation will be followed by a hot buffet dinner and St. Joseph Pastries,
Courtesy of the Caboto Lodge!
August 5 - Board Meeting - 7pm - Roe & Aldo's House
Come at 6pm for pasta before the meeting
August 18, Monday, 7 pm - Eisenhower Park
Free Oldies Concert With Our Very Own
Larry Galvin and The Traditions!
August 31 - Seaford American Legion - Festa de Giovanni Caboto
First Annual Family Festival
Everyone is welcome to stop by and see what we are offering.
We will have vendors selling fun and exciting items.
And other things going on throughout the day.
Start Time 10:00 am Through 4:00 pm
Please stop by and support us in our fundraising efforts!
We are getting the journal going, if you would like to make changes to last year's ad
or create a totally new ad, please let us know ASAP. Perhaps you never placed an ad in the
journal, now is the perfect opportunity to advertise your business, congratulate one of our
honorees or even one of our scholarship recipients, proud of one of your grandchildren
and would like to share it with everyone, the possibilities are endless! Click here for ad price list
If you would like more information on any of the above and more, please call... 516-458-0097
Second Vice President ~Janet Galvin Immediate Past President ~Anthony Capriola Orator ~ Viola Young Recording Secretary ~ Susanne Maiorana Yu
Corresponding Secretary - Linda Tursi Financial Secretary ~ Mary Ann Rispoli Treasurer ~ Patricia Edick
Financial Officer - Mary Ann Rispoli
Trustees Rachel Forgione - Principal Trustee
Thomas Adamo
Cathy Battaglia
Maryann Montany
Lucille Pellicone
Frank Prestigiacomo
Donna Romano
Master of Ceremony ~ Rick Trapani Mistress of Ceremony ~ Josephine Maggio
Ceremonial Officers
Rose Rizzacasa
Vincent Trapani
Sentinels
Alfred Pagano
Lucio Degrassi
Chaplain ~ Angela Parisi
Commissioners of Arbitration
Aldo DiChiara
Robert Ferrari
Vincent Forgione
Florence Gatto
Frank Tursi
State Deputy ~ Gina Ferrara
Caboto's Three Newest Members!
Walk For A Cure
CSJ Luncheon, Sunday, February 22, 2015 - Russo's On The Bay
2015 Charity Ball - Chateau Briand
Giada Valente Christmas Concert 2014
2014 - 39th Anniversary Dinner Dance
Honorees
Patricia Ferrari
Immediate Past President
and
Pasquale Tuosto
Proprietor, Pat's Farms
Italian Heritage Night at the Lodge
Thank you to Janet Galvin for arranging this wonderful group of
speakers celebrating their heritage and family's journey with us!
We also celebrated Ann Gardali's and Rosemary Tursi's move.
We will miss you both, have a wonderful new adventure.
Donations were made by Rosemarie DiChiara and Angela Parisi
of Real Living Innovations Realty Group in both their names to be
distributed at the 2015 State Convention by our lodge.
Ann Gardali chose St. Jude's Childrens Hospital
and
Rosemary Tursi chose Cancer Research
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Columbus Day Parade - Huntington - October 12, 2014
Beatrice Ganci - Grand Marshal!
Columbus Day Parade - NYC - October 13, 2014
A new tradition has started and our lodge was honored to march in the parade.
(Check back, more pics to come for both days)
Board Meeting - August 5, 2014
A little food, a little wine, a little business and great company
made for a good board meeting! Thank you to all the board members
that attended and for taking their valuable time out of the summer for the meeting.
Gift of Sight - August 5, 2014
OSIA proudly presenting a new van to the Helen Eller Service for the Blind,
making it possible for more children to get around and also attend the yearly day in the park
sponsored by OSIA and so many more events in their daily lives!
Congratulations to President Joe Rondinelli and the entire Gift of Sight team
and all our members, it is with your hard work generous donations that this was made possible!
Bocce Ball Sundays
July 27, 2014
As you can see, they are so very serious!!
Italian Night At Eisenhower Park July 2014
A beautiful night in the park with "O Solo Trio" and great friends. A perfect combination!
June 17, 2014 - Scholarship Night
Congratulations to all the students who received scholarships this year and medal recipients as well!
Here are a few pictures from the night.
May 15, 2014
Our 8th Annual Fashion Show was a huge success. We would like to take a minute to thank
all our business friends that helped sponsor the event in any way they could, in addition to
our members, as always their support means the world to us. Those who donated gifts for
the raffles, and boy were there raffles. We had a beautiful Coach bag, a Coach necklace,
a 32" flat screen TV, handmade throws, jewelry, luggage, and so much more. In addition
to a Villa Roma Get-a-way, Woodloch Pines gift certificate boy the list goes on and on.
We also thank David Dennenberg and Michael Venditto for their support!
Here are just a few shots from the night. As we get more we will post them.
You can't tell, but these tables were full of raffle prizes! (If anyone has more pictures for us to post, please email them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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And Our Wonderful Guests, Thank You All For Your Support!
April 1, 2014
Proud to report our lodge attended the Cooley's Anemia Dine Around, which honored our
First Lady Joan Rondinelli for all her work over the years in fundraising for
a cure for Cooley's Anemia. We had 12 people from our lodge their in attendance
and had a great time and great food. Over 40 restaurants participated and over
300 people attended. We are certain this fundraiser was a great success and when
all the money is totaled we will let you know what was raised.
The Chair ladies Mary Naccarato and Mildred Mancusi did a fabulous job
along with their committee of hardworking brothers and sisters!!
Congratulations on a successful affair!
March 18, 2014
On the night of our new installations let us take the opportunity to give a big thank
to our outgoing President Pat Ferrari! She has worked tirelessly for our lodge and
OSIA. Under her leadership we grown in numbers, a true sign that others
have discovered what we already knew. She is a gem.
She has guided us as a lodge and allowed everyone to grow.
There are not enough words to thank her for all the love, work and
support of all her fellow brothers and sisters!
We wish her continued success and happiness! Her possibilities are endless!
To Anthony Capriola, our new President! We wish you even more success
with the lodge as you move forward over the next two years. I know that all your fellow brothers
and sisters will be there to support you in any way we can!
Thank you to everyone who came out and helped make this night a big success!
Congratulations to Brother Al Gherlone for many years of dedication and hard work
in making our newsletter most informative award winning!
Below is photo of Al receiving a much deserved plaque from Past President Pat
in recognition and appreciation for all his work over all the years!
The following is a look back at some of our fundraisers and parties...
2013 New York State Convention
President Pat accepting the State awards for our newsletter
Best Newsletter Award 2013
Most Informative Newsletter Award 2013
Good luck at the 2014 Convention, bring home more awards!
Fundraiser for Cancer Research With Giada Valente
March 23, 2014
Wine and Cheese Fundraiser 2013 (Coming Again November 7, 2014) Save The Date
Italian Night In Eisenhower Park 2013
Bellmore Street Fair 2013
Our Annual Dinner Dance November 2013
For some interesting information on Giovanni Caboto, whom our lodge is named after, click the link below:
Please keep all our brothers and sisters who are not feeling well in your thoughts and prayers. Please let
us know if there is a brother or sister that is not well or in need of support.
We love you all and wish you a speedy recovery!
If you would like to share any family births, weddings, graduations, illness, etc., with us, please email or call
me, Rosemarie, and I will be happy to post it here on our web page. Due to privacy issues, we will
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The following are some of the charities
we are proud to sponsor...
Alzheimer's Association Cooley's Anemia Foundation Autism Cancer Research Gift of Sight Local Scholarships
JDRF and more...
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Lazio Earthquake Relief
To make your tax deductible donation
to the relief fund
Please make checks payable to: NY Grand Lodge Foundation Inc., OSIA
earmark checks as Lazio Earthquake Relief
mail donations to:
Rosemarie DiChiara
1505 Roth Road
Seaford, NY 11783
The Foundation is a 501c(3) organization
Please visit us on Facebook and
"Like" our page: www.facebook.com/GiovanniCaboto2372
OUR 41st ANNIVERSARY DINNER DANCE & JOURNAL
This year marks our 41st Anniversary! If you have any ideas for making this a great year of celebrations. please give us a call. We would love to hear new ideas and would love for everyone to get involved in any way possible.
We thank everyone who supported our journal this past year, it was one of the most successful we have had.
We are beginning to work on our
41st Anniversary Souvenir Journal. If you are interested in being on the journal committee this year we can use your help. We would like to blow the roof off with this one!
If you have someone wonderful in mind who
we might honor this year, please let us know.
Whether you would like to help with the dinner dance or the journal, call or email me to get on a committee. Any help you can give is appreciated!
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Let Us Remember To
Keep All Our
Veterans In Our Prayers...
Bocce Ball Sundays
Bocce Will Begin Soon, Check Back!!
East Bay Park
2699 Ellen Road
Bellmore
All are always welcome!
If you would like to receive a
weekly reminder, please call
Tom Adamo
516-707-3977
The Creed of The
Order Sons of Italy in America
We Believe in the Government of the
United States of America as the Government of the people, by the people, and for the people, and promise to obey and uphold it's Constitution and Laws.
We Believe in Government by orderly process and reject any doctrine that tends
to subvert constituted governmental
and authority.
We Believe in filial affection and respect for the Land of our For fathers whose heritage is
our highest contribution to America's progress.
We Believe in the Brotherhood of man and promise to assist our fellow members, to care for the orphans, to extend our helping hand to the widows and to comfort those
in distress.
We Believe in equal rights and duties for all; in equality of opportunity in the enjoyment
of the benefits of human association extended to all with out discrimination.
We Believe in freedom of thought, conscience and education and stand for individual liberty
in the performance of duties and in the exercise of rights under the Constitution
and laws of our Country and State.
We Believe in the future progress and expansion of the Order of the Sons of Italy
in America as the beneficial agent of all Americans of Italian birth or descent for
their recognition and welfare, and promise
to contribute to the moral, intellectual and material progress of our fellow members, and to support the programs of the Order and all its activities for the welfare of our Country, our Order, and the Community
in which we live.
The Caboto Voyager (Caboto Newsletter)
Janet Galvin Art Director and Editor For copy submission call: 516-395-8943
Giovanni Caboto Website
Rosemarie DiChiara, Editor
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