Recent Updates:
September 2023 Newsletter
Dear fellow members and friends of the Societa’,
I hope that all of you and your families are enjoying your summer!
The Societa’s next General Membership meeting will be on Saturday September 16, 2023, at 12:30 P.M. at Villa Mosconi Restaurant 69 MacDougal Street, NY, NY 10012
Please text, call 201-481-1458 or email me if you are attending so that we can give The Restaurant a head count by Tuesday September 12.
It’s our last meeting before our October 15th Scholarship and Awards Dinner, we expect a big turnout.
Tickets to our 54th Annual Scholarship Dinner Dance on Sunday October 15, 2023 – 12:30 PM at Russo’s on the Bay, Queens, NY will be available at the September 16th meeting.
You can also purchase tickets on our website soon and they will be mailed to you.
Adult Tickets are $130. Children 2-12 are $65. and children under 2 are free.
Journal Contracts will also be available at the meeting. Bring the artwork you’d like to accompany your ads.
Along with our newest Life Members and Merit Recipients, the following 2023 Scholarship Recipients will receive their Scholarships at the October 15th Dinner:
Joseph Michael Avignone,
Matthew John McNamara,
Anna Francesca Oliva,
Nicholas Maurizio Bruzzi,
Taylor Hope Guglielmetti,
Jolie Marie Avignone,
Mark Steven Theriault,
Catherine O’Connor
Congratulations and continued success to all the 2023 recipients and their families!
2023 Scholarship Journal Ad Contracts are available on our website.
A contract is attached for your convenience.
Your support of the Journal allows the Societa’ to continue its scholarship program. The deadline for submitting ads or donations is September 30, 2023.
You can also purchase ads, with or without artwork or donate on our website.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the families and friends of the scholarship recipients to honor your loved one’s academic achievements and support the program.
Thank you to our members and friends that already purchased ads or donated to our 2023 Journal and Scholarship Program!
If you are receiving this newsletter as a friend of the Societa’ and not yet a member, please consider joining our Societa’.
Membership Applications are available on our website and our dues are minimal, but our cause and camaraderie are great! (E Pluribus Unum).
A membership application is attached and available on our website.
See you on the 16th and don’t forget to RSVP if you’re attending.
Congratulations to our fellow members Alexandra Minicone Segalini and Antonio Segalini on the July 25th birth of their daughter Amanda Grace Kaimana Segalini.
Summer 2023 Newsletter
Dear fellow members and friends of the Societa’,
I hope that all of you and your families are safely enjoying your summer!
The Societa’s next membership meeting will be on Saturday September 9 or Saturday September 16, 2023. We will confirm the date in a future newsletter.
Hopefully many of you were able to join us for at least one of the many recent Societa’ Hosted Events including:
March 2023 Tortellini making class, June 18th Annual Father’s Day Picnic attended by more than 280 members and friends, the wine pairing event on June 29th and our monthly membership meetings at Villa Mosconi.
President Diego Segalini and some members are looking into putting together a cooking class at the Westchester Italian Center.
Photos of all our events are on our Facebook Page and our picnic was featured in an article in Piacenza’s Liberta’ Newspaper by journalist and friend of our Societa’ Nadia Plucani!
Our next large function will be our 54th Annual Scholarship Dinner Dance on Sunday October 15, 2023 – 12:30 PM at Russo’s on the Bay, Queens, NY. Tickets will be available soon and at our next meeting.
The following 2023 Scholarship Recipients will receive their Scholarships at the October 15th Dinner:
Joseph Michael Avignone,
Matthew John McNamara,
Anna Francesca Oliva,
Nicholas Maurizio Bruzzi,
Taylor Hope Guglielmetti,
Jolie Marie Avignone,
Mark Steven Theriault,
Catherine O’Connor
Congratulations and continued success to all of you and to your families!
2023 Journal ad contracts are available on our website. A contract is attached for your convenience. Your support of the Journal allows the Societa’ to continue its scholarship program.
Family and friends of the scholarship recipients, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to honor their academic achievements and support the program at the same time.
If any of you are in Piacenza this August 12th, try to make the 29th Annual Piacentino Benemerito Nel Mondo Ceremonies. Events take place in Bettola, Farini and Ferriere. See the Attached flier for more info.
Membership Director Enrico Boletti would like to remind you that if you have college aged children, the NIAF ‘National Italian American Foundation’ offers scholarships and all-expense paid trips to Italy for Students, and you can find more information and apply for 2024 programs on their website: https://www.niaf.org/programs/voyage-of-discovery/
If anyone is interested in seeing The Italian Immigrant Monument in Nogent Sur Marne France (Sister City of Bettola, Farini and Ferriere), the link is: https://www.cercle-leonardo-da-vinci.com/promesse-de-don
On behalf of all our members, I would like to thank Rita Draghi, Fran Gallinari, all the volunteers, those that helped with the children’s games and those who donated raffle prizes and food, making The Father’s Day Picnic a success. Thanks to all of you and to your families for letting you work for us instead of spending the day with them.
Congratulations to the Flory and Arrigoni families on our Board Member Marc Flory’s May 20th Wedding.
Congratulations to fellow member Salvatore Segalini and his wife Melissa on the July 6th birth of their son Leonardo Segalini.
Father’s Day Picnic 2023
Reminder about our fantastic Father’s Day Picnic. Monetary donations to help offset the cost of the Father’s Day Picnic raffle prizes and children’s games are gratefully appreciated either at the May Meeting or online.
2023 Father's Day FlyerApril – May 2023 Newsletter
Dear fellow members and friends,
I hope this newsletter finds you and your families well.
Our next general membership meeting will be on Saturday May 20, 2023, at 12:30 PM at Villa Mosconi 69 MacDougal Street New York City.
This will be our last meeting before we take a break for summer. After this, our next meeting will be in September 2023.
Please email me call, or text me 201-481-1458 to let me know if you are attending the May 20th meeting so that we can give the restaurant a headcount.
Save the dates:
Sunday, June 18, 2023, Father’s Day Picnic Krucker’s Catering and Picnic Grove 77-81 Call Hollow Rd, Pomona, NY 10970
Tickets are now available: $65. Per adult and $25. For children 4-12.
Cultural and Event Directors Fran Gallinari and Rita Draghi would like to remind you that tickets can be purchased at:
- Our next General Membership meeting is on May 20, 2023.
- On our website
- By calling Rita Draghi 917-991-6399 or Fran Gallinari 914-588-2677
- Emailing us at societa.val.trebbia.e.val.nure@gmail.com
When ordering Tickets, please specify if a ticket is for a dad and his name, same with the children, please specify their names and ages.
We need to give Kruckers a head count 2 weeks prior so please purchase your tickets early.
No-one will be admitted to the picnic grounds before 10:30 AM. No tickets will be sold at the gate and pets are not allowed.
Fran said that we would get the picnic section near the Lake, same as last year.
Rita and Fran ask the members attending the picnic if they could bring gift baskets, Homemade Desserts, new unwrapped toys, and Knick Knacks to raffle off that day.
Please put a sticker on your donation with your name so that we can acknowledge you. For any questions or suggestions, you can reach out to Rita at Draghi.r@stsaviour.org
Monetary Donations to offset the cost of the raffle prizes and the children’s games are gratefully appreciated either at the May meeting or online.
Sunday October 15, 2023, 54th Annual Scholarship Dinner Dance 12:30 PM Russo’s on the Bay, Queens NY
Tickets will be available soon. $130. Per adult and $65. For children over 2 to 12 years old.
Past President Peter Segalini reminds us that the May 20, 2023, meeting will be our last before the summer break and until the September meeting. Leaving only one meeting before the October 15th Scholarship Dinner dance.
Now is the time to bring in or send in your Journal Ads, donations, or both. Journal Contracts are available at all meetings and available for download on our website.
2023 Scholarship Applications are being reviewed by our Scholarship Director Mark Draghi Our members, students and parents would like to thank Mark for all the hard work that he puts into the applications, the Bios and the yearly verifications and payments and everything else that goes with it, that he takes care of year after year for us.
Societa’ Val Trebbia e Val Nure welcomes new members Michelle Marie Bernardi, Daria Segalini, Brenda Bernardi and Philip Cavanna. Benvenuti alla nostra Societa’!
If you are receiving this newsletter as a friend of the Societa’ and not yet a member, please consider joining our Societa’.
Membership Applications are available on our website and our dues are minimal, but our cause and camaraderie are great!
President Diego Segalini reported that our members’ attendance and support of the April 16th Valtarese Foundation’s 33rd Annual Scholarship and Dinner Dance was a big success and gratefully acknowledged by the officers of their Foundation. Thanks to Luigi Covatti, Mariuccia Barborini, Stephen Forlini and his family for attending along with Diego and yours truly. Photos are on our Facebook Page.
At our last meeting, members voted to make Cantine Val Tidone the Official Cantina of Societa’ Val Trebbia e Val Nure, Inc. Congratulations to members Paul and Carmen Bazzini of Bazzini Wine Importers/Cantine Val Tidone. Thank You for your continued generosity and support of our Societa’.
At our members’ request, we will have information for the Immigrant Monument in Nogent Sur Marne France (Sister City of Bettola, Farini and Ferriere). Diego met with the people responsible in late April and will have an update for us at the next meeting.
If you’re travelling to Piacenza this August, our members are invited to the Annual Festa dell’ Amicizia. I will have more details about the date and location soon. This is the event where many of our members received the Prestigious Piacentino Benmerito nel Mondo Award in past years. It’s a great event to attend if you’re there.
Congratulations to fellow member Salvatore Segalini and Melissa Montalvo and their families on their April 15, 2023 Wedding.
Happy Mother’s Day!
See you on May 20th, please don’t forget to RSVP me if you are attending.
February 2023 Newsletter
Our next General Membership meeting will be on Saturday February 25, 2023, at Villa Mosconi Restaurant. 69 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012 at 12:30 PM.
I will send out a Zoom Link shortly for anyone that isn’t attending but would like to join us remotely.
Having nominated our candidates for the open officer positions at the December meeting, our elections took place at the January 21, 2023, meeting.
Congratulations to all our newly elected officers:
President: Diego Segalini
Counselor: Carl Gazzola
Sargeant at Arms: Fabio Guglielmetti
Trustee: Rita Flory
The rest of our Officers/Board Members remain in the positions they previously held.
For a complete list of our officers, visit our website: https://www.societavaltrebbiaevalnure.org/
Thank you to Peter Segalini for tirelessly and effectively leading our Societa’ as President and prior to that, as our longtime corresponding secretary. Grazie Piero!
Thank you to all present and past officers, our wonderful members, and friends of The Societa’ for all their hard work in keeping us going strong for almost 75 years!
Thanks to fellow member and our Webmaster Marc Flory, all our current Scholarship Journals, the Scholarship Recipients’ essays and Club News are all on our website. Follow us on Facebook too.
We’d like to thank fellow member and President of Piacenza Nel Mondo Giovanni Piazza for all his hard work and support of our club and Piacenza for many, many years. Giovanni recently stepped down as President. We wish him and his family our best. https://www.piacenzanelmondo.it/
We would like to congratulate and welcome the New President of Piacenza Nel Mondo Patrizia Bernelich.
Save the Dates:
– Our Annual Father’s Day Picnic will take place on Father’s Day, Sunday June 18, 2023, at Krucker’s Farm in Pomona New York. Ticket info will be available soon.
– Sunday October 15, 2023, 12PM-5PM. Our 54th Annual Scholarship Dinner Dance and Awards. Russo’s on the Bay, Queens NY. Ticket info will be available soon.
– Friday March 3, 2023, 6:30 PM-9:30 PM at St. Saviour High School in Brooklyn.
Fellow Member Joe Cavanna and his group The Excellents (Coney Island Baby), have a great new website with upcoming tour dates, videos, bios and more. https://the-excellents.com/ There are two upcoming shows in our area in July and August 2023 If you’re going to one of Joe’s shows, let me know and I’ll see if we can get a group together.
Thanks to all those that mailed or paid their 2023 dues in person. If you’re not sure if you owe more than the current year, send me an email and I’ll let you know your status.
Dues are $30. annually for members under 65 years of age.
If you’ve paid at least 10 years of dues and are over $65. Your annual dues are $15.
Life Member $0. (If you know or think you qualify as a Life Member in 2023, let me know)
You can mail your dues to Società Val Trebbia e Val Nure, P.O. Box 1893, GPO, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201-1893
Our January 21st meeting was attended by 45 members. Thanks to Jerry and Mario Leonardi, their great staff at Villa Mosconi and Carmen and Paul Bazzini for their continued generosity.
We’d like to welcome the following new members.
Alexandra Minicone Segalini
Michelle Marie Bernardi
Robert M. Zulandi
BENVENUTI ALLA NOSTRA SOCIETA’!
2023 Scholarship Applications are now being accepted. The Deadline to apply is March 31, 2023.
Applications are available on our website. Follow the instructions on the Application, email them to us as a PDF or Word Document. Please send all the required documents in one email. A digital portrait of the applicant Must be in a jpeg format.
If email is not doable, mail the physical documents postmarked no later than March 31st to: Società Val Trebbia e Val Nure, P.O. Box 1893, GPO, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201-1893
2023 Scholarship Fund Donations and Journal Page Contracts are available for download on our website. Donor Page Contributions can easily be made through PayPal, even without using a contract, naming your honoree or in memory of loved ones.
Upcoming Events:
September 14, 2024 [12:30PM] – General Membership Meeting (Villa Mosconi)
October 20, 2024 [12:00PM – 5:00PM] – Annual Scholarship Awards Dinner & Dance (Russo’s on the Bay – Queens, NY)
November 9, 2024 [12:30PM] – General Membership Meeting (Villa Mosconi)
December 7, 2024 [12:30PM] – General Membership (Holiday) Meeting (Villa Mosconi)
The Società Val Trebbia e Val Nure was established to celebrate the American immigrants originating from the Trebbia and Nure river valleys in the province of Piacenza, within the region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
The objectives of our organization are to:
- promote our glorious culture by spreading knowledge and understanding of our Piacentini heritage;
- provide scholarships to students, based on merit to attend higher learning institutions;
- raise funds for charitable purposes to aid in emigrant relief, and for other charitable organizations.
Thank you for visiting our website. Please complete the Contact-Us form to learn more about our organization or become a member.