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The sharing of food is a sacred moment, and we as UNICAN’s have the wonderful opportunity to do so on a monthly basis. As we head into this month of Thanksgiving, I sincerely wish that you all have the oppor-tunity to break bread and share a hearty meal with those that mean the most to you.

"La famiglia è tutto" Family is everything, and has even more meaning to us during this month when we celebrate our heritage! I celebrated by finding a family heirloom in storage and proudly displaying in my home. An old sausage grinder stored in my fathers basement brings back fond memories of my Poppie and Dad making sausage.

September is upon us and the weather seems to be up and down. Hopefully this finds you keeping dry, or warm, or cool, whatever needed to combat the regional temps that are thrown at us on a daily basis. For the Cucchiara family, the kids are already running with school activities after school events, and my oldest has started her first year of college. She is doing great… day not so much.

I know for many of us, while the summer heat continues, our minds are shifting to the start of school. For the Cucchiara family, I have two ready to start their Junior year of high-school, and our oldest starting her first year of college. That means a lot of changes coming to our household, but we are excited for the next adventure for our children, and we hope the start of their next year of school will bring growth and fulfill-ment to their journey.

Hopefully everyone is enjoying some of the benefits of summer. I sincerely hope everyone had an oppor-tunity to enjoy the holiday with friends and family celebrating the freedom of our great nation. Independ-ence Day was celebrated at home this year by my family, and of course it included fireworks!

Summer is upon us! Children are out of school, backyard grills are heating up, swimming pools are filling up, vacations are being planned, and our biggest event of the year is in the books.

For many of us, this is the highlight of year as a member of our chapter. Over the next few weeks we will spotlight the very best of what it means to be Italian Americans. From the opportunity to volunteer along-side my fellow UNICAN’s as we stage for Festa.

It is the season of rebirth, resurrection and growth! I am sending out prayers for blessings to all during this week and truly hope you spend time celebrating with those that are of most importance to you.

It is the season of rebirth, resurrection and growth! I am sending out prayers for blessings to all during this week and truly hope you spend time celebrating with those that are of most importance to you.

While our favorite hometown football team fell short of their overall goal, it has been a truly great ride and we have all been very fortunate to witness greatness again this season. We have great coaching and a great core, so I am sure we will have more great seasons to come.

The holiday season is behind us, and for many of us it was a bitter sweet end of the 2024 calendar year. I sincerely hope you spent much time with those that are most important to you. I was able to celebrate with several of our annual family traditions.