UNICO National, the nation's largest Italian-American service non-profit organization, completed the first phase of its immediate fundraising for earthquake victims in the L'Aquila province of Italy with a $10,000 check presentation to Archbishop John J. Myers, the leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark on Friday in Newark.
r. to l. Archbishop John J. Myers, Plainfields UNICO President Robert Bengivenga, UNICO National Executive Administrator Salvatore Benvenuti, UNICO Past National President and UNICO Earthquake Relief Committee Coordinator Renato Biribin, UNICO Earthquake Committee Public Relations representative Sebastian D'Elia, who also serves as the Director of Public Relations for the County of Union.
UNICO is now in the second phase of Earthquake relief to residents of the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region.This phase of relief will help rebuild facilities and homes destroyed by the earthquake. It is estimated there are more than 46,000 left homeless by the earthquake, which killed nearly 300, and injured more than 1,500. Anyone who wishes to make a donation can go to the UNICO website at www.unico.org or call 973-808-0035.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
UNICO NATIONAL makes $10,000 contribution to the Roman Catholic Archidiocese of Newark for earthquake relief in L'Aquila
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As “the nation's [I guess the USA] largest Italian-American service non-profit organization”, they rather sound as cheapskates. Madonna Luisa Ciccone, commonly known as “Madonna”, has pledged US$750,000 as an individual, without showing herself in photos of a group of 5 (FIVE!!!) displaying an enlarged photostat of the check.
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