Business Community Sends Kids To College
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA Business Association Scholarship recipients: Michael Fiocca, Vincent Angiolitto, Joseph Biancaniello, Carlzel Bostic, Deanna Giusini, Takia Firby, Carla Kittl, and twin sisters Celeste and Marie Cerino.
Vol. III No. 22 (Issue 86)
Our local entrepreneurs continue to ignore the weak economy by continuing to give back to the community. Thanks to their generosity, many kids have gotten a head start with their college education, thanks to members of the South Philadelphia Business Association. The SPBA feted the best of the best high school seniors with a gala event held at Galdo’s Catering and Entertainment Complex at 20th & Moyamensing. Business Executive Eddie Wright
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was grateful to “all the businesses that participated.” “Our members have been supporting our scholarship program for years now, and the money they continue to help us raise, has helped hundreds of South Philadelphia students fulfill their college and university dreams.” Wright also went on to say that “scholarships are a very important part of what the association does.” For more information on the scholarship program, or to become a member of the SPBA, call (215)-336-1108.
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100 Years Young! So. Philly’s Got Talent
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The show must go on! That’s the word coming from Edwin Vare MS. Last week the school had to cancel the “Talent Showdown” scheduled for Saturday, May 30. However, fear not; the “Talent Showdown” has been rescheduled and will be held during the school day (Cont. Page 2)
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by R. George Linton Six of South Philadelphia best and wisest citizens were honored by the City this week for their remarkable longevity. Ellen Diorio, Virginia Robinson, Anna Lux, Margaret DiPiero, Marie Campolongo and Wydella Riley all have one thing in common … they will need 100 candles on their birthday cake this year! The South Philadelphia seniors joined almost 70 citywide centenarians at the Doubletree Hotel in Center City. To mark “Older Americans Month,” which is celebrated every year nationally in May, Mayor Michael Nutter recognized the contributions of 400 centenarians in Philadelphia — home of one of the nation’s largest centenarian populations. Some 136 seniors will turn 100 years old in Philadelphia in 2009. Five of the six South Philadelphia (Cont. Page 2)
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Hundreds Flock To St Rita Feast by R. George Linton The parish population at St. Rita of Cascia might be very small these days, but devotion to St. Rita continues strong among people near and far. Hundreds stepped in and out the Broad & Federal Street church last week to celebrate the Solemn Novena and Feast. Every year from May 13 through May 21, St. Rita’s is packed with worshippers. On the last day of the feast, hundreds come for the world-famous blessing of roses. The origin of St. Rita’s Shrine is intimately tied both to the story of Italian immigration to the United States and to popular religious devotion at the beginning of the 20th century. In the year 1907, the Augustinian Friars from Villanova, one of the suburbs surrounding the City of Philadelphia, were asked to found a parish to assist in the care of the tens of thousands of Italian families coming into the city. When they did, they chose St. Rita as the patron of the new (Cont. Page 23)
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