SUN LAKES ITALIAN CLUB – MEETING MINUTES

May 7, 2026

4:45 – 5:55 pm – Happy Hour/Call to Order

5:55 pm – Summary of past year

                 Paid members – 192

                Transition to payment by credit card

                Application for 501C(7) status

Themes for 2025/2026:

October – Table Competition – Interactive Italian Jeopardy

November – Italian Comedian Night – Videos

December – Christmas Party/Barbershop Singers and Super Raffle

January – History of Italians and the Circus

February – Mobster/Goomata Dress Up Night with DJ

March – Annual Picnic and Bocce ball Tournament

April – Sicily Night & Italian Dessert Bake Off Competition

6:10 pm – Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation by Carrie Bonello

6:15 pm -Dinner Served

6:50 pm – Secretary and Treasurer reports – approved and seconded

Installation of new Board Members-Kay Hawkes, V.P, Diane Keneally, Secretary

Sicily Night photos with panel: Janet Livoti, Mari Noyes, Nunzio Cusumano

7:30 pm – Italian Dessert Bake Off – Judges: Joe Russo, Dan McCabe, Rick Miller

Contestants: Jolyn Elliott, Mari Noyes, Sara Weir Team; Paula Hawkins, Assunta Iudiciani, Donna Wisyanski, Mary Fran Gleason, Mary Lonneman

Winners: First Prize $100 Donna Wisyanski – Second Prize $50 Mary Lonneman

50/50 Winners – $610 = $100 each to Joe Giardelli. Richard Bruno, Mary Fran Gleason

Six $25 Gift cards to NYCompany Pizza Restaurant: Lon Fornelli, David Rinaldo, Gina Piraino, Pat Ambroso Assunta Iudiciani, John Fratticcioli,  David Danforth and David Jones

Main Prize-Nutri Bullet-Lillian Goldsmith

8:00 pm – Meeting Adjourned

Respectfully Submitted,

Diane Keneally, Secretary

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