The Delaware Italian American Foundation will host its gala and fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Newark Executive Banquet & Conference Center, 205 Executive Drive, off South College Avenue near Glasgow.
Delaware’s top statewide and local elected officials, business, education and health-sector leaders will be in attendance, as well as nonprofit and corporate executives.
The highlight of the night will be honoring three of Delaware’s most influential Italian-Americans: Mark Holodick, Gina Altieri and the Nick Caggiano family.
Additionally, the gala will feature memorial tributes to Steve Silicato, who entertained generations with his “Smooth Sounds” musical performances; Dante Marini, farmer and proprietor of Marini Produce and Christmas in Brandywine Hundred; and Phil Vavala, who was a teacher at Salesianum School for more than 40 years, helping to educate thousands of young men (sometimes multiple generations
of families) in the tradition of St. Francis De Sales.
Event tickets and sponsorships can be purchased at www.Delaware-Italians.Eventbrite.com at the following levels: $100/Individual; $250/Bronze Sponsorship (two tickets); $500/Silver Sponsorship (four tickets); $1,000/Gold Sponsorship (eight tickets); $2,500/Platinum Sponsorship
(10 tickets).
The Delaware Italian American Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to cultural roots: working families, union labor, women leaders, and the arts community. Learn more at www.DelawareItalians.org.
For more information about the Feb. 29 gala, contact the Poppiti family at
(302) 521-5461.