President's Message
Jon Taormina
Ottobre, 2024
SOS Family-
Great news, I will most likely be given the go ahead from my Doctor to attend the October Male Guest Night. Based on calls from members and informa$on from our Board, I am returning at a bit of a tumultuous time.
I have thought a lot about the goings on from the last few months. I have managed the club using the philosophy of many of our past presidents, that this club is built on the 4 F’s – Family, Friends, Food and Finances. I have discussed all this with family and friends. I received some advice from my mother the other day. She said, “There are times in life when families don’t agree and even have arguments. It does not mean they love each other any less. In the end we are still "family".
I consider our club to be family, a family that is celebra$ng its 50th year anniversary. This is not the first time our club has been in this situa$on and we have always been able to weather the storm. I believe this is going to be the case in this situation.
As a board we believe we owe the membership an apology for allowing this situation to get so out of hand. This will take place during our November mee$ng.
Our next mee$ng is Male Guest Night on October 7th. Please call Mike Maltese (408-972-4986) and leave a message with the number of guests you plan on bringing by September 25th, so we have enough food.
The next event we have coming up is the Little Italy Fes$val on October 6th. We are looking for volunteers to help out at the Sausage Sandwich booth. Please reach out to Craig Palermo (408-690-5339) if you would like to help.
Jon
Auito Foundation Update
I am very excited to update the club on the status of the Auto Foundation, which is the nonprofit charitable organization funded by the Sons of Sicily. We have a new sense of positivity and momentum after adding some quality members to the Board and eliminating some of the negative influences of our past.
This year we will have given away approximately $15,000 to deserving High school graduates going on to higher education. You should receive your Sons of Sicily dues letters in the mail very soon. Please take some time and consider donating to the Auito Foundation. This money will be used to fund our scholarships. Thank you for your time.
Jon Taormina
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