President's Message
Jon Taormina
Agosto, 2024
SOS Family-
Last meeting was our family night / scholarship awards night and we had a wonderful turnout. We were able to award over $20,000 to our scholarship winners. It was extremely nice to meet the students that the club is helping. Thank you to Mike for crushing it as the Master of Ceremonies. Also, thank you to Sam Carlino of “Sam’s Barbeque” (1110 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose) for his generous donation of all the sausage for the meeting and also for the Family Picnic.
Our next meeting will be a Regular Business Meeting, August 5th. During our meeting we will discuss and vote on a motion to change the Bylaws made during our May Business Meeng. The Bylaw change proposal was as follows:
“Change the Bylaws that dessert will be required at the end of every dinner.”
I would like to remind the membership, our Executive Board Meeting discussed this motion at length and Unanimously agreed the motion will not be in the best interest of the club. The entire Board of Directors will be voting NO.
The Italian Fesval is just around the corner, August 3rd and 4th. The SOS will have two booths as usual this year. Thank you to the Palermo Brothers for stepping up to run our sausage and ravioli booths. We will be looking for volunteers to staff the booths. Please reach out to Ron (408-425-8172) and/or Craig Palermo (408-690-5339) if you would like to help.
Our next meeting is a regular business meeting. I look forward to seeing all the members.
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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