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Dunmore UNICO hosts National President’s Dinner

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At Dunmore’s Keystone Chapter UNICO National Presidents’ Dinner at La Buona Vita, UNICO National PA II District Governor Terri Pettinato installed the new slate of officers and directors.

The 2023-2024 Officers and Directors of Keystone Chapter UNICO are, from left: Gloria Rizzo, Marge Ruggiero, James Mack Sr., Cesira Berardelli, Bob Kovatch, Treasurer Mike Gramigna, Joe Ligi, Val Riggi, Nancy Malone, First Vice President Michele McDade; PA II UNICO National District Governor Terri Pettinato, installing officer; Recording Secretary Mark McDade; Board Chairman Louise Ligi; Mary Ann and Frank Coviello, Cathy Bianchi, Cathy Gerard, Nancy Angeloni, Mary Lou Karliak, Second Vice President James Mack Jr.; Sylvia Tagert, Ann Summa, and Sergeant-at-Arms Bob Tagert.

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Keystone UNICO Chapter’s new members and their sponsors gather with UNICO National Past National President Glenn Pettinato. Shown from left are: Membership Director Ann Summa; sponsors Mark and Michele McDade; inductee Mikhail Barnansky; sponsor Marci Barnansky; inductees Michael Germano and Dawn Germano; Immediate Past Chapter President and sponsor Louise Ligi, and Past National President Glenn Pettinato, inducting officer.
At the Keystone UNICO Installation Dinner are, from left: UNICO National President Dr. Peter Pettinato, installing officer; Michael Gramigna holding the bible for his wife; and Nanine Gramigna taking her oath of office as Keystone Chapter president.

Students awards scholarships at UNICO banquet

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At the Annual Keystone Chapter UNICO Scholarship Awards Banquet, eight local graduating seniors were recognized with a monetary award for their scholarship, volunteerism, and leadership qualities along with other criteria.

Shown front row, from left: Nico Ruggiero of Dunmore H.S. received the Keystone Chapter Family Scholarship and will attend West Chester University; Anthony Mack of Holy Cross H.S. received the Keystone Chapter Family Scholarship and will attend the University of Scranton; Vincenzo Angeloni of Valley View H.S., received the Keystone Chapter Family Scholarship and will attend the University of Scranton; Maura Sheetz of Dunmore H.S. received the Angeline Manci R.N. Nursing Scholarship and will attend Bloomsburg University; Kristine Fagioli of Dunmore H.S. received the Joseph and Karen Sadowski funded Keystone Chapter Dunmore H.S. Scholarship and will attend St. Joseph’s University; Thomas Pavlowski of Dunmore H.S. received the Frank and Mary Ann Coviello funded Military Descendant Scholarship and will attend the University of Vermont; and Ryan Burda of Holy Cross H.S. received the Keystone Chapter Holy Cross Scholarship and will attend American University. 

Back row:  Keystone Chapter UNICO President Louise Ligi and Keystone UNICO Scholarship Director Sandy Collins. 

Missing from Photo is Alexis Cherney of the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County. She received the Kovatch/Perna Trades Scholarship and will attend Lackawanna College. 

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  • Shown at the Annual Keystone Chapter UNICO Scholarship Awards Banquet are, from left: Kristine Fagioli, who received the Keystone UNICO Scholarship, with UNICO sponsors Joe and Karen Sadowski.
  • Presenting the Kovatch-Perna Trades Scholarship are, from left: Bob Kovatch and Geno Perna, sponsors; Career Technology Center Director Dr. Karla Carlucci accepting for student awardee Alexis Cherney; welding instructor Landon York of the CTC, and Eileen Kovatch, sponsor.
  • Presenting the Angeline Manci RN Nursing Scholarship sponsored by the DiVizio and Manci Family are, from left: Gene and Toni Manci DiVizio; awardee Maura Sheets and her mother, Shannon Sheets, and Patti Manci.
  • Presenting the Coviello Military Descendent Scholarship at the UNICO banquet are, from left: Mrs. Melissa Pavlowski, mother; Frank Coviello, sponsor; awardee Thomas Pavlowski; Mary Ann Coviello, sponsor, and Tom Pavlowski, father.
  • At the Keystone UNICO Scholarship Dinner, Jim Mack, a Dunmorean and founding member of Keystone Chapter UNICO, was honored on his 90th birthday with a cake and a chorus of Happy Birthday​‌.

Bingo social for veterans at Gino Merli Center

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Dunmore’s Keystone UNICO provided a bingo social for the residents at the Gino Merli Veterans’ Center of Northeastern PA, as one of its four April service events.  Along with socializing with the guests, the Keystone UNICO members provided ice cream, cake and monetary prizes for the bingo winners (everyone was a winner).

Pictured from left are Keystone UNICO members Mary Lou Karliak, Diane Beckage, Tina Haas, Frank Coviello, Keystone Board Chairman Mary Ann Coviello, Tom Carlucci, Bob Tagert, and Mark McDade.