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Keystone UNICO gifts $6,700 to Make-A-WIsh

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Keystone Chapter UNICO National gifted Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia with money raised from its annual pig roast event held recently. This is the first time that Keystone Chapter UNICO National chose Make-A-Wish as a beneficiary. Its gift of $6,700 will help grant wishes that give local children with critical illnesses the power and strength to persevere.

The donation was presented to Maggie O’Brien, Scranton Regional Manager, on June 22, 2023, at the President’s Dinner.

Pictured from left are: Cesira Berardelli, Gloria Rizzo, Valerie Riggi, Nanine Gramigna, Maggie O’Brien, Keystone UNICO President Louise Ligi, Mary Lou Karliak, Mary Ann Coviello and Mark McDade. For more information on ways to help local wish kids, contact Maggie O’Brien at mobrien@greaterpawv.org or 570.341.9474.    

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.