From helping firefighters to feeding the hungry. From supporting children with developmental disabilities to aiding victims of domestic violence. From giving military veterans and students a boost to promoting children learning to read to disaster relief.  All of these worthy causes and more are at the heart of a local benevolent organization’s efforts.

The Giosue Carducci Lodge 146, Sons and Daughters of Italy, is well-known in Clinton County for contributing to deserving causes through monetary contributions each year and by using its lodge at 1 N. Henderson St. for fundraisers. Of course, those fundraisers typically involve spaghetti dinners, befitting of an organization founded by local Italians over 100 years ago to celebrates their Italian heritage.