Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Religious Ministries Department conducted a food drive to help provide much needed assistance to members of the local Italian community.  While Italy has moved into the second phase of its response to COVID-19, many of its citizens are still feeling the financial strain caused by the pandemic. For many local Ital...

Much like many other eateries during the global coronavirus crisis, "Donatello's Italian Kitchen" has seen a significant decline in revenue since the coronavirus pandemic began. But that hasn't stopped the Carmel business from helping its community, one program at a time. "We're expanding our circle of help," Adam Aasen, co-owner of Donatello's Ita...

Tresca, located at 233 Hanover Street in Boston’s North End, recently donated trays of Italian food to healthcare workers at Massachusetts General Hospital. The food was delivered by hockey star Ray Bourque. The hospital workers replied to the donation with the message, “Thank you Ray Bourque and Tresca for fueling our #mghblake12icu night crew!! L...

Italy in Crisis, sembra un ritornello, ma diviene leitmotiv di un pensiero solidale nei confronti del Bel Paese. Soprattutto tra gli 80 milioni di Italiani nel Mondo, originari e oriundi. Filitalia International e Metropolitan Project con Smart Congressional Initiative di Philadelphia uniti per aiutare l’Italia. Un aiuto che parte direttamente dal...

#GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of giving on May 5, 2020, as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This giving day is meant for all nonprofits, no matter the cause, to mobilize critical support during these uncertain times. Please watch a special message from CCF President Marian Pardo and Board Chairman Angelo Vivolo and donate to the ...

An hour before free meals were to be distributed, the line of cars spilled out of the parking lot of Baratta's Restaurant and onto South Union Street.  The restaurant was shut down for the day until 3 p.m. Employees were focused on one goal: Make enough food for more than 1,000 people. On Monday, the Italian restaurant served 300 family meals, each...

Tony DiSilvestro didn’t set out to turn a good portion of his family’s restaurant business into a charity. It just sort of worked out that way. At the beginnings of the coronavirus crisis in March, the founder of the local Ynot Italian chain decided to go across the street from his Great Neck location in Virginia Beach to the Church of the Ho...

The Putnam County Italian American Social Club in Brewster, New York would like to help out in this difficult time and with help from Ace Endico, Kobacker's Market, Putnam County Clerk Michael Bartolotti, Putnam County Legislators Joseph Castellano and Paul Jonke, Southeast Town Board Members Edwin Alvarez, John O'Connor and Eric Larca they are doi...

The Amerigo Vespucci Society (AVS) of Long Branch New Jersey, in partnership with Lincroft NJ 'Jersey Mikes Sub Shop', donated and delivered 100 half subs and bags of chips to the Covid unit nurses at RWJ-Barnabas Health / Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch New Jersey yesterday afternoon. AVS President, Joseph Sirianni stated, "It is our honor...

Longtime Upper West Side Italian restaurant Carmine's is selling its signature marinara sauce for the first time to help its more than 450 employees who are out of work during the coronavirus pandemic. The 32-ounce jars of sauce — available online or for pick up at their flagship Broadway restaurant — is part of the restaurant's employee relief fun...