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GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA

"It is amazing what you can accomplish,

if you do not care who gets the credit".  Harry S. Truman

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 Sons of Italy Proudly Salutes our Troops

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ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA

OSIA FOUNDER VINCENZO SELLARO M.D.

STATE OF FLORIDA

GRAND LODGE PRESIDENT

EDWARD MOTTOLA JR.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA

ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA

 THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA, ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA WAS INCORPORATED IN THE YEAR 1953.  CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 39 FILIAL LODGES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF 2, 932 MEMBERS.  INCLUDED IN THIS MEMBERSHIP ARE 9 STATE OFFICERS, 4 PAST STATE PRESIDENTS AND 8 STATE TRUSTEES.  IN 1988 TRUST AGREEMENTS WERE FORMED BETWEEN THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA AND THE SONS OF ITALY FLORIDA FOUNDATION.  THE TRUST WAS FORMED TO CREATE AND BE OPERATED EXCLUSIVLY WITHIN THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 501 (C) (3) OF THE IRS FOR CHARITABLE, CULTURAL, LITERARY, EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC OR MEDICAL RESEARCH PURPOSES.  THE TRUST IS GOVERNED BY AN ELECTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHCH ARE REFERRED AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT.  THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA IS A SUBORDINATE LODGE OF THE ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA. 

 DURING EVEN YEARS, THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA AND ITS FILIAL LODGES MEET IN SESSION FOUR TIMES A YEAR.  DURING ODD YEARS, MEETINGS ARE HELD THREE TIMES A YEAR AND A STATE CONVENTION IS ALSO HELD DURING THE ODD YEARS.  THE SONS OF ITALY SONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION ALSO CONVENES DURING GRAND LODGE SESSIONS.  THE FOUNDATION ISSUES 15 SCHOLARSHIPS ANNUALLY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000-.00 TO GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA’S EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.  LOCAL FILIAL LODGES ALSO ARE ACTIVE IN ISSUING SCHOLARSHIPS WITHIN THE BOUNDRIES OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL UNIT. 

THE FOUNDATION IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH CHARITABLE WORKS, SUCH AS DONATING FUNDS TO THE CANCER FUND, ALZHEIMER’S FUND AND COOLEY’S ANEMIA FUND AND ANNUAL DONATIONS AMOUNT TO $25,000.00 PER YEAR.  ALL FUNDS ARE RAISED BY THE FILIAL LODGES AND IN TURN TRANSFERRED TO THE FOUNDATION.  THE FOUNDATION HAS MADE DONATIONS IN OTHER AREAS SUCH AS THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY, THE WORLD TRADE CENTER SEPTEMBER 11^TH FOUNDATION AND THE POLICE MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 

 THE CSJ COMMISSION, COMMISSION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, IS AN ACTIVE COMMITTEE, NOT ONLY ON A STATE LEVEL, BUT ALSO WITHIN EACH FILIAL LODGE.  THE COMMITTEE STRIVES TO PROMOTE OUR ITALIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE.  AND ALSO DEALS WITH ISSUES OF DEFAMATION, BIAS AND BIGOTRY AND STRIVES TO PROMOTE THE POSITIVE PROGRAM WITHIN EACH GRAND LODGE.

 THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA HAS ALSO BEEN MOST ACTIVE IN PRODUCING NATIONAL AND STATE LEGISLATION.  IN 2000, NATIONAL LEGISLATION KNOWN AS “WARTIME VIOLATION OF ITALIAN AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES ACT” WAS VIGOROUSLY PURSUED AND EVENTUALLY BECAME LAW.  IN 2002, THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA LED THE WAY IN THE ISSUANCE OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMP IN HONOR OF UNITED STATES MARINE CORP. GUNNERY SGT. JOHN BASALONE.  MOST RECENTLY IN 2008,  THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA MET WITH SUCCESS IN LEADING THE WAY IN THE PASSAGE OF FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATION WHICH PRODUCED CERTIFICATION TESTING FOR TEACHERS SEEKING TO TEACH THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE WITHIN THE FLORIDA STATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. 

 THROUGH THE YEARS, SINCE ITS FORMATION, THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA (OSIA), ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA, HAS REACHED OUT TO THOSE IN NEED, AS WELL AS SEEKING TO PROMOTE THE MANY GOOD DEEDS BROUGHT FORTH BY OUR MEMBERSHIP.  WE ACT AS ONE IN MEMORY OF OUR ANCESTORS WHO CAME TO THE SHORES OF AMERICA TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY THE GREATEST LAND IN THE WORLD. 

 EDWARD MOTTOLA, JR.                                                     

STATE PRESIDENT

GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA

ORDER SONS OF ITALY IN AMERICA

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            MISSION  STATEMENT

              WE ARE A FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION.  WE

             DEDICATE OURSELVES TO THE PRESERVATION  

             OF OUT ITALIAN HERITAGE, LANGUAGE AND

             CULTURE IN HONOR OF OUR ANCESTORS.  WE

             SEEK TO SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED THROUGH    

             OUR CHARITABLE AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS.

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  2009-2011 STATE OFFICERS

                  President....................................EDWARD MOTTOLA Jr.

                  1st Vice President......................ANGELA HARRINGTON

                  2nd Vice President.....................ROBERT DiGORI                         

                  Immediate Past President.........DENNIS PIASIO

                  Orator.........................................ROBERT BERARDI

                  Financial Secretary....................BILL ZUPPA       

                  Treasurer...................................TONY CIANCIOTTA

                  Recording Secretary.................MICHELLE BERARDI

                  Corresponding Secretary..........TINA PIASIO   

 PAST STATE PRESIDENTS

                  * FRANK CASTELLANO * ROSEMARIE BONIELLO *

                  * SAL D'ALESSANDRO * GRACE S. CAMPISI MAROCCIA *

                                 * DAN COSITORE *  CHARLES CAGNO *         

 Trustees:                   

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                  Region l......................................DR. MARK DENUNZIO

                  Region ll.....................................CAROLYN CIANCIOTTA

                  Region lll....................................MILDRED COOPER

                  Region lV....................................TBA

                  Region V.....................................BERNARD DiGIOVANNI

                  Region Vl....................................SAM PITTARO

                  Region Vll...................................CHUCK HARRINGTON

                  Region Vlll..................................MIKE CARMOLINGO

                  Region lX....................................JAMES CAVALIERI

Arbitration:                                  National Delegates:                     National Trustee:

   JOSEPH DENTE                                          EDWARD MOTTOLA JR.            SALVATORE D'ALESSANDRO

 JOHN SANTOSPIRITO                              ANGELA HARRINGTON 

MILLIE GASPERONI                                  DR. MARK DENUNZIO 

MICHAEL RINALDI                                    FRANK GIACALONE

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