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Regular meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 PM in Balestra Hall of St. Michael's Catholic Church, 424 SW Mill Street, in Portland. Activities include wine tasting parties, pasta and regional sauce nights, movie nights, baseball nights, Christmas potlucks, Bocce, Tombola and Scopa, Limoncello making, Biscotti baking, picnics, visits to local wineries, visitations to other Italian organizations, joining other clubs in presenting Festa Italiana, which is an annual event, dinner meetings in local Italian restaurants, and participating in local parades and celebrations. For more information, contact Kerry-Lynne Demarinis Brown, 503-287-3255.
The Azzurri Club of Portland is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving Italian heritage and culture. The Azzurri Club of Portland promotes Italian culture and traditions by encouraging closer economic, political and cultural ties with Italy.
The Portland-Bologna Sister City Association was founded in 2003 by a group of interested citizens in Portland with the intent to establish a formal relationship with Bologna, Italy. The Association is open to all the citizens of Portland and will enable and support a wide range of activities organized between the two cities including opportunities for cultural exchanges, trade missions, governmental and institutional partnerships and travel and overseas residencies. A few of the many things which our cities share include: transportation development, medical research, fashion, agriculture, food and wine, art and technology.
Vancouver Contact: Chris Forzano 360-936-6434
UNICO National-Portland, is the newest Italian organization in Portland! The name, UNICO, translated from Italian, means "one" or "only one of its kind". Additionally, the letters are interpreted as U-Unity, N-Neighborliness, I-Integrity, C-Charity, O-Opportunity. UNICO gives Portland a national presence and is the first chapter in the Northwest. UNICO National is the largest Italian-American service organization in the United States. With money from fund raising activities, UNICO grants college scholarships, establishes Italian Study Chairs in colleges and universities, raises millions of dollars for local charities and funds research grants for a variety of diseases.
The objective of UNICO-Portland is to plan and develop fund raising activities to give to local charities in the Portland area while enjoying Italian cultural activities together and having fun at the same time. Those who are not of Italian descent, but simply have a passion for Italian culture, are eligible to become members as well.
Please join us at one of our monthly meetings during this exciting time for the Portland community, as we continue to develop and expand our organization. For more information, contact Jo Ann Gallo, at JoAnn@unicopdx.com. or 503.481.1119.