Monday, March 30, 2015

Thank you to the many people who volunteered their time and energy over this past weekend so that we could once again pull off another successful Italian Dinner. It's been a very long and tiring few days and we're all due for a rest, but what a great event it was!  We served thousands of meals in just 6 hours. Because of our volunteers, sponsors, entertainers, chairpersons, "pasta heads", students from Apollo and LCC and everyone who came in and purchased our meals, baked goods and made donations, we will be able to provide more scholarships and more funding for so many deserving local students and charitable causes.  We will be posting lots of photos in the coming days. In the meantime, have a look at some of our media coverage.

Noon Edition Interview with John Venturella- See CIAO Italian Dinner

the419 Pasta Dinner photos

the419 Interview with Wendy Flook

The Lima News Interview with Terri Spencer

The Lima News Pasta Dinner Day


Your Hometown Stations Pasta Dinner Day

Thank you to the community, Lima News Letter to Editor, Terri Crosina Spencer


Sunday, March 29, 2015

Happy Italian-American Day, Lima, Ohio!!!   

See you at the Pasta Dinner, noon-6 pm, Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center!

Thursday, March 19, 2015

CIAO Members!  Reminder, this Monday, March 23rd is our next general membership dinner and meeting.  Please join us at Milano Cafe for appetizers at 5:45, dinner served "family style" at 6:15 and meeting at 7 p.m. Our speaker will be CIAO member April Cacioppo of Crossroads Crisis Center. Cash drawing is $200 but you must be present to win!  See you there!

Friday, March 13, 2015

The March newsletter is posted!  Please see the "newsletters" tab for the complete issue.  CIAO members, your heritage scholarship applications will be included in your hard copy newsletter. 


Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Attention CIAO famiglia!  

 There will be a fundraiser at the Lima Knights of Columbus Hall on March 21st from 2 - 8 p.m. to help out a family who recently lost everything when their home was destroyed by fire.  This couple is family to CIAO members.  Please help if you can by attending this fundraiser or donating to the "Boroff Fund" at Superior Federal Credit Union. Thank you!