Thanks for a successful 2025 Taste of Italy Foundation Dinner!

The Little Italy Lodge Foundation thanks our supporters for making our signature fundraiser, “A Taste of Italy”, so successful.  Chef Mark Orendorff and his kitchen committee treated our guests to an amazing 4-course meal that included a variety of antipasto, lobster ravioli and osso buco.  Accompanied by beautiful wines, flowers, raffles, opera solos, dancing, pizzelle, cannoli cake and all managed by our faithful crew of over 25 volunteers!  Thank you to each and every one!  Quite an accomplishment, raising enough money to ensure that our awards for 2026 and beyond will continue to be generously funded.

We also wish to acknowledge the community for their kind donations of food and gift cards.  Thank you to Grace Otterbein, Wegmans, Rob DiPasquale for the coffee service, Roma Sausage, Benny’s, La Tavola, Ovenbird Bakery, DiPasquale’s Brewers Hill, Salvo Foods, and Vaccaro’s.
And finally, many thanks to our Lodge for hosting.  In gratitude, the Foundation made a cash donation to the Lodge along with cases of wine, beer, toffee and sausage to be used at future Lodge events.  La Famiglia!

Mille Grazie and best of luck to all of the applicants this year!