Sons and Daughters of Italy Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
The Sons and Daughters of Italy Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania gives the following descriptive information:
We represent the local lodges and members from Pennsylvania of the Order Sons of Italy in America. We are a national organization of men and women who represent the estimated 26 million Americans of Italian heritage, dedicated to promoting our culture, our traditions, our language, the legacy of our ancestors, and our contributions to the U.S. and the world. We are sons and daughters, grandmothers and grandfathers. We are corporate executives and we are union members ... young students and retirees ... teachers and attorneys ... doctors and firefighters ... bakers and Wall Street brokers ... and everything in between. We are philanthropists and we are model citizens with purpose beyond ourselves. And we are proud and patriotic Americans of Italian heritage. We exemplify the very best of what it is to be Italian American.
The State Lodge of Pennsylvania, Order Sons of Italy in America, promotes the Italian heritage of our members throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by supporting many local, state and national charities such as; the Alzheimer’s Association, the Autism Foundation, the Commission for Social Justice and Cooley’s anemia. This fraternal organization was established to serve Italian-Americans and the community at large. As members of a national fraternal organization, we carry on human relations activities on a charitable basis for the purpose of demonstrating to the community the positive force of its Italian-American citizens. We plan, promote and carry out other charitable, educational and cultural activities which best serve the welfare of Americans of Italian extraction and the community at large. We provide for the needy wherever and whenever possible, and we provide qualified young men and women of Italian heritage with opportunities and scholarships that will better prepare them to become the future leaders of industry and government.
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