Sep 20, 2013
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BGTI is celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Boys' Town on Sunday, October 6. The weekend-long festivities include speeches by President Emeritus of the Italian Supreme Court Giovanni Maria Flick, award-winning journalist Eraldo Affinati, and founder Monsignor Carroll-Abbing's first assistant Eloise Festa.
Many BGTI donors are attending along with hundreds of friends and alumni from around the world to honor Monsignor Carroll-Abbing, the 30,000 alumni and the American donors who have raised the funds to build and sustain the Towns.
For more information please contact us at [email protected] or 212.980.8770.
Source: Boys' and Girls' Towns of Italy
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