The 11th annual St. Joseph’s Day Italian Festival on March 18, presented by the Sons and Daughters of Italy Ocean City Lodge #2474 and St. Luke’s/St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, was an enormous success and our best attended to date. It was a fun day for all who attended and a profitable fundraiser. We have many individuals, merchants and organization...

We are excited to announce that our 13th Annual Charity Auction will be held on Tuesday, April 18th at St. Joseph’s Church hall. As in the past, the night will include dinner, dessert, a 50/50 raffle and a silent auction. We will also be featuring donated items from our favorite local businesses and our (infamous) auction of mystery items donated...

In a world where a delegation from the oldest and largest Italian American organization heads to Rome for the first time in years… they will encounter the spectacular… they will experience valued traditions… they will celebrate their successes… they will grow their order… they will witness the priceless. Check out this trailer for our upcoming docu...

Raymo Santilli and Doug Sundo — alumni brothers of Alpha Phi Delta, the national Italian American fraternity — continued their annual tradition of making soppressata this past January. The event was held at the Treesdale Community Center, and more than 50 folks participated. In addition to the usual alumni attendees with friends and family, members...

The Guglielmo Marconi Award is the highest award given by OSDIA. It is presented to an American individual whom OSDIA believes has contributed to our beloved nation and exemplifies OSDIA's creed and way of life, in a manner that best expresses the ideals for which the Order stands. The award is presented at every OSDIA Biennial National Convention....

If you’re Italian and graduating from Salida High School this spring, listen up — there’s a scholarship for you. The Sons Of Italy offers a scholarship every spring to graduates of Salida High School or Horizons Exploratory Academy, to be used towards College or a Trade/Vocational School. Students must be graduating this May 2023 and must be of Ita...

The 2023 Scholarship Application is available here online. The La Famiglia Scholarship Program provides financial support for educational purposes to Little Italy Lodge (Baltimore, MD) members, spouses of a member, children, grandchildren, stepchildren or step grandchildren or wards of a member (designated as legal guardian). The 2023 Essay Questio...

2023 Italian American Bravo! Awards and Gala Event. Saturday, March 4, 2023. 5:30-10:00pm. Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge. 5925 W. 32nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80212. Please join us as we recognize outstanding Italian Americans and businesses who have made substantial contributions to the community. Purchase tickets here. Our Celebration Gala in...

Joining the Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge 2805 began as a family affair for Mark DeFranco. Mark, the group’s treasurer, who joined in 2004 to be with his cousin and the group’s founder Neil Velleca, Sr., saw it as an opportunity to socialize and work with other Italian-Americans. “My cousin, Neil Sr., thought it would be a great idea to have a...

Italian Sons and Daughters of America is pleased to announce that a new ISDA lodge has been established in Pensacola, Fla! The newest chapter, founded in September 2022, is called Primo Paradiso Lodge. Its members primarily reside in the cities of Pensacola and Gulf Breeze, and some travel from as far away as Lillian, Ala. Pensacola is known as Ame...