Newsletter:                                                                                                                                                                               AMICI D' ITALIA VOCE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     November, vol. 5 issue 9                                                                   Brothers and Sisters, We are careening at full speed toward the holiday season. This month we celebrate Veterans Day, Thanksgiving and in December, Christmas. This month will be our annual Thanksgiving celebration meeting. Our meeting will also have a special emphasis on recognizing and honoring our veterans of which we have many in our lodge. We ask our veterans to wear a little something which reflects their service branch such as their uniform (Just kidding. We know that none of us can get into our uniforms), a shirt, a hat, your medals, a pin or a photo of yourself while you were in service.  This month's meeting will be on Friday Nov 18th, 6:30 p.m. at our regular meeting hall, Shepherd of the Woods Lutheran Church, 7860 Southside Blvd, 32256. We are asking each guest to pay $5. Of course, members are free.  Our lodge supplies the Turkeys and ham, and we ask that each member bring a side dish to share. Please bring a side of eight to ten, regular serving. Before deciding on and preparing a dish please check with Annie Sheen (904-476-6207) and let her know what you are bringing. We are trying to avoid having 27 broccoli casseroles show up at dinner. THIS IS OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING OF THE YEAR. WE DO NOT MEET IN DECEMBER.                                                                                                                   Our last official event of the year is our Christmas Luncheon Extravaganza.  Happy Birthday  Since this is our last lodge meeting of the year, this will also be our last “Voce” for the year. In our November issue, we usually congratulate all the birthday boys and girls for both November and December. So for November we have Carl Lemme (Nov 6th), Carol Marcovsky (Nov11th), Nancy Horton (Nov 12th), Lynda Tabone (Nov 14th), Robert Guilliano (Nov 19th), and Charlie Tramazzo (Nov 30th). Our December birthdays are Carmella Gordon (Dec 9th), Tim Wright (Dec 9th), Barbara Verderane (Dec 10th), Dominick Sorrentino (Dec 16th), Marie Meltzer (Dec 25th), and Steven King (Dec 27th). Happy Birthday one and all! May you have the best birthday ever!                                                                       New Business There will be no restaurant night in November because it coincides with our Thanksgiving holiday week. We will continue restaurant nights next year in January.                                                                                                        Book Club Our Sons and Daughters of Italy book club is currently reading The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani. This book is available at your local library branch, your local book store or on Amazon. The Book Club discussion group will meet sometime after the first of the year in January with date, time and venue to be announced.                                                                                                           Upcoming Events These are a few events everyone might be interested in: We are in the midstages of planning a movie event showing “Why Italian Women Love to Garden”. Is anyone interested in attending the St. Augustine “Night of Lights” in January? Please let us know.  As mentioned previously, we are also working on a pasta making class, a wine tasting event and even a cruise in March 2023. Stay tuned for further information.                                                                               Old Business Our Christmas luncheon is scheduled for Dec 4th, 1p.m. at the Hidden Hills Country Club, 3901 Monument Road, Jacksonville 32225. The cost will be $35 for members and $40 for nonmembers. We are collecting money for this event right now. You can bring your checks to our Thanksgiving meeting (please make checks payable to OSIA 2791) or mail them to Dominick or Annie. These tickets tend to go fast, so please do not be left out. Our Christmas parties are always fun!                                                                                                                                    The Good of The Order Please pray for the repose of the souls of our deceased members especially Silvana Patterson, Patty Cooper, Bob Santare, Henry ”Hank” Pelz, Nino Struzzi, Ed Kopek, Tony Trivasani, William Tabone, Paul and Audrey Dodd, Gabe and Catherine Bove, Phyllis Capotosta, Joseph Cinotti and our other deceased members. Please continue to remember in your prayers Erika Rimmer (Margie Rimmer's daughter). Please keep in our hearts and in our prayers all of our brothers and sisters.