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Sunday, January 19, 2025
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Trentino-Alto Adige is the most northerly region
in Italy. This mountainous area borders with Switzerland to
the northwest, with Austria to the north and with the Italian
regions of Lombardy to the southwest and Venezia to the east
and southeast. It is comprised of two provinces - Trento and
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President Mary Jo (Zanoni) Schaffer and former president Mariagrazia Pedri
with the club banner
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Trentino immigrants came to Windsor in the 1950s,
1960s and 1970s. In 1986, |
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Pedri, the Circolo Trentini of Windsor club was founded. |
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In 1989, it came to the Circolo’s attention
that there were people of Trentino heritage in Detroit,
Michigan. Membership was extended across the river to the Trentini
of Detroit.
The club’s mission is to keep alive the Italian-Trentino
traditions of the region and to promote Italian-Trentino heritage
in the community through social activities, educational
and cultural growth of the members, support of sports activities,
contributions to charitable organizations, member participation
in special events and conventions through our affiliation
with ITTONA |
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Ezio
Pedri and Osvaldo Zanoni prepare polenta at the annual
summer picnic
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(International Tyrolean Trentino Organization
of North America), Associazione Trentini nel Mondo and Ufficio
Trentino Emigrazione. |
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Club members gather together approximately six
times per year to hold general assembly meetings and to participate
in social events. The location of club activities alternates
between Windsor and Detroit.
The club’s annual summer picnic, held at Caboto Park
in Colchester, is a popular event in the Windsor Italian community.
In addition to more general picnic fare, over 200 guests are
served Trentino favorites such as polenta, spezzatino and crauti. |
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Carlo
Negri presented with a gift from Vice President, Joseph
Damolin and President, Mary Jo (Zanoni) Schaffer
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Club members also attend the bi-annual ITTONA
convention. Trentini from across the USA and Canada join together
every two years at the convention hosted by a Trentino club.
Windsor hosted the event in 1992 and over 800 Trentini from
across the continent attended.
In 2003, the Italian Community of Windsor selected Carlo Negri as Italian of the year.
Fellow Trentini club members attended the event and were deeply honoured that one of
their own had received this distinguished recognition.
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The
opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of Canada. |
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