| 80th ANNUAL FEAST OF SAN GENNARO DONATES $111,000
TO NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, PARISHES AND OTHER CHARITIES in 2007
Figli di San Gennaro, The Not-For-Profit Organization That Produces
Little Italy’s Annual Feast of San Gennaro, Has Now Donated More Than
$1.7 Million to Charity Since Assuming Leadership of Feast in 1996
Figli di San Gennaro has donated $111,000 from the 80th Annual Feast of San Gennaro (held September 13 – 23, 2007) to local charities, including neighborhood parishes, schools and other organizations that help the young, the poor and the needy, it was announced here today by Joseph Mattone, Sr., President of the not-for-profit local organization that has produced the annual Feast of San Gennaro in New York City’s historic Little Italy community since 1996. This brings the total of all donations made by Figli di San Gennaro to local charities to $1,7111,000 since it began producing the “feast of all feasts” in 1996.
“In addition to generating millions of dollars for the Big Apple’s local community every year, there is no doubt that New York City’s Feast of San Gennaro donates more dollars to worthy charities and aid organizations each year than any other public street fair in New York City,” Mr. Mattone said. “Our annual donations help support a good many religious and secular organizations that provide services and educational opportunities to youngsters on the Lower East Side as well as in other areas of New York City.”
This year Figli di San Gennaro presented charitable donations from the Feast of San Gennaro, totaling $111,000, to: Most Precious Blood Church (National Shrine of San Gennaro); St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral; Transfiguration School; St. Joseph’s School; St. James School; Our Lady of Pompeii School; Our Lady of Sorrows School; The Provincial; Variety. The Children’s Charity’; NYU Pediatric Division (HIV children); St. Ann’s Society; Our Lady of Loreto; Cooley’s Anemia Foundation; St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital; New York Foundling Hospital; and St. Andrews Roman Catholic Church.
The 80th Annual Feast of San Gennaro began on Thursday, September 13, and continued for 11 days through Sunday, September 23, 2007. More than 1-million people attended the Feast which honors the Patron Saint of Naples.
Following is a complete list of organizations receiving donations this year from Figli di San Gennaro, including the dollar amount each received:
| Most Precious Blood Church |
$50,000 |
| St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral |
$10,000 |
| Transfiguration School |
$10,000 |
| St. Joseph’s School |
$5,000 |
| St. James School |
$5,000 |
| Our Lady of Pompeii School |
$10,000 |
| Our Lady of Sorrows School |
$10,000 |
| The Provincial |
$1,000 |
| Variety Children’s Charity |
$2,000 |
| NYU Pediatric (HIV) Children |
$2,500 |
| St. Ann’s Society |
$500 |
| Our Lady of Loreto |
$1,000 |
| Cooley’s Anemia Foundation |
$1,000 |
| St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital |
$1,000 |
| New York Foundling Hospital |
$1,000 |
| St. Andrew’s RC Church |
$1,000 |
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| Total Donations |
$111,000 |
From 1996 to 2006, the Feast of San Gennaro also donated a total of $1,600,000 to the following organizations:
Most Precious Blood Church, Manhattan
Old St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan
Our Lady of Vilna Church, Manhattan
San Gennaro Shrine, Naples, Italy
Transfiguration Church, Manhattan
Immaculate Conception Church. Manhattan
St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Manhattan
Our Lady of Pompeii Church, Manhattan.
St. Francis Xavier Church (Soup Kitchen), Manhattan
Hale House, Manhattan
God's Love We Deliver, Manhattan
Mount St. John's Daycare Center, Purchase, NY
Our Lady Of Pompeii School, Manhattan
Old St. Patrick's School, Manhattan
Our Lady Of Sorrows School, Manhattan
Maryknoll Missions, Maryknoll, NY
St. Andrews Religious Education Program, Manhattan
Franciscan Province Missions, Manhattan
St. James School, Manhattan
St. Joseph's School, Manhattan
St. Joseph's Seminary, Yonkers, NY
Sisters of St. John Baptist, Bronx
Mary Help Of Christians School, Manhattan
St. Anthony's School, Manhattan
Cooke Foundation For Special Education, Manhattan
Caring Community, Manhattan
St. Rose's Home, Manhattan
Hour Children, Long Island City, NY
Take-A-Break Sisters of St. John The Baptist, Gladstone, NJ
New York City Rescue Mission, Manhattan
Child Abuse Prevention Program, Inc., Manhattan
St. Anne's Society, Manhattan
Cabrini Nursing Home Center, Manhattan
Providence Rest Daycare Center, ,Bronx, NY
Variety (Cousin Brucie), Manhattan
Providence Rest Foundation, Bronx, NY
Covenant House, Manhattan
St. James Church, Manhattan
NYU Medical Center/Pediatric Infectious Disease Center
Village Nursing Home, Manhattan
Italian Apostolate, Archdiocese of New York, Manhattan
Calandra Italian/ American Institute, Manhattan
Padre Pio Foundation, Italy
Society of St. Anthony of Giovinazzo, Manhattan
Nativity Mission School , Manhattan
Father John Nep Palmer Foundation, Manhattan
A Gift Of Life, Manhattan
St. Teresa's Parish, Manhattan
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation, Manhattan
Messiah Baptist Church, Manhattan
St. Loretta's Church For Homeless Men, Manhattan
Cabrini Hospice, Manhattan
St. Loretta Church, Manhattan
Mother Cabrini Hospital (Immigrant Services), Manhattan
5th Precinct Neighborhood Community
Outing Our Lady of Pompeii School (Scholarships), Manhattan
St. Joseph's School (Scholarships), Manhattan
St. James School (Scholarships), Manhattan
St. Patrick's School (Scholarships), Manhattan
Mary Help of Christians School (Scholarships), Manhattan
Our Lady of Sorrows School (Scholarships), Manhattan
St. Anthony's School (Scholarships), Manhattan
Xavier High School (Scholarships), Manhattan
Notre Dame High School (Scholarships), Manhattan
Cathedral High School (Scholarships), Manhattan
La Salle High School (Scholarships), Manhattan
St. Vincent Ferrer High School (Scholarships), Manhattan
St. Michael's High School , Manhattan
Marist High School (Scholarships), New Jersey
St. Jean Baptiste High School (Scholarships), Manhattan
Rice High School (Scholarships), Manhattan
Transfiguration School (Scholarships), Manhattan |
