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activities,providesopportunities for advancement to deservingltalian-American students through various scholarshipand grant programs.Since its founding in 1929,the Foundation has organized New York City'sColumbus Day Parade.  \nColumbus Citizens Foundation  \n8 East 69th Street  \nNew York,New York 10021  \nPhone:212.249.9923  \nFax:212.737.4413  \nwww.columbuscitizensfd.org  \n# President's Message\n\nAs I write this,our scholarship committees are reviewingapplications and interviewing candidates for our threeprograms-the Elementary School Grant Program,the HighSchool Scholarship Program and the College ScholarshipProgram.The Foundation has awarded scholarships sinceGeneroso Pope founded our predecessor organization in 1929,and we formalized our first scholarship program in 1985 duringthe tenure of past President John Loconsolo.In less than ageneration,we have gone from supporting the education of ahandful of students each year to providing scholarship fundingfor 749 young Italian Americans.Our success is a result ofthe truly incredible efforts of our Members and of theColumbus Week Celebration committee members.As a  \nresult,we are both one of the smaller Italian-American organizations in the UnitedStates and the single largest funding source of scholarships for Italian-American studentsin this country.  \nThe Adopt-A-Scholar Program has been one of the Foundation's great achievements ofthe past 10 years.The students and schools that have benefited from Adopt-A-Scholarowe a debt of thanks to our many donors and to Frank Fusaro,who conceived andimplemented the program.An exemplary beneficiary of the program is Thomas Macrina,who is profiled on page seven of this issue and wrote the letter that appears on its cover  \nFormal education was not an option for two people close to the Foundation who recentlypassed away.As a child,Member Ciro Jerry)Esposito didn't go to school beyond ninthgrade:he was too busy selling produce from the back of a horse-drawn wagon.Yet heprovided for his children in a different way.In 1949,he founded J.Esposito &Sons,aproduce company that is now run by three of his grandsons.Vito Nardelli,the father oftwo Foundation Members and grandfather of a third,did not graduate high school,buthe made sure that his four children received an education.Three became lawyers,andthe fourth became a teacher.We will miss Mr.Esposito and Mr.Nardelli,men whomade sacrifices throughout their lives so their children and grandchildren could prosperand so our community could grow stronger.  \nAn important source of our success has been the sponsors who participate in theColumbus Week Celebration.On March 22,we honored the generous companies,provinces and regions that helped make the 2006 Celebration a great success.TheAwards Ceremony was hosted by renowned actor,and past Grand Marshal,PaulSorvino.We took the occasion to introduce our Grand Marshal for 2007,LidiaMaticchio Bastianich,the First Lady of 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