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Columbus Week Celebrations 2007
October 4 Maserati Elegance in New York City Columbus Day Parade
October 2 Lidia Bastianich Named Grand Marshal of Columbus Day Parade
October 1 2007 Columbus Week Celebration Schedule
September 29 Italian Justice Minister Clemente Mastella in New York City Columbus Week Celebration
September 12 Kara DioGuardi BMI Songwriter of the Year Honored


June 23, 2007 Rock and Roll Icon
Johnny Maestro Gives Back
May 22, 2006 Cultural Exchange Scholarships
Will Bring Italian Students to New York
May 1, 2006 Columbus Citizens Foundation Establishes Grants
In Honor of His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Egan
March 13, 2006 New Book by Margherita Marchione, "Crusade of Charity: Pius XII and POWs," Details Vatican Efforts on Behalf of World War II Prisoners of War
February 13, 2006 Christine M. Meola Named Executive Director of Columbus Citizens Foundation
January 20, 2006 Italian American Group Condemns Senator Reid for Ethnic Stereotyping, Demands Apology
January 9, 2006 Louis Tallarini Takes Office as President of the Columbus Citizens Foundation
December 1, 2005 Lamborghini Sports Car Up for Grabs in New Year's Raffle
November 15, 2005 Winners of 2005 Columbus Week Lamborghini Raffles
November 9, 2005 Columbus Citizens Foundation President Assails Bias and Prejudice in Entertainment and Political Circles
November 1, 2005 Columbus Citizens Foundation Hails Nomination of Judge Samuel Alito


Foundation 2006 Scholarship and Grant Awards
July 11, 2006 71 Industrious High School Students Reap Rewards
June 28, 2006 College Dreams Become Reality for Deserving Students
June 8, 2006 Columbus Citizens Foundation Makes Private Education
Possible for 67
Needy Elementary School Students


Columbus Week Celebrations 2005
September 28 2005 Columbus Week Celebrations
September 28 Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution in Columbus Week Exhibitions at Vanderbilt Hall
September 28 Justice Antonin Scalia Named Grand Marshal of Columbus Day Parade
September 28 Region of Lombardy in Spotlight at Vanderbilt Hall
September 28 Justice Antonin Scalia Named Columbus Day Grand Marshal of Columbus Day Parade


Foundation 2005 Scholarship and Grant Awards
July 29, 2005 High School-Bound Students Share in Scholarships Worth $1.2 Million
June 30, 2005 Higher Education Put Within Grasp of 84 Students As Columbus Citizens Foundation Announces College Scholarship Awards
June 9, 2005 Foundation Grants Make Private School Education Possible for 67 Elementary School Students
May 18, 2005 Columbus Citizens Foundation to Present Franco Zeffirelli Scholarships Benefiting Italian Students
May 8, 2005 American Sculptors in Italy Brought Old World Beauty to New World Art


Columbus Week Celebrations 2004
October 8 Sicilian Lights, Performers Enliven Rockefeller Center
October 8 Carriage of Triumph Returns to New York
October 7 Italian Army Band Makes US Debut
September 27 Mario Andretti: Driver of the Century, 2004 Grand Marshal
September 27 Andretti and Lombardy Celebrated in Two Week-Long Exhibitions
September 22 Mario Andretti Named Grand Marshal of New York City's 2004 Columbus Day Parade


Foundation Condemns Negative Stereotyping in Children’s Movie "Shark Tale"
October 21 DreamWorks Misleads New York Times and Reuters
October 14 Columbus Citizens Foundation President Lawrence Auriana Statement on Shark Tale
October 13 Columbus Citizens Foundation Denounces Spielberg's DreamWorks for Use of Ethnic Stereotyping in Movie for Kids


Foundation 2004 Scholarship and Grant Awards
September 9 Columbus Citizens Foundation Launches Elementary School Grant Program
August 5 High School Now Possible for 77 Tri-State Area Student
July 1 Local High School Graduates Awarded Four-Year College Scholarships


For press information:

For The Columbus Citizens Foundation:
Andrew Decker Communications
Tel. 212.222.4688
Fax 212.222.3188
Andrew.Decker@att.net