2023 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch
We wish to thank the 600 guests who attended the Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch on Sunday, 5 March 2023, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of our Charity's founder, Father Atanasio Gonelli OFM Cap. More than $85,000 was raised at this event. The 2023 grants were presented to Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Muscular Dystrophy NSW, and Foundation for a Bloody Great Cause (Concord Cancer Centre). A big thank you also to the 310 people who were unable to attend but donated the cost of their ticket. We would also like to thank our Charity's sponsors and the Navarra family, owners of the Le Montage function centre, for their support of the 2023 Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch. To date, our Charity has funded over 100 projects and provided over $600,000 of financial assistance to organisations and individuals. To read our Charity's 2023 Community Report, please click here. If you wish to view photos from this event, please visit our Facebook page.
Guests at the Italian-Australian Community Charity Lunch on Sunday, 5 March 2023, held at Le Montage - Sarah Grand Ballroom.
Grant presentation to Chris O'Brien Lifehouse - From left: Ivana Smaniotto (our Charity's Board Member);
Gail O'Brien (Chris O'Brien Lifehouse); Frank Mirabito (our Charity's Board Member); and Mayor Darcy Byrne (Inner West Council).
Grant presentation to Foundation For A Bloody Great
Cause (Concord Centre Centre) -
From left: Nat Bongiorno and Rosanna Campisi (Foundation For A Bloody Great Cause); Christian Bracci
(our Charity's Board Member); Dr Nicole Wong Doo (Foundation For A Bloody Great Cause); Natasha Liotta (our
Charity's Board Member); Marie Piccin (Foundation For A Bloody Great Cause); Deputy Mayor Stephanie Di Pasqua and Mayor Angelo Tsirekas (City of Canada Bay).
Grant presentation to Muscular Dystrophy NSW - From left: John La Mela (our Charity's Board Member);
Mayor Zac Miles (Hunters Hill Council); Angelo Marzullo;
Charlotte Sangster, Tait Jenkins and Robert Fraser (Muscular Dystrophy NSW); and Cr Julia Little (City of Canada Bay).