The students attended the annual Associated Italian-American Charities (AIAC) Banquet along with several teachers, staff and Trustees. We were guests of Tom & Jacque Iacoboni and Felix Dialioso.
We are especially proud of our long time support from the Italian community, both personally and through their fraternal organizations. AIAC has supported The Community School for over 20 years. It is a model organization composed of immigrants and the children and grandchildren of immigrants from Italy. Like immigrants of today, they left their families and homeland in search of a better life, many with little more than the clothes on their backs.
Through determination and hard work and with mutual support within their ethnic community, they committed themselves to the opportunities here, often at the lowest paying and least desired jobs. As they found success, they remained proud of their ancestry and reached back to give a hand to the people in their homeland, especially those who were left orphaned from the devastation of World War II.
As AIAC developed, it became focused on its new community of Baltimore and has raised and donated money to support nonprofit efforts including our school. One commendable feature of this group is that they don't just donate funds, but also become personally involved in the groups they support.
We are especially thankful to AIAC members Tom Iacoboni, Tony Culotta, Felix Dialioso, Mike Meola, Mike Shaw, Ray Marocco and Mike Gallo who sponsored TCS this year.
The students went up on stage to receive this support from AIAC and former student and new TCS teacher...
