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  • Garibaldi Award Winners 2021

    The Foundation is proud to announce the 2021 winners of its Garibaldi Award. This year we decided to give the award to juniors of significant accomplishments. In this way, these students would have an additional year of high school to work with the Foundation on its various programs, the principal one being the effort to…

  • Rutgers NJIHC Conference, October 28th, 2021

    Dr Laccetti giving major address to IHC Conference, Rutgers, Oct. 28th. Kayla Sleeper (left) and Alessia Lombardi addressing the Rutgers NJIHC Conference, Oct. 28th. NJIHC Commission Director Robert DiBiase, with Garibaldi Award winners, Liliana Leuzzi, Cliffside Park HS, 2017, Kayla Sleeper, Whippany Park HS, Alessia Lombardi, Lyndhurst High, 2018 and Dr. Laccetti. Kayla and Alessia…

  • New Jersey Italian Heritage Commission

    (Left to right) Prof. Silvio Laccetti, emeritus, Stevens Tech; Julianna Russotti, student at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Robert Di Biase, chairman, NJ Italian Heritage Commission. An honor’s graduate from Watchung Hills Regional High School Russotti was a 2019 winner of the Garibaldi Award given by the Silvio Laccetti Foundation. She roused the audience…