FAIRFIELD, N.J., Dec. 22, 2010 — At a recent national meeting, UNICO National, the largest Italian American service organization in America, declared that pasta products from Campagna Brand in Italy, exclusively imported by Fancy Foods, Inc., NY, are now the “Official Pasta of UNICO Nat…
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Nov. 29, 2010 — At a recent UNICO National regional meeting, young Italian American tenor Christopher Macchio, a rising star in the entertainment world, gave a special, surprise guest performance of his vocal talent to UNICO National delegates and guests from across the Easter…
UNICO National Announces Mille Grazie Award Winners
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Oct. 22, 2010 — UNICO National President Chris DiMattio today announced UNICO’s prestigious “Mille Grazie” Award – given to those fostering a positive image of Italian Americans – will be presented to Joanne Arduino, an Artistic Director of B…
Flag and outline of NJ used as unfortunate symbols for show
FAIRFIELD, N.J., July 20, 2010 — A mural of the Italian flag, which covered part of the front of MTV’s “Jersey Shore” beach house at Seaside Heights and was used to unfortunately symbolize the show which stereotyped Ita…
UNICO President Andre’ DiMino Asks Tonight Show Host Jay Leno to Take Stand Against ‘Jersey Shore’
Letter sent to Leno, an Italian-American, questions him for featuring cast of “Jersey Shore” on his show
FAIRFIELD, N.J., March 8, 2010 — UNICO National President Andre’ DiMino today fired off a letter and email to returning Tonight Show host Jay Leno questioning his judgmen…
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Dec. 17, 2009 — UNICO National’s First Lady, Jenny DiMino, a UNICO member and wife of UNICO President Andre’ DiMino, today wrote an open letter to Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi of “Jersey Shore” admonishing her for vulgar behavior and profane…
McDonald’s, Burger King, Papa John’s Pizza, Cisco, Nivea and Palm among others named
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Dec. 11, 2009 — After enduring the second week’s installment and a recap talk show of the controversial MTV series “Jersey Shore,” UNICO National President A…
UNICO Invites New Jerseyans to ‘Rediscover’ Italian Heritage Through Statewide Billboard Campaign
CBS Outdoor partners with UNICO in presenting dozens of billboards in statewide marketing campaign
FAIRFIELD, N.J., Nov. 25, 2009 — Thanks to a milestone partnership with CBS Outdoor, billboards inviting New Jersey residents to “rediscover their Italian heritage” and join UNIC…
UNICO Announces Initiation of Fund to Aid Abruzzo Italy Earthquake Relief
FAIRFIELD, N.J., April 7, 2009 — UNICO has set up a Disaster Relief Fund to accept donations to help those affected by the earthquake that struck the town of L’Aquila and surrounding towns located in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
The earthquake hit at approximately 3:30 am with a 6.3 magnitude…
