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SONS OF ITALY CONTRIBUTES $100,000
TO ALZHEIMER RESEARCH
Grant Raises OSIA Contribution Total to over $1
Million
Press
Contact: Kylie Cafiero, (202) 547-2900 kcafiero@osia.org
WASHINGTON, April 12, 2004
The
Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) has given
a $100,000 grant to the Alzheimer’s
Association (AA) through its philanthropic arm,
the Sons of Italy Foundation (SIF).
Since
1993, OSIA and SIF
have contributed more than $1 million to the
Alzheimer’s Association
for research to cure and prevent this devastating
disease.
The
OSIA/SIF check presentation ceremony was March
22 in Washington, D.C. Paul S. Polo, Sons of Italy
Foundation president; Joseph Sciame, OSIA national
president; and Robert Messa, OSIA national immediate
past president, presented the check to Richard
Kipper, AA chairman.
“For over 10 years SIF has supported the
Alzheimer’s Association and its mission to
improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment
of this devastating disease. We are proud to be
part of this effort,” says Polo.
The
Sons of Italyhas sponsored
several AA research projects by senior scientists
in the United States and Italy who are researching
the risk genes for dementia, and investigating
basic disease mechanisms at work in the Alzheimer
brain.
OSIA is the largest and oldest national
organization for men and women of Italian heritage
in the United States. Through its SIF, it supports
education, medical research, cultural preservation,
disaster relief and other special projects. Since
its inception in 1959, the SIF has donated more
than $85 million to these causes. To learn more
about the SIF, see www.osia.org or
contact us at sif@osia.org.
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