The sixth annual Valle San Giovanni luncheon will be held on October 3, 2009 at DiPaolo's Italian Ristorante in Penns Grove, NJ. All people from Valle San Giovanni, guests, and friends are welcome to attend. Reservations are appreciated but not required, and the cost is $20. The luncheon celebrates the strong ties between Penns Grove and Valle San Giovanni in Italy over 100 years after the first Italian immigrants arrived in southern New Jersey seeking a better life.

1. The sixth annual Valle San Giovanni luncheon will take place at noon on Saturday 3
October 2009 at DiPaolo’s Italian Ristorante in Penns Grove, NJ. As always all
“Vallaroli” (people from Valle San Giovanni), guests and friends are welcome.
Reservations (by responding to this email or contacting Mike Di Paolo directly) are
appreciated but not mandatory. The price remains just $20 at the door for the best Italian
meal and nicest people to be found this side of Italia. Buon appetito!
Siamo lieti di segnalarvi che la festa annuale “pranzo vallarolo” abbia luogo sabato 3
ottobre 2009 al Ristorante Italiano Di Paolo, a Penns Grove, Nuova Jersey. Tutti gli
abruzzesi, vallaroli del cuore, ospiti ed i loro amici sono invitati. I biglietti solo 13 euro.
Si mangia bene le pietanze autentiche italiane!
The ties between Penns Grove and Valle San Giovanni remain strong more than 100
years after the first Italian emigres came to southern New Jersey in search of a better life.
Extremely interesting is the connection between the statue of the Madonna located at the
Saint James parish and the annual festival of the Madonna delle Grazie held every year in
July in Teramo, Abruzzo Italy.
Nota bene: I legami fra Penns Grove in America e Valle San Giovanni in Italia
rimangono strettissimi cent’anni dopo i primi vallaroli sono emigrati a Nuova Jersey da
migliorare la loro vita quotidiana. Molto interessante il nesso fra la statua della
Madonna nella chiesa San Giacomo a Penns Grove e la Festa della Madonna delle Grazie
celebrato ogni anno a Teramo.