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560 CONDOS Dudley St. FOR Chelsea SALE UnitNEW CONSTRUCTION #21 $559,000 - 2 BED, 2 BATH 2 bed 1 bath loft. 2 parking $549,000spaces BOOK YOUR POST IT Call Your Advertising Rep (781)485-0588 Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Salesians Boys & Girls Club to host fundraiser By John Lynds together to enjoy a fun safe evening with good friends, As things slowly get great auction prizes, de- back to normal with more licious food, and drinks and more residents being while raising money for vaccinated, the Salesian our After School Program Boys & Girls Club staff and Scholarships for our have decided to move Summer Camp Program.” forward with their annual Triant said awards spring fundraiser on June will be presented to the 10. extraordinary frontline Last year, during the healthcare workers at the height of the COVID-19 East Boston Neighbor- pandemic the Salesian hood Health Center for Boys and Girls Club was their tremendous sacrific- forced to cancel its annual es and service to the East- in-person fundraiser that ie community during the raises money for the Club devastating pandemic. Jonathan and Anna’s wedding photo in 1946. The two through an auction and Michael Merullo, a donations. The event also longtime club supporter - were married after Jonathan visited his friend’s grieving William August and his sister Rose just before Wil family after the war. raises money for Salesian with a passion for helping liam left to serve his country in World War II. Summer Camp Scholar- Boys & Girls Club mem- ships. bers, will also be honored After a very challenging at the event with the Don year, Boys & Girls Club Bosco Award. Executive Director Mi- Funds raised will go An East Boston Memorial Day story chael Triant said the Sale- directly towards scholar- sian are thrilled to have ships for summer camp ready serving in the US Honolulu for war against the Papuan Peninsula of By John Lynds this opportunity to safely and after school programs. Coast Guard aboard the the Japanese in the Pacific. New Guinea. This left celebrate being together “We have taken a brief Like many of his peers USS Camp. The Camp It was here William met the Japanese holding the while raising funds for break from public fund- William August rushed was a destroyer escort that a young man from San Philippines, the Caroline Eastie’s youth. raisers due to the pandem- down to the local US protected Naval convoys Francisco named Jonathan Islands, the Palau Islands, Dubbed “A Celebration ic, and your assistance is Army recruiter and signed from German U-Boat at- Bratt. The two Army med- and the Mariana Islands. of Resiliency” the unique needed now more than up to serve his country af- tacks as the US military ics became fast friends. As the US prepared for outdoor event will be held ever before,” said Triant. ter the attack on Pearl Har- began shipping weapons, With the horrors of war D-Day and with his broth- on Thursday, June 10 from “This is our largest fund- bor in 1941. supplies and troops from about to unfold for both er-in-law on the other side 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. un- raising event of the year, The middle child of Jo- the U.S. to England. men, the two formed a of the world serving in der a tent inside the Club’s and we appreciate any seph and Albina August After basic training bond only those who have the Atlantic, William and parking lot on Byron support. No child will ever of East Boston, William William was assigned to served would understand. his new friend Jonathan Street. be denied Club programs shipped off in 1942 and the U.S. Army’s 38th Field In the campaigns of left Pearl Harbor with the “This will be a unique and services due to finan- left his parents, his sisters, Hospital Medical Unit in 1943 and the first half invasion fleet on June 5, outdoor event taking place cial reasons.” Anna and Rose, and his the Pacific. As the US mil- of 1944, the Allies had the day before “Operation under a tent at the Club,” girlfriend Mary behind. itary was gearing up for captured the Solomon Is- said Triant. “We will come His sister Rose’s husband, D-Day, William took part lands, the Gilbert Islands, See STORY Page 12 See SALESIANS Page 2 John Hennessey, was al- in the military build up in the Marshall Islands and Mario Umana Academy is now SALUTING AN HONORABLE PERSON looking to fill kindergarten seats By John Lynds we can really try and help available at every school. them make an informed The starting age for This week, the Mario decision about where they the Umana’s kindergarten Umana Academy Princi- would like their kids to programs is 4-years-old. pal Christina Michel and spend the next year com- “It’s kind of surprising the school’s Family Li- ing out of the pandemic.” that there are this many aison Elvin Argueta an- Michel said at the June open slots,” said Argueta. nounced the school will 16 event families can learn “We were a little surprised host an informational more about the school’s by it so we’re trying to do event on Wednesday June dual-language programs, our own thing here at the 16 at 8:00 am and another tour kindergarten class- Umana and finding differ- at 1:00 pm to enroll stu- rooms and meet teachers. ent ways to approach the dents in the Umana’s kin- “We wanted to invite community.” dergarten programs. members of the communi- Argueta has been trav- Michel and Argueta ty to just come in and meet eling around Eastie, ap- said the Umana has a few our kindergarten team and proaching parents to hand dozen spots open to regis- get to know the dual lan- out information on the ter Kindergarten students guage program,” said Mi- school and its programs as into Eastie’s dual-lan- chel. well as the June 16 event. guage school. Michel and Argueta “We’re just being pres- “We’re just trying to said they were both sur- ent in the neighborhood, be proactive and ensure prised by the number of at playgroups and letting the community is aware slots open in the Umana’s parents know about our of their options,” said Mi- K-1 and K-0 classrooms event,” he said. “Hope- On May 30, family and friends gathered across from his family home in Winthrop, to re- chel. “Maybe due to the because Eastie families fully this will attract member the Honorable Joseph V. Ferrino, pay their respects and be part of the dedication pandemic families have are usually quick to en- more parents to the event to a square in his memory. Closing out a very touching and heartfelt ceremony was the been a little hesitant to reg- roll their children in these where they can come to Winthrop American Legion Honor Guard, Post 146. Joseph V. Ferrino Sr. passed away on ister and so we’re hoping programs because so few November 22, 2020. 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Massachusetts Approved children and $33 million benefits added to existing price meals to help feed virus may be slowing The recent American to Provide P-EBT for for approximately 88,000 EBT cards. If not actively children and make ends down, the fallout from the Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Families through Summer SNAP-enrolled children receiving these benefits, meet. yearlong pandemic and allowed states to contin- 2021 under the age of six. family’s will receive a Providing two nutri- economic downturn that ue providing P-EBT for In Eastie and through- Massachusetts initially P-EBT card in the mail for tious meals every week- increased unemployment families through summer out Massachusetts, all stu- launched its P-EBT pro- each eligible student in a day not only helps kids and food insecurity locally 2021. dents who have received gram in April 2020 when household. thrive it also allows mon- is still very much a reality. This week Massachu- P-EBT will receive a total schools closed due to From the onset of the ey that would have been While food banks, food setts received federal ap- of $375 in P-EBT bene- COVID-19, was one of a Covid-19 crisis many spent on food to go toward distribution sites and other proval to continue pro- fits in two equal payments few states to receive feder- Eastie agency’s like Proj- other necessities like rent efforts to address hunger viding EBT benefits to of $187.50 this summer.