Italian Fest helps community

The Greater Youngstown Italian Fest Committee, along with the Italian Heritage Foundation of Youngstown Inc., has distributed more than $27,000 to local charities and scholarships to Youngstown State University students from the 2011 Italian Fest. The charities are Second Harvest Food Bank, The Rescue Mission, Beatitude House, Rich Center for Autism, St. Vincent de Paul Society and Akron Children’s Hospital Boardman, among others. Committee member are, from left to right, Linda Ilich, Anna D’Amato, John Rossetti, Anthony Julian and Joe Lenefante