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Celebrating 50 years of entrepreneurship
The President's Ball in Woodbridge honoured half a century of Italian-Canadian professionals
By Francesco Riondino
Originally Published: 2002-11-17
A show of pride, looking to the past for the strength and energy needed to grow in future. The President's Ball, organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association (CIBPA) of Toronto, represents the cornerstone of the Italian-Canadian business community.
The dinner held on Saturday, November 9, at Primavera Banquet Hall in Woodbridge, was evidence of this. The almost 1,000 participants included many successful entrepreneurs as well as Federal Under-secretary Maurizio Bevilacqua and Provincial Assistant Minister Tina Molinari; Senator Consiglio Di Nino; Vaughan Mayor Michael Di Biase; many city councillors from Vaughan and Toronto; and Italy's Consul General in Toronto, Luca Brofferio.
The awards presented during the event are therefore very significant. The motivation for the Business Excellence Award, posthumously given to Sam Sorbara, founder of the Sorbara Group and founding member and former president of CIBPA, reads: "In his climb to success, he never forgot his roots; he was a volunteer who played a fundamental role and supported many social services within the Italian-Canadian community." The award was presented to his son Greg, MPP for the Liberal Party.
For contributions in the fields of Art, Science and Community Service, the 2002 Award went to Anthony Fusco, president of Canadian Global Food and Commercial Bakeries Corporation. "Not much can be said of his contribution to art or science," joked Domenic Alfieri, chair of Villa Charities, while presenting the award, "but surely Anthony Fusco's involvement in community service is of primary importance: president and founder of the Termini Imerese Club, former member of the Board of Directors of the National Congress of Italian Canadians, of Ryerson University and of many hospitals, he was one of the founders of Villa Colombo and the Columbus Centre, devoting over one year of his talent full-time to these projects, and he still is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Canadian Charitable Foundation."
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