About Us
 

Welcome to the web site of the Dr. Vincenzo Sellaro Lodge of Smithtown.

 

Our lodge was founded in 1974 to help ensure that the great Italian culture would live on in Smithtown  for many generations to come.  Today, with over 250 members, our lodge continues with that mission.

 

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- Rocco Loccisano, President  

  

Meetings and Social Events

 

The lodge has one general meeting on the first Thursday of each month at the Masonic Temple in Smithtown. In addition, each month is full of Social, Fund Raising, and Charity events for members to get involved. See our Coming Events section on the right for more information.  To see pictures of our past events, click here.

 

Please visit our membership information page for more informatino about our lodge or if you would like to attend a meeting as our guest.  

 

Charity and Community Service

 

A mission of every lodge of the Sons of Italy is to give to those in need. Since our founding, the Dr. Vincenzo Sellaro Lodge and its individual members have fulfilled this mission by donating time, service, and money to the following:

    

  • Cooley's Anemia Foundation
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Annual Blood Drive for Cooley's Anemia
  • Gift of Sight
  • Lodge Scholarships and Annual Dante Medal for outstanding students of Italian in Smithtown High School
  • Christmas baskets for the needy through the churches in Smithtown
  • Annual Christmas caroling for senior citizens at Village of Siena
  • Breakfast for senior citizens at Village of Siena
  • Garibaldi Meuci Museum
  • The Smithtown Library
  • Endowed Chair in Italian-American Studies at Stony Brook University