Welcome to the June 2026 Newsletter of
the East Harlem Giglio Society!

Giglio News

• Congratulations to our Giglio Brothers in Franklin Square, Williamsburg Brooklyn and Massapequa on their San Paolino Giglio Feasts
  
   
• Our Giglio was hand made in Brusciano, Italy (the town where our feast was founded!) and shipped here exclusively for us!
  
   
• Congratulations to our #1 Capo Anthony Copolla!
  
   
• The ORIGINAL Freestyle Friday Concert is even Bigger this year! Raising money to help fight Alzheimer's Disease & Breast Cancer
  
   
• Congratulations to Giglio Girl's Capo Erin "Z" Rizzo & LT Jack Rizzo
  on the upcoming birth of their future Giglio Girl!
  
   
• This year will be our 118th Anniversary!
  
   
• Please consider becoming a Giglio Sponsor!

Renew or Sign up today to get your membership package delivered to you!
 

Each member receives their “2026” Giglio Member shirt, handkerchief, raffle tickets to win a Dinner for 4 people to the world famous RAO’s restaurant, you can also to sell your tickets to offset the cost of membership if you wish!

In addition: our AMAZING Member & Family BBQ with the best food & drinks, your St Anthony Brown shirt given at our Sant’ Antonio procession & 
 our after-lift Sunday Italian Dinner!
And of course, membership in the greatest society in the universe!

We are accepting new members!

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Each Member receives 5 raffle tickets to win a FREE dinner for 4 to Rao's! You may sell each ticket for the face value of $10 each to offset the cost of your membership, OR you can keep them for yourself for a chance to win!
Please return ticket stubs to our membership table at the BBQ or during the feast!

A life long proud East Harlem Giglio Boy!
Anthony's parents immigrated from Vico Equense, Italy to East Harlem. His grandmother Maddalena Vanacore who settled on 104th street was married in Saint Lucy’s Church. The Vanacore family owned and operated Harlem Florist Supply for over 40 years and supplied all the carnations for the Giglio Feasts! While his six Great Uncles were all members in the Giglio Feast!
 
When Anthony was 10 years old, he started  participating in the Giglio Feast when on 108th street. Since then has been heavily involved and hasn’t stopped yet!
 For the past 25 years, he has dedicated himself to our annual barbecue and takes pride in protecting and watching over our Saint Anthony statue at the Giglio Feast every year. Anthony's Son Anthony Jr. is a proud Giglio Boy and his grandchildren Anthony Jr. & Paige are Giglio Kids Lifters!
Anthony is ecstatic and honored to be the number one Capo and represent the Giglio Society and his family this year.