The Order Sons of Italy will host its annual Italian Feast starting Wednesday Aug. 26 at Michael J. Tully Park.
The festival will open at 6 p.m. on the Aug. 26 and will run through Sunday Aug. 30. It will be open from 6-11 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 3-11 p.m. on Saturday and 3-10 p.m. on Sunday. There will be fireworks on Saturday evening.
First Vice President of the Order Sons of Italy in America Juliette Milazzo said the feast will raise money for the Cooliey’s Anemia Foundation and for scholarships to be given out to graduates of seven local high schools.
“We’ve been doing these for 20 years and it raises a lot of money for charities in the community,” Milazzo said.
Admission is $1 for adults and free for children under eight. Milazzo said the admission fees pay for the cost of renting the park for the festival.
“They have to pay a dollar and a lot of times they see the signs of the foundations we donate to and they realize and they donate more,” Milazzo said.
The bulk of the funds raised go to the Cooliey’s Anemia Foundation, Milazzo said. She added that the Order Sons of Italy are the number one contributor to the foundation.
Last year, Milazzo said more than $10,000 was raised for charities to fight the diseases which primarily affects individuals with origins from countries in the Mediterranean.
There will be an international food court, games of chance and rides as well as nightly musical entertainment.
Tully Park is located at the intersection of Denton Avenue and Evergreen Avenue in New Hyde Park.
