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THINGS TO DO.......................15
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letter from the president

Hello Ladies,
Well can you believe
this is my last letter as
President?
It sounds like such a
clich but the year has
gone so quickly and
sometimes so painfully slow at the same time.
I cannot believe how much a club can achieve
and pack into a year....
I feel like I have just got used to the role and
now I am handing it over, albeit to a
wonderful woman who will be a great
President for the club.
My favourite personal highlights have been the
Welcome/Halloween party as the costumes
and the cake competition were amazing and
created such a wonderful sense of family
energy yet with a huge dose of
competitiveness. I also learnt how to play
Bunco and I have learnt how much I love
having members who can cook incredible food
from all over the world. The luck of having a
cookie maker like Anna on the board too has
meant the most delicious treats while having
board meetings. I have learnt about
mindfulness, I love Indian food and I love
watching people sing and dance (who can
forget the tango dancers).
From a club perspective, I have ended the year
with such respect and admiration for the
endless team of ladies and families who give
up so much time to help our club be the strong
club that it is. Welcoming new members,
driving people to events, sewing, selling,
baking, and running the groups that are a
lifeline to some of our members. Language
groups, exercise classes, book clubs, coffee
groups, cinema trips all regardless of weather
and personal time and expense.
To all you ladies, I really hope you realise how
much the club appreciates you.
To all the committee members, I applaud you
for the freetime you dedicate and for the sole
reason of helping.
Each board has such a bonding experience
together that I understand now why some of

the previous boards are still friends years later.

My own experience has been one of pure luck,
as I have had such a unique and great bunch
of ladies to work with. I say work because that
is exactly what it is, a job you take so
seriously and passionately that it can become
all consuming. Yet it is voluntary. I have
Ivana who has shown me how powerful
dancing with your husband can be, Zizeth
who is incredibly professional at all times yet
has such a wonderful sense of fun. Eleanora
who would do anything for anyone and has
an incredible command of English humour
and jokes. Susan is our dark horse and has
had us laughing at times when we all need a
pick up, usually in the form of hilarious
pictures. Julia who is so proud of her husband
and kids, she could burst. Anna, who is the
best cookie maker ever and is an inspiration
in her ability to share her valuable time.
Melissa, who has the enviable skill of looking
like she has come off a set of 1950s Mad Men
set at all times and then of course we have
Sushil. She came in at the 11th hour to stand
in and has never looked back. No challenge is
too big or too impossible for her to
attempt...Together I call them all the
"Benvenuto Insomniacs......"you are all
wonderful and very hardworking....
So my last message to you all on this iconic
25th year of Benvenuto Monza, is a huge
Thankyou to the ladies who started this club
and for trusting us with it , it's purpose to help
welcome English speaking women from all
over the world and to create a " family " that we
can all flourish in and be a part of. Thank
you to all the ladies who work so hard to keep
it running especially as it is all voluntary
help.
But mostly to all you members who join and
make it the unique club it
is..............Thankyou.
Janine Davies

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Previous events
25th Anniversary
Dance

Summer Article
GETAWAY Just for a few days
By Barbara De Savorgnani

Approximately three hours on the autostrada and another 50 mins on provincial roads (its a slow drive
down) will take you to Beaulieu Sur Mer in the south of France on the Italian side of Nice. The drive
down from the autostrada to the lower cornice is, itself, breathtaking. At the very beginning of the
descent there is a lookout point overlooking Monaco - the view at night is fairyland but for a first visit
do it by day, you can always go back in the evening just as it is turning dark. Beaulieu offers clean,
public beaches (good for families) and promenades like the one beside the bay leading to the village of
St Jean Cap Ferrat once the holiday venue of the rich and famous. Both Frank Sinatra and David Niven
had homes there, and the small square outside David Nivens old home has been named after him. You
can extend this walk another 40 mins and walk around the little Cap; when we were there I often swam
off the rocks during my daily circumnavigation of the small cap, so if you feel like it dive in! A bigger
walk is the one around the Cap itself (no swimming facilities) - about an hour and a half it takes you by
the lighthouse and the Grand Hotel, with wonderful views of Villefrance and its bay.
Beaulieu is very central Nice and Monaco are on either side, both easily accessible by train, and the
hinterland is soon reached by car Canyons di Verdun for example a 2 day visit in my opinion. Close
by is also Eze a medieval village on the hill overlooking Eze Sur Mer very touristy but worth a visit.
These days we stay at the Hotel Comte de Nice, which lies at the end of the main road in Beaulieu, very
convenient but also very quiet it is a family run hotel and has the big advantage of a place to park the
car, so no running out to put money in the meters at 6am!
So when autumn comes, and the skies are grey, give Beaulieu Sur Mer a thought a pleasant getaway to
unwind and practice your French!

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Upcoming events

Save the date!!!

Welcome Party

Oktoberfest
Fun for all Families and Friends!

Sunday, October 11, 2015

12:00 4:00
Ristorante La Bergamina
Via Bergamina, 64, Arcore

Contact: Special Activities Director Ivana Menegardo-Develter

Cel. Phone 338 535 4240
specialactivities@benvenutomonza.com

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Just a reminder that you are very welcome
to join us (the writers group) at LA CAMILLA
via Dante Concorezzo every first Thursday
of the month during the summer holidays...
2 July, 6 August, 3 September
Anna Bodini

If you are a newcomer and have not

seen your picture here, please
contact Elda Elvedese to have your
picture taken

This year the Bazaar is going to be

about food!
If you live in Brianza and have some
fruit trees could you share some of you
produce with your Benvenuto friends?
Its time to make jams and preserves
and....liquors.
Anna Vicentini will be happy to make
jam with all the fruit that you are able
to donate!
If you are going to Livigno or San
Marino during the Summer, could you
please bring back some duty free pure
alcohol 95 to make fresh limoncello
for our Christmas Bazaar?

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21 NOVEMBRE 2015

A Special Letter
IN MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND GIANFRANCO: A letter from Gabriella Mapelli
My dear Kako, my dear Meiliana, and all my dear friends around the world.
After 55 years of our life spent always together, side by side ... my beloved husband, my lover, my friend, my
everything, is gone forever.
He was very ill, but despite the tremendous disease he still had the courage to go on. He was brave and even
happy when I was with him, hand in hand, eyes to eyes ...
He was 76 years old and he could have lived some more years, if the terrible disaese couldn't have hit him.
We met when I was 18 and he was 22 ... He fell deeply in love with me just the first day he saw me. At that time I
was very shy, and I took a little bit to declare my love to him.
After so many years spent together he still was very deeply in love with me and he was used to repeat to me that
he would have married me thousand and thousand time again.
He also use to say to me and to everybody: remember Gabriella, the love I feel for you, it happened just once in a
lifetime, and this is why, in spite of my illness, I feel I have been a lucky man.
Now ... I'm heartbroken, I feel empty, I feel terrible. I miss him. I must think that he is still alive, and near to me, to
feel some relief ...
All three of my children and my four little grandchildren are close to me and with their help I must try to go on ...
Love to you all,
Gabriella
SOME OF THE ANSWERS FROM MY FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD
Dear Gabriella and all my friends,
I have been thinking a great deal about your letter.
It seemed to me that you wrote a great love letter
to your beloved husband. When I face sunny day
or terrible day at my rest of life, I will try to think of your today's letter.
Thank you very much indeed for your writing to us.
Your ever, Kako
Dear Gabriella,
First of all, I feel very sorry for your loss of Gianfranco. I have been thinking of you for a long time after the sad news. I can't find what
words comfort you even in Japanese. Especially when I read your letter about the heartfelt relationship between you and your husband, my
tears came out. A Beautiful Love Story! I wish you live with your happy and beautiful memories with him for good. Please take care of your
good health and be strong for your children and your grand children.
Lots of love, Junko
Dear Gabriella,
I've been thinking of you, but I just didn't know how to comfort you like Junko.
I really understand from your e-mail how much you suffer from the loss of your beloved husband. So I've been praying for you to get over it.
I do hope your sorrow will decrease day by day even though it' s very very hard.
People say time is the best medicine. And please remember the love from all over the world.
Kanae

Dear Gabriella,
As all other ladies from round the world we hold our hands together in a circle and give you the strength to overcome the
sorrow. Your letter is a real diamond to your love. Thanks for sharing. Our Friendship is forever. A very big hug, Ursula and
Adi
My dear Gabriella,
I'm so sorry that I am too far to be with you at this difficult time. But believe me my heart and thought are alway with you.
Cheer up my friend, I know you can ...
Such a beautiful and sweet friend of mind. From time to time I always flip you photo, imagine of our time in Mrs Cox's class room.
Write to me when you have time. Let me know if you've gone through the hardship.
I want to see your beautiful smill again.
Big hug and kisses, your Friend Meiliana and Family

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Book Reviews
A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson
Reviewed & written by Kate Icke
In Life After Life Ursula Todd lived
through the turbulent events of the
last century again and again. In A
God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her
focus
on
Ursulas
beloved
younger brother Teddy would-be
poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband
and father as he navigates the
perils and progress of the 20th
century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest
challenge will be to face living in a future he never
expected to have.
This is a novel about war and the shadow it casts
even over generations who have never known it, but it
is also a novel about fiction. Though it may appear to
lack the bold formal conceit that made Life After Life
so original, dont make the mistake of thinking that
Atkinson has abandoned her interest in authorial
playfulness. The book ends with a breathtaking volteface which will infuriate some readers and delight
others, forcing us to reconsider how we understand
fiction and the uses of the imagination. I think that you
can only be so mulishly fictive if you genuinely care
about what you are writing, she writes in a postscript,
and there is no doubt that this is a novel that cares
deeply about its characters and about the purpose of
fiction in making sense of our collective past.
A God in Ruins, together with its predecessor, is
Atkinsons finest work, and confirmation that her genre
-defying writing continues to surprise and dazzle.
The Hare with Amber Eyes - A Hidden Inheritance
by Edmund de Waal
Have you ever read a book that you
didn't want to finish, because it was
so good you were afraid that, when
you got to the end, you would feel a
little bereft? Well I had that feeling
reading this book - in fact it took me
10 days to read, as I was savouring
every chapter. It tells the story of
the Ephrussi family, from their
origins in Odessa through the
family's moves to Paris and Vienna
and Tokyo, against the dramatic
backdrop of the end of 19th century and the first and
second world wars. The fil rouge is a collection of
carved ivory and wood Japanese miniature figures
(netsuke) which passes from the rich ancestors right
down to Edmund, a contemporary ceramicist in
England. The family's history is traced by Edmund but
is written almost as a novel, recounting the stories of
his ancestors and describing in vivid detail their lives
as a rich Jewish family in France and Austria - I found
the part regarding the social standing and subsequent
fate of the Jews in these two countries in the first half
of the 20th century particularly interesting. Definitely a
book to be read at leisure, if you are interested in art
and history.
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim

Philby and the Great Betrayal Ben Macintyre
Reviewed
&
written
Elisabetta Buscemi

by

here's my review of Macintyre's

biography A Spy among Friends,
on Kim Philby's affair.
I loved the book and enjoyed the
atmosphere a lot.
As you all know Philby was the
most famous double agent in the history of British
intelligence.He started betraying every secret of Allied
operations since his university years, when he
embraced the Soviet political belief and never
repented, never doubted, thus sending hundreds to
their death.
But the book is also about the parallel stories of his
two closest friends who believed they knew Philby
better than anyone and discovered they had never
really known their friend's complete entity.
In particular Elliott, who must certainly have felt so
painfully betrayed, as he had helped the Philby family
so much during the period of Philby's inquisition,
before he was cleared up.
And yet, from Macintyre's pages, you feel the depth of
this lifelong friendship, you can almost imagine
yourself subdued by Philby's charm, his greatest gift
that fooled so many.
You can't possibly side for this double agent and
traitor of his country, his being untroubled by his
action's consequences yet his story is larger than life.
But more than all that, I felt so involved in the story
that I found myself uttering more than once: "how can
he (Macintyre) make up such gripping stories!".
Because that's it: if you were not aware that the book
is factual, you would assume that this astonishing
account were pure fiction!
The writer 's information comes from newly released
M15 files, so it's detailed and precise, but it's the way
he puts this material into his pages that makes the real
difference. No one writes about deceit so dramatically
and perceptively, his capacity to go deep into these
friendships makes this a thrilling and extraordinary
book, and it's the small human details that make the
story so intoxicating.
Although I believe the biography centers more on
Kilby's friendships than on his actual actions, it
probably is the definitive biography of the greatest spy
of English post-war period.
I'm not particularly keen on spy novels, Le Carr,
Grisham and friends, yet I advise you all to read it:
fascinating, engaging, you'll love it!

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Summer Article & Things to Do

For those of us who will be hanging around until August, especially with children, its easy to go into panic mode
during this time of year. How do I keep the kids entertained without spending a small fortune in a beautiful
outdoor setting?
Fortunately, a friend suggested the Parco Giardino Sigart. I just had to research the place as soon as I got off
the phone at www.sigarta.it
Wow! This will certainly be out next family day trip!
Some points of interest:
The Avenue of Roses with over 30,000 roses

The Maze made up of 1500 yew trees that stretch over an area of 2500 square meters

The Romeo and Juliet Horizontal Sun Dial

The Medicinal Herbs Garden with over 40 different plants

The Water Gardens with water lilies and Japanese Koi carp

The Hermitage built in 1792

The Stone of Eternal Youth

The Great Lawn

The Castelletto

The Great Oak that is four centuries old with a 6-meter round trunk and 120 meter circumference crown that
covers an area of 1000 square meters.

The T Farm with donkeys, goats, chickens, turkeys and ducks.

They are open from 8 March to 8 November from 9:00 to 18:00. Prices: Adults 12,00; Children ages 5 14 6,50;
Children ages 0 4 are free; and Adults over the age of 65 pay 9,50
The location is Via Cavour 1, 37067, Valeggio sul Mincio (Verona).
I hope to see you there!
Melissa

40 Monza Sport Festival

From June 13, 2015 at 09:00 to June 14, 2015 at 18:00.
The event of over 50 different sports demonstrations will be held
at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza Park.
Entrance is free

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Summer Article
Summer by Rachael Martin
Summer, that six-letter word that conjures up visions
of beaches, lazy sunny days and warm evening strolls
along the seafront after a relaxing and ever-so-civilised
candle-lit dinner. For some. Summer, that six-letter word
that provokes... Think of this frazzled face with hair on
end and the caption reads What am I going to do with
them for fourteen weeks??? Yes, we're not even into
summer officially yet and school's out on the 5th of June.
Today I was at the park on the hill and we were talking
about the proposed reforms for school holidays. Shorter
summer holiday, no homework and more holidays
throughout the year. So that'll be the Northern European
model, then. But we what will do? some of the mothers
were saying. How will we manage when we're working?
Point taken, and a very good one too. Although I have to
admit there's something special about having this long
stretch of time in front of you. So long as you don't
mention the homework. 120 pages each.
Last summer we went to Spain for two months. The
builders were moving in to do work on the outside of
our house, and so it just made sense. You can't play out
on a building site, and I developed this highly-detailed
paranoia about the scaffolding which was to be all
around the house and outside the boys' window, and
conjured up visions of them walking out on to the
scaffolding which is pretty terrifying when you're living
on the second floor. We came home in the middle of
August and the scaffolding wasn't even up. It eventually
went up when the kids went back to school.
So this year I want to stay home a bit more. Yes, we'll
go to Spain for a while and we'll go to grandad's in
England, and they'll go to the Oratorio this year for the
first time this year, three days a week for a whole six
weeks. But my boys are growing fast and I'm wanting to
make memories at home too, lazing about (that's me) in
the park and wandering through the fields down to the
brook looking for heffalumps. I secretly hope we'll still be
looking for heffalumps and they won't turn round and
laugh at me. I want to go the Parco del Currone and
walk along the terraces and look down on to Galbusera
Bianca and Galbusera Nera, eat our sandwiches at Ca'
Soldato and trek upwards to Montevecchia. I want to ride
through the fields on our bikes and watch my kids
charging off in front of me, and fix it all in my memory
surrounded by the mountains and the smallholdings and
the strawberries that are growing in the allotment just as

you get to the little bridge. Me and my younger son

went down there on our bikes yesterday. The trees seem
to have grown tremendously since the last time we went
there and we had to lean down under the trees and
watch our legs for nettle stings.
And everywhere we go we'll be accumulating sticks.
Sticks and stones. We brought some amazing stones
back from the park on the hill today. Big ones, and
they'd painted them green with grass. Mum, we've dyed
them green! Look! I didn't see them do it as they were
just over the edge of the hill making their secret den, all
marked out with sticks. Maybe it's like that when you live
in a village, you can give them that bit more freedom
although I admit I'm lucky as I can always hear them.
They came back gloriously muddy and then it was time
to go home via a trip to the supermarket complete with
a friend where their behaviour was far from desirable and
they continued to lean on the glass counter at the
delicatessen. Three wild boys covered in mud and dirt on
bare legs and bare arms and all over their faces, and the
woman on the right looked on disapprovingly.
When my boys were young I used to have this thing
about a childhood from the Hundred Acre Wood (the
wood where Winnie the Pooh lives, and Piglet and Eeyore
and the Heffalumps and all.) When they were little,
summers were made of paddling pools and merenda at
the little red Ikea table and chairs and playing tea parties
and shops and trains out in the garden with the
neighbour's daughter who's two years older. She used to
be the mum and my older son was the dad and used to
leave the garage and go off to work on his bike. Things
have changed now and it's a lot more rowdy and
boisterous and they'll happily ignore the neighbour's
daughter. Well, she's a girl, isn't she? And despite some
of the little girls being rather precocious and wanting to
sit next to my sons at lunch, my older one pulls a face
and I'm sitting here typing with a felt purse my younger
one has placed round my neck, because you're my
amore.
It's like that with boys. One minute they're all
over you showering you with love, and then there are
the days when it all goes pear-shaped and I'm hurrying
them out of the door, throwing their shoes behind them
yelling Just go out and play! as they've started diving
on the sofa and a bomb is exploding in my living room.
Yet today was one of those days when it felt like
Swallows and Amazons and the Hundred Acre Wood all
rolled into one. Roll on summer.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Month

Name

Month

Name

June 12

Ursula Mosso

July 24

Ute Pastorelli

June 13

Johanne Trevisanato

July 28

Nanette Zimitski

June 16

Jet Gerla

July 31

Isabella Paganini

June 19

Carla Foggini

July 31

Gianna Taccone

June 19

Fabiane Hirata

July 31

Adi Talmi

June 23

Flores Pirola

August 03

Ingrid Benvenuti

June 24

Silvia Bedotto

August 06

Marta Llinas

June 26

Laura Panzeri

August 11

Clotilde Xuref

June 27

Karin Lindblad

August 15

Sonia Amerigo

July 01

Maryann Andreetta

August 16

Marina Bruscoli

July 02

Ester De Giuli

August 17

Silvana Confalonieri

July 02

Nuccia Graziano

August 18

Janet Chiota

July 05

Barbara De Savorgnani

August 20

Paola Balottin

July 07

Yvonne El Masri

August 20

Jeannie Bisanti

July 08

Giusy Sciacca

August 23

Laura Ferrario-Ricagno

July 09

Bricci Silva

August 25

Lia Orlandi

July 10

Isabella Bamber-Ranieri

August 26

Ursula Accordino

July 11

Melissa Saucedo

August28

Trees De Steur

July 11

Nuala Tansey

August 26

Mara Canti

July 13

Ivy Ortelli

September 02

Anna Bodini

July 16

Linda Orlandi-Stonich

September 02

Fecerica Basso

September 04

Jo Coke

September 06

Marilena Nigretti

September 06

Sonia Barni

September 07

Rina Casati

September 08

Cindy Brizzi-Leiberum

September 09

Anna Caputi

July 17

Maria Stella Garozzo

July 19

Lorraine Bagnall

July 21

Eda Turkhan

July 22

Yoko Satouchi

July 22

Cristiane Fonseca

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GROUP ACTIVITIES
Activity

Contacts

Tel & email

Meets

Venue

Cost

BOOK CLUB
ONE

Barbara de
Savorgnani

039 200 6664

333 4931 018
barbianne@fastwebnet.it

3rd Thursday every

month,
10:00 to 12:00

Cindy Brizzis home

Annual book
cost 15

BOOK CLUB
TWO

Anne Stubley

039 671 359

stubley@iol.it

Usually 1st Tuesday

every month, 10:00 to Anne Stubleys home
12:00

Annual book
cost 20

READING
GROUP

Anne Stubley

039 671 359

Stubley@iol.it

Once a month
14:00 to 16:00

Members home or at a
bar

free

WRITING
GROUP

Anna Bodini

Twice a month

Usually at the Sporting

Club

Free

Every Tuesday
From 16:30

Cold/rainy weather: Crivi

Free
Bar, Vedano al Lambro.
Sunny days: SantAndrea
Park (exact location tbc)

PARENTS &
TODDLERS

Anna: 039 608 2896

annamurabitobodini@yahoo.com

Rachel Hawes racheljhawes@yahoo.co.uk

MOMS NIGHT
Gayna Clark
OUT

gaynaclark@hotmail.com

Once a month

Different restaurants

MONZA
WALKERS

Cindy Brizzi

039 321 284

cindy@brizzifamily.com

Every Monday,
9:15

Bar Cavriga, Monza Park

No charge

FRENCH
SPEAKING
GROUP

Ivana Menegar- 039 647 962

do-Develter
Ivanamenegardo @yahoo.fr

La renconte avec les

francophones est
mensuelle.

n/a

n/a

ENGLISH
SPEAKING
GROUP

Laura Panzeri

039 6064 698

Free

casatigiov@tiscali.it

Thur of Coffee
morning immediately
Sporting Club please
after meeting, and
contact Giovanna Casati
Thur 2 weeks later at
14:30

Laura_rol_818@hotmail.com
Giovanna
Casati

039 382 048

MONDAY
ENGLISH
MOVIE

Anne Stubley

039 671 359

Stubley@iol.it

Every Monday
afternoon

n/a

n/a

GERMAN
SPEAKING
GROUP

Ute Pastorelli
Wiechern
Ursula
Accordino

Ute: 039 367 397

ute.wiechern@teletu.it
Ursula: 039 920 5461
cicciono.uschi@alice.it

Every 1st and 3rd

Thursday
15:00 to 17:00

Sporting Club Lounge

Free

LANGUAGE
EXCHANGE

Marisa
Cerizzi

039 249 6967

Every Wednesday,
10:00 to 12:00

Sporting Club

Free

NEIGHBORHOOD
NETWORK
Vimercate

Anna Bodini & Anna: 039 608 2896

Gabriella
Gabriella: 039 685 0808
Mapelli
gabriella.mapelli@live.com

First Thursday of the

month - please
contact before

La Camilla, Vimercate

Free

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BOARD
benvenuto monza

President
Janine Davies

RS

BE
MEM

Ivana Menegardo-Develter

331 54 24 443
president@benvenutomonza.com

338 53 54 240
vicepresident@benvenutomonza.com

Sushil Penuti
039324083 / 3409168552

Zizeth Maroun

secretary@benvenutomonza.com

320 31 43 665
treasurer@benvenutomonza.com

Secretary

Treasurer

Eleonora Litta Durban

347 22 44 927

Julia Waters-DeZordi

Membership @benvenutomonza.com

338 23 97 850

Membership

specialactivities@
benvenutomonza.com

Special Activities

Anna Vicentini

Newcomers

348 87 12 329
publicrelations@

newcomers@
benvenutomonza.com

Public Relations
Melissa Saucedo

Susan Edick-Gianferrara
392 16 05 714

benvenutomonza.com

Editor

Vice President

Charity Co-Chair:

3389386783

Marina Lambrechts

editor@benvenutomonza.com

Honorary Members:
Barbara De Savorgnani

CLUB RULES
The Benvenuto International Club of Monza
welcomes English-speaking women from all over the world and
fosters international fellowship through its various
activities.
A monthly Coffee Morning is the Clubs principal social function.
The Club is non-profit, non-denominational and a-political.
English shall be the official language of the Club. All work performed by the Board and its committees is done on a voluntary
basis.

Membership:
The membership year runs from September through June of
the following year. The Membership Fee for current members is
due and payable no later than the October Coffee Morning of
each year. A full years Membership Fee is payable by new
members until February at which time new members pay one
-half of the Membership Fee. For any questions about membership contact the Membership Director.

Name Badges:
Name badges are supplied to each member to be worn at each
Coffee Morning. If Members forget their name badge they will
be required to pay a fine.

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Guests:
Members are welcome to bring a guest to one Coffee Morning
to introduce potential members to the Club. The same guest is
only allowed to attend two Coffee Mornings and the Christmas
meeting per year. The Guest Fee is 4. All guests will be given a
nametag to wear during the meeting.

Commercial Sales, Logo, Directory, Members Services:

No commercial sales are permitted at Club functions and neither the Benvenuto Club logo nor the membership
directory
is to be used for any commercial purposes. For a contribution,
members providing goods and services are
invited to post
advertisements in the Monza News.

Babysitting during coffee mornings:

Children are not allowed in the big hall in the Sporting Club
where the monthly meetings are held. This is due to the Insurance and the requirements of the Sporting club itself.
Babysitting is offered during coffee mornings, please contact
Ivana (vicepresident@benvenutomonza.com) to book Baby
Sitting. For the
moment this service is free of charge if you
book in advance.

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All contributions in advance.
10% discount for a
full
current year.

PAGE
MEMBERS
PORTION
PERSONAL
Contribution Contribution

Contribution
NON MEMBERS
and MEMBERS
BUSINESS

Contribution
in color

Contribution
in color NON
MEMBERS

1/4

15,00

20,00

30,00

45,00

1/2

30,00

40,00

60,00

75,00

FULL PAGE

45,00

55,00

80,00

100,00

Emergency Services
Free Call Numbers (Numero
Verdi)These national emergency numbers can be
reached from pay telephones, without the use of a
phone card or money.

24-hour

Pharmacies

(chemists) in Lombardy

Pronto Farmacia
Numero
Verde Tel: 800 801 185
The Pronto Farmacia helpline helps people to locate
an open pharmacy in Lombardy. It also assists those
in need of urgent prescriptions and general information. The service is available 24 hours a day.
Every pharmacy is obliged to display a list of pharmacies open at night outside their door. The pharmacies
open at night must keep their sign illuminated and the
bell visible.

For further information:

http://milan.angloinfo.com/information/31/
em_no.asp
http://www.aslmonzabrianza.it/

Emergency Dentist in Monza

Open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 to midnight.

Sundays and holidays from 14:00 to 19:00.

Location: Via Pellettier, 4 - Monza. Ample parking available

Tel. 039 388792 - 039 384952
Email: studiodentisticoabaco@gmail.com

*Many thanks to Marilena Nigretti, a Benvenuto Member and local pharmacist, who provided much of the information
presented here. Marilena has a Pharmacy (Farmacia Trevisan) in Usmate-Velate and she speaks fluent English.

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Telephone

Service
Emergency Service Ambulance
(Pronto Soccorso) - www.118milano.it

118

National Police (Carabineri)

112

Local Police

113

Fire Brigade (Vigili del fuoco)

115

Forest Fire (Incendio boschivo)

1515

Car Breakdown Assistance

(Soccorso stradale)

116

Emergency Doctors (Medici Volanti)

7733

In Case of a night-time health

problem that is not serious
enough for the Hospital Emergency room service, but needs
to be attended to quickly, call:
Emergency Public Health Services
Guardia Medica Natl Call Number: 840 500 092
Recommendation*:
Listen to the recording (in Italian) and wait for an operator on the line.
If you dont speak Italian, ask for someone who speaks
English.
Provide all of your personal information: name, address,
telephone number and the description of your illness.
Ask if there is a doctor who speaks English or your language.
They will have a doctor call you back in the next hour
(usually faster). The doctor will tell you, if they need to
make a house visit or if you should to go to the nearest
GUARDIA MEDICA. They will give you the address of
the closest one to your location.
Visits usually free of charge. House visits may be different.
This service usually works very well for a quick diagnosis or to resolve a problem, and to obtain a prescription
to go to the pharmacy.

BABYSITTERS
From

Name

Language

Telephone

Transport

Carate Brianza

Camilla Riva

EN

036 299 3953 or 338 459 8262

Own

Cosetta Riva

IT, GER, EN

362 993 953 or 335 620 2887

Own

Albiate

Erica Callisaya Vela

IT, EN, ES

320 481 3559

Own

Lissone

Sujanika Elvitigalage Dona

IT, EN, ES

338 4735 895

Own

Macherio

Sara Valtorta

IT

338 247 5082

Own

Monza

Giorgette Savy

IT, FR, EN

039 380 816

Own

Daphne D'Amato

IT, EN, Dutch

346 628 1605

Own

Mileth Hernandez

IT, ES

327 291 5270

Own

Stefania Candurra

IT

347 645 0884

Wendy Hodgson

IT, EN

3407969829

Own

Giulia Milan

IT, EN, FR

3392071971

Claudia Ghilardi

IT, EN

3803458183

Francesca Barzaghi

IT, GER, EN

333 678 1489

Josy Arcaya

IT, ES, EN

329 073 3910

Sylvia Malnati

IT, FR

348 244 2570

Own

Genevieve Sumiller

EN

3884426131

Elizabeth Sabado

IT, EN

3450121809

Own

Maria Castro

IT, EN

3896488867

Own

Arianna D'Onofrio

IT, EN,Greek

0392496666, or 3468336219

No

Vedano al Lambro

Disclamer: This list of babysitters have been produced for information purposes only and the club takes no responsibility for the qualifications of
these babysitters. However, all these names have been provided by members who have used their services.

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choose from a rich list of fresh ingredients selected by our Chef and designed
to ensure the right daily amount of fibers, proteins and carbohydrates.
Discover our tailored salads.
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