Picnic 2016

Held on September 17th at the Meriden PBA Club; 74 Birdsey Avenue, Meriden, CT. Around 80 people attended the picnic including over 35 brothers covering almost all the pledge classes. Brothers from the Charter Members through the final pledge classes along with spouses, girlfriends and kids enjoyed a great day of food, re-establishing friendships, making new ones and reminiscing about the past. Also attending was Kathy Valla, Drew's wife

The day was kicked off by Ed Nadriczny who paid a tribute to all our departed brothers with the focus being on one of our founders and 1st President Drew Valla. Also honoring Drew were his brothers Rick Mahoney, Mike Bundock and Lud Spinelli

The ceremony ended with the playing of The Impossble Dream on our superior sound system

Thru ticket sales and the generosity of many brothers who gave additional donations to the fund, we covered all expenses and have approximately $675 left on hand. These funds will be used as necessary for any future, appropriate Phi Alpha Omega expenses and as "start up" funds for any future events. There was some talk among Brothers about our next potential event; what, when and where it should be. If you have any ideas or suggestions for our next possible event, please get those ideas to me (George Barone) and I will pass it on to everyone

Please continue to reach out to Brothers we may not have contact info for and get that information to me. Also, please forward any fraternity related information to me and I will make sure it gets on the web site

The big news from an historical standpoint was the return of 'The Picture'. After 10-15 years of no one knowing where is was, who had it or if it even still existed. This mystery was our own Jimmy Hoffa story. Well it appeared again but by the end of the day, it was gone. To be seen again in ?

We have to give the brothers involved a lot of credit for pulling this off. We (collectively speaking) still have the touch! For those of you who never heard of this, visit the Brothers Only Page for background information