Cepranese Club of Detroit

“Chi trova amico, trova un tesoro.”
“Who finds a friend, finds a treasure.”

                                      Italian Proverb

For more than 75 years the Cepranese Club of Detroit has lived up to those words, creating camaraderie and bonds that have lasted decades.

At the same time it’s celebrated the heritage, the history and the ties it has with the Italian city for which the club is named - Ceprano, Italy.  A social-fraternal organization, the Cepranese Club’s 140 members are made up of immigrants from Ceprano or descendents of those individuals.

From bocce ball tournaments to golf outings and summer family picnics to sumptuous Christmas  dinner dances, Cepranese Club members know how to have fun.  But more important, they know how to combine good times with a good cause.  In the past, the club has donated funds to:

        - Earthquake victims in Italy
        - Disabled American war veterans
        - the American Leukemia Society

Find out more about the Cepranese Club.  Find out something about your heritage and then add something to it.  Call Joe Fortuna, Jr., at 586.623.3039.

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Close to 200 members

and their families and

friends came to the

club's annual

Christmas

dinner/dance on Dec.

16.  Held at

the Palazzo Grande

hall in Shelby

Township, the

celebration featured

great food, music, and

company.  An after-

dinner raffle was a

hit, thanks to

generous donors.

 Check out photos of

the party on page two,

and thanks to the

following people

and establishments for

donating gifts to the

raffle.  Remember them

throughout the year!

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- Joe Colasanti

- Forest Glade Fireplaces, Windsor

- La Stella Market, Windsor

- Giovanni Caboto Club, Windsor

- Dominic Zack and family

- Joseph Fortuna, Sr. and family

- Lisa McGowan and family

- Colio Estates Wines, Windsor

- Lino’s Restaurant, Rochester

- Villa Restaurant, Eastpointe

- Cepranese Club

Members Tim Babinski (above) in Barcelona, Spain, and Thomas Tryban (middle) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Stephen Tryban (bottom), in Nicaragua, share photos of themselves wearing Cepranese shirts while overseas.  Share your photo, too! Take a photo of yourself wearing a Cepranese Club shirt while on vacation and e-mail or bring it to us.  We'll share it with others, and make you look good!

 Italians have always had style.  Now it's time to prove it!  Buy a Cepranese Club of Detroit shirt or sweatshirt and stand out from the crowd.  They come in a variety of colors and styles.  And, of course, they make great Christmas and birthday gifts.  Just click here for an order form.  Or pick one up at a club meeting.



Don't forget - next meeting on Friday, May 4!        

See you there!