dents enrolled in Italian studies. It has also
set up endowments with several post-sec-
ondary institutions including York Univer-
sity, Ryerson University and the University
of Toronto, Sacco said.
“We also work with community outreach
programs such as the Vitanova Founda-
tion and Caritas to help financially support
people aiming to further their education.
More recently, the CIBPA made contribu-
tions to the Marcus Cirillo Trust through
the True Patriot Love Foundation”to aid the
young son of Corporal Nathan Cirillo who
was killed at Parliament Hill in Ottawa in
October 2014, he added.
Working as a separate entity, but alongside
the Toronto CIBPA, is the CIBPA Ladies’
Auxiliary, which was founded in Toronto
in 1953 by Jackie Rosati, who remains a
key member of the organization. Last year,
Rosati made a $5,000 Ladies’ Auxiliary do-
nation to the CIBPA,which will be used to
provide three educational bursaries to the
families of fallen military personnel. This
“There’s a funny thing. When I looked at my university degree, it says: ‘with all its rights,
privileges and obligations’ and if you look at your citizenship paper—because I was born
in Italy and came over at a very young age — it says: ‘with all its rights, privileges and
obligations’. So, citizenship and education come with benefits as well as requirements to
be good corporate citizens.”
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