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Tutti a Tavola a Mangiare! The Nelson Italian-Canadian Society returns with a Spaghetti Sauce Fundraiser
Fall is traditionally the time of year when people start stocking their pantries by canning and preserving the bounty from their gardens. 
And for many Italian Kootenay homes, that fall tradition involves making their own homemade tomato sauce. This coveted tomato sauce is used as the base for making traditional Italian spaghetti sauce and is used on a variety of pastas, which is often the centrepiece of their meals. 
So this year, after the great success of organizing their first-ever Italian sausage fundraiser, the Nelson Italian-Canadian Society has decided to fundraise again and step back into the kitchen to cook up two types of traditional homemade spaghetti sauce. 
They will be making Traditional Meat-Based Spaghetti Sauce and Vegetarian Spaghetti Sauce. 
The homemade sauce will be made from an authentic recipe that uses canned crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, onions, garlic, olive oil, wine, salt, pepper, fresh and dried herbs. 
The spaghetti sauce will be sold in 1-litre plastic containers for $12.00 each. All proceeds go to support charitable initiatives in Nelson. 
No preservatives, no gluten, no dairy. Just really good food. 
“The Society volunteers were humbled by the overwhelming support for our successful Italian Sausage fundraiser. And when the idea was suggested that we could fundraise again and get back into the kitchen to make spaghetti sauce, there was no hesitation” says NICS President Paul Boscariol. “Fundraising with food has been a long-standing tradition for the Society and we’re happy to be able to continue to contribute to charitable causes in the community.” 
Use the link below to access the NICS secure online store where you can place your order. Pre-orders for both types of spaghetti sauce are limited and the sale runs from Nov 13 to Nov 27, 2020. Don’t be disappointed, order your spaghetti sauce soon!
 
https://nelson-italian-canadian-society.square.site/

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Press On with the Help of the Nelson Italian-Canadian Society
West Kootenay winemakers ordered 72,000 pounds of grapes and wine juice with the help of the Nelson Italian-Canadian Society
 

 
Every year, winemakers worldwide eagerly anticipate the end of September as the time to make a new vintage of wine. And in the West Kootenay, winemakers were worried they were going to miss their annual opportunity because an area retailer would not be bringing in the coveted grapes and wine juice from California this year.
But despite the uncertainty of getting any product, The Nelson Italian-Canadian Society stepped forward with the help of many of its avid winemaker members and offered to organize an order of California wine grapes and wine juice.
Messages were sent out via the Society’s email list and Facebook page with details and pricing. It did not take long before responses and phone calls started flooding in with people eager to put in their order for grapes or wine juice.
Through the Society’s order, local vintners secured their supply of coveted varietals like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Sirah, Chardonnay and more. The response in orders was large enough to fill a 53-foot transport trailer with 72,000 pounds of grapes and juice. That translates to 586 36lb cases of grapes, 210 23L pails of juice and four 200L barrels of juice.
In the past, wine grapes and juice would arrive in Nelson via distributors in Calgary or Kelowna. But since the NICS order was so big, the truck drove up directly from California to Nelson and arrived on Friday, September 18 where it parked in the Nelson Chamber of Commerce building parking lot.
 
The next morning, the parking lot transformed into a makeshift produce depot where the individual orders were handed out the respective winemakers. Buyers came from Kaslo, Hills, the Nelson area, Trail area and Christina Lake to pick up their orders.
Within two hours, NICS volunteers worked to unload the transport to fill a fleet of local pick up trucks, trailers, and cars and ensure all orders were complete. As the last order drove away, the only thing left to indicate there was any activity was a few odd grapes strewn on the tarmac that fell from cases.
Customers were extremely happy and thankful that the NICS organized this order.
 
“Many thanks for looking after us.  Much appreciated.” ~ Emilio
 
“Thanks for all the hard work organizing the grape order for all of us. Everything looked like it went off without a hitch. Cheers to you.”  ~ Gino
 
“We would like to thank you for all your efforts put forward in organizing the “Historical Grape Order”. You exceeded our expectations, for that we thank you. I hope the efforts merited a good return for the Club.   From our end, after a wine lunch, we had everything (65 cases) crushed and cleaned up in time to have wine and cheese before 3 pm. A great day!!  Thanks again.” ~ Butch
 
“Just a little thank you to your volunteers for a job well done.” ~ Lino
 
The NICS would like to thank its volunteer members, the Nelson District Chamber of Commerce for providing the use of their parking lot to unload the trailer, and Rona Maglio’s for providing a forklift and driver to unload the trailer.
What would go better with a bottle of homemade wine? Pasta with homemade sauce, of course. In early December, the Society is planning another tasty authentic Italian tomato sauce fundraiser.  Details will be posted on the NICS Facebook site: @NelsonItalianCanadianSociety or people interested may email nelsonitaliancanadiansociety@gmail.com.