Our Lodge has hit the jackpot! Won the lotto! Swept the Oscars! Won the Kentucky Derby! Yes indeed, good fortune has arrived at our door, with the selection and appointment of Larry Capeloto to the Lodge presidency!

When Joe LaPorta, our Lodge president for over twenty years, along with his mate Laurie, decided to step back from the presidency, and assume the position of President Emeritus-CEO, he and the board decided that Larry would be the perfect fit, and they indeed hit the jackpot.

Larry had decided to retire from his weekly show at the Indian Wells Hotel after seven wildly successful years. So

On Sunday. July 28, 2024. Hacienda Lodge No. 2168 held their Lodge picnic in Michigan Park, Whittier.

Pictures from the convention.

92nd Anniversary Dinner Dance

Our lodge gave an award to Rosario Monetti for Outstanding Member of the San Diego Italian Community.  Rosario is an accomplished Opera Singer, Musician, Actor and Lyricist.  He has served as the curator for the San Diego Italian Film Festival and Music Director of Convivio

Blake Scialo was awarded the $1000.00 Hanford Lodge Memorial Scholarship for 2024/25. He is shown with Jackie Giacomazzi, Scholarship Chair and Lodge President Michael Leoni. Blake’s parents are Vincent & Kristine Scialo and his grandmother, Patricia Scialo. His sister, Chloe, (who received the Lodge scholarship in 2021/22) will be a senior