Vincent’s Anniversary
Charity Event

Vincent’s Night Club hosted their 22nd annual Anniversary Celebration on Wednesday May 14th. As they do every year, the Lombardo’s Family annually hosted three charities at this gala ball. The family picks up 100% of the expense for the entertainment, food & liquor. In return, guests are asked to donate a minimum of $65 per person to one of the three featured charities.

This year’s highlighted charities included The Turner Free Library of Randolph, Wayland to Waveland/Mission to Mississippi, and Zumix. The event pulled more than 700 people and raised $53,000 for the three charities. This years’ event fell on the 10th anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s death, and in honor of Ol’ Blue Eyes, the night’s featured entertainment was provided by Michael Dutra & The Strictly Sinatra Quartet.

Vincent’s, Lombardo’s, and the Lombardo’s Family are proud to host this annual event and they sincerely appreciate the charitable donations the guests make. Here is a little bit about each cause:

One of the busiest Libraries on the South Shore, The Turner Free Library of Randolph serves a culturally diverse community and is hindered by budgetary restrictions in providing new programs to assist the residents and students of Randolph. The library has few bilingual books and even less foreign audio materials – media that would be very important to adequately serve the town’s residents. Donations received from the event will help to update the library’s Career Center.

Wayland to Waveland/ Mission to Mississippi is a public-private nonprofit partnership begun in Wayland, MA. Its mission is to help the community of Waveland, Mississippi recover and rebuild following Hurricane Katrina. Since September, 2005 Wayland has helped Waveland resi-dents by sending household items, rebuilding the baseball field and planting a memorial garden for afamily of 4 who died in the storm, rebuilt three homes, built and donated 8 new homes for Waveland families. Donations are going to help the organization continues relief efforts.

Zumix was founded in 1991 with $200 and a simple plan - to get kids of East Boston off the streets and to improve their lives through music. Zumix continues to serve the youth of East Boston and surrounding areas by offering songwriting, creative technology, and instrumental music programs. They are currently working on a $4.2 million capital campaign to renovate the old Engine Company 40 Firehouse into a state-of-the-art performing arts center. Donations with go towards this

Phenomenal beverage set up for Coca Cola’s January 31st Boston Market Unit Meeting

They love us . . . They really love us . . . . On Behalf of South Shore Hospital’s Volunteer Program I would like to commend your staff on a job well done. We hosted our Annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon at your facility today. It was our first time working with your facility and it was a big success. Joan Agri assisted us with the process and we are thrilled. She paid careful attention to every detail and was always professional and positive. We look forward to working with her next year. The wait staff and set up crew were exceptional! The food exceeded our expectations! Many Thanks to all! - Diane M. Downs, Volunteer Services, South Shore Hospital Hello Joan, Many thanks for your patience in planning this event with me. It is evident why Lombardo’s has remained such a stellar event destination- because of dedicated staff like yourself. The event turned out to be better than I hoped and people are still talking about it. - Nathania C. Onyeagoro, Resident Services & Community Programming Coordinator, Beacon Communities I could not attend the event I planned on Dec. 20 for NSTAR so I truly appreciate what good care you took of my event. I have received many compliments to the service, the food, the décor and the facilities. Everyone loved it there. Thank you so much! P.S. . . .the food was exceptional, from what everyone says – my compliments to the chef and the kitchen staff. - Kerry Hogan, Executive Assistant, NSTAR Electric & Gas The breakfast meeting went great and we are very happy with the service and the facility provided by Lombardo’s. - Melanie Smith, Quirk Chevrolet

Lombardo’s New Year’s Celebration We are now accepting online registrations for our annual New Year’s Eve Bash. Ditch headaches of planning a New Year’s party and let Lombardo’s do all the hard work! Register today at lombardos.com Host your Corporate event at Lombardo’s Book your company’s event. Lombardo’s offers the best corporate event packages in the Boston area. Contact Joan at (781) 986-5000 or email jagri@lombardos.com

Quince Winners

The 2008 annual Quinceañeras Festival at Lombardo’s was a huge success. With roughly 330 people in attendance, guest enjoyed presentations from area vendors such as local area florists, photographers, videographers, limousine companies, jewelry, bakeries, real estate, party favors and salons. An event for the whole family, the show also featured horse and buggy rides, face painting, and a fashion show that showcased this season’s most popular Quinceañeras trends.

The highlight of the event was the awarding of the $10,000 Lombardo’s Quinceañeras package. Out of approximately 80 entries, Heidy Carrillo of Lawrence will celebrate her special fifteenth birthday at Lombardo’s, absolutely free. Heidy’s mother, Maritza, remarked, “We never thought we would be so lucky.” The Staff at Lombardo’s congratulates the lucky family, and is looking forward to hosting this event again next year.

Meet Joan

She’s Joan Agri, Lombardo’s Corporate Sales Consultant. You’ve probably met her if your business has ever done business with Lombardo’s. She’s the one that makes it all look easy – perfect cuisine, perfect décor, perfect entertainment, perfect event.

Herb Chambers and Lombardo’s Corporate Event Guru Joan Agri at last month’s Herb Chamber’s Monthly meeting.

Joan’s been with Lombardo’s for a little over two years, now, although she’s been in sales for twenty years. She used to run her own business, Encore Designer Consignments, which was located on the North Shore. She has two great children, a daughter, Andrea and a son, Dominic who has just completed two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Army Want to get to know Joan better? Read our Q&A or give her a call to book your next corporate event!.