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08/31/2026

🇮🇹 Less than two weeks until the Bell’Italia Festival! 🇮🇹
Join us at Community Park in Hazle Township for a weekend filled with delicious food, live entertainment, family fun, and so much more!

📅 Festival Hours:

Friday: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – Fireworks 🎆
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

This year, we’re excited to bring you not only some of the best Italian food in the area, but also a celebration that welcomes all nationalities and cultures to come together as a community!

🐴 Pony Rides
🐄Petting Zoo
✨ Free entertainment all weekend long
🎢 Free Amusement rides
🎟️ Amazing tricky trays
🍝 Mouthwatering food
🎨 Homemade arts & crafts
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for the entire family
🎆 Fireworks Saturday night

There’s something for everyone at Bell’Italia! Bring your family, invite your friends, and come celebrate community, culture, food, and fun with us. 🇮🇹❤️

We can’t wait to see you at the Bell’Italia Festival!

08/28/2026

DiscoverNEPA, Powered by Mericle is supporting Hazleton UNICO’s upcoming Italian festival with a generous monetary donation.

UNICO appreciates DiscoverNEPA, Powered by Mericle’s support, as UNICO’s sponsors help make the festival possible each year.

UNICO’s 18th annual Bell’ Italia Festival will be held on September 11, 12 & 13, 2026, at Community Park in Hazle Township.
Hazleton UNICO is a local chapter of UNICO National, the largest Italian American Service organization in the country, with a sole mission dedicated to helping those in need in our local community.

To be a sponsor, or for details on the upcoming festival, please contact UNICO via Facebook messenger.

Pictured are: Jim Montone, UNICO Member, Isa Cordaro, Program Development Manager at DiscoverNEPA, Jim Cummings, Vice President of Marketing, Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services, Molly Blaskiewicz, Associate, Marketing Business, Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services, and Elena Timko, UNICO Secretary/Board Member

08/28/2026

T & F Tire Service & Supply Company is supporting Hazleton UNICO’s upcoming Italian festival as UNICO’s Entertainment sponsor.

T & F Tire Service & Supply Company, located in Kingston, PA, is an automotive service center founded in 1966, and Tom Tranguch is the third generation of his family to own T & F Tire Service & Supply Company.

Mr. Tranguch, along with his siblings, Florence, Catherine Amentler, and Benito Jr., are sponsoring the entertainment, in honor of their late parents, Benny and Nancy Tranguch.

Benny was a founding member of UNICO, servicing as president for consecutive years and was selected as UNICO’s Outstanding Italian-American of the Year in 2013.

UNICO appreciates T & F Tire Service & Supply Company’s support, is a proud to honor Benny and Nancy Tranguch at this year’s festival.

UNICO’s 18th annual Bell’ Italia Festival will be held on September 11, 12 & 13, 2026, at Community Park in Hazle Township.
Hazleton UNICO is a local chapter of UNICO National, the largest Italian American Service organization in the country, with a sole mission dedicated to helping those in need in our local community.

To be a sponsor, or for details on the upcoming festival, please contact UNICO via Facebook messenger.

Pictured are: Jim Montone, UNICO Member, Richard Klinefelter, Jim Wolf, Mark Paddock, Thomas Tranguch, Larry Neely, Justin Beseda, and Carrie Burchett, T & F Tire Service & Supply Company, and Elena Timko, UNICO Secretary/Board Member

08/27/2026

van Hoekelen Greenhouses is supporting Hazleton UNICO’s upcoming Italian festival with a generous monetary donation.
UNICO appreciates van Hoekelen Greenhouses’ annual support, as UNICO’s sponsors help make the festival possible each year.

UNICO’s 18th annual Bell’ Italia Festival will be held on September 11, 12 & 13, 2026, at Community Park in Hazle Township.
Hazleton UNICO is a local chapter of UNICO National, the largest Italian American Service organization in the country, with a sole mission dedicated to helping those in need in our local community.

To be a sponsor, or for details on the upcoming festival, please contact UNICO via Facebook messenger.

Pictured are: Alexzandriea van Hoekelen, Cornelis van Hoekelen, van Hoekelen Greenhouses, and Elena Timko, UNICO Secretary/Board Member

08/26/2026

🎉 Come Join Us for the 18th Annual Bell’Italia Festival! 🇮🇹
Get ready for an unforgettable weekend of food, fun, entertainment, and family-friendly activities at Community Park in Hazleton!

With 50+ vendors, there’s something for everyone. Enjoy delicious Italian, American, and Spanish food, browse unique crafts and handmade goods, and let the kids enjoy pony rides, a petting zoo, and FREE carnival rides! 🎠🐴

🎶 Live Entertainment All Weekend Long!
We’ll have entertainment throughout the entire weekend, plus fun competitions and activities, including our fingers tournament, spaghetti-eating contest, and meatball-making contest!

🎆 Don’t Miss the Fireworks!
Join us Saturday night as we light up the sky with a spectacular fireworks display at dusk!

📅 Festival Hours
Friday: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – Fireworks at dusk
Sunday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Bring your family and friends and make some great memories with us at the 18th Annual Bell’Italia Festival! 🇮🇹❤️
We can’t wait to see you there!

08/26/2026

UNICO made a monetary donation to Brandon and Lacey Karmonick. Brandon recently underwent a liver transplant, after finding out in July that he suffered from cryptogenic metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) (non-alcoholic cirrhosis).

UNICO's donation will help to defray the cost of Brandon's medical expenses.

Brendon was discharged from the hospital on August 7, and is now home recovering. UNICO wishes Brandon a full and speedy recovery.

Pictured below are Matt Starrick, UNICO member, Kashton Karmonick, Brandon Karmonick, and Dante Chirico, UNICO member.

08/26/2026

UNICO made a monetary donation to the family of Baby Eliza Mae Rogers, the four-month-old daughter of Lauren Johnson and Dalton Rogers, who has been hospitalized since early July, courageously fighting an immune system disorder.

UNICO's donation will help defer the cost for medical treatments and travel expenses.

Baby Eliza Mae is in C.H.O.P. (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), awaiting a bone marrow transplant.

Friends and family are hosting a fund raiser to support the family on September 19, 2026. Please attend, donate or support the family in any way you can.

Pictured are Sheila Johnson, Baby Eliza Mae's aunt, and Donna Delehanty, UNICO Past President and UNICO Board Member.

08/26/2026

The Carver’s Reserve is supporting Hazleton UNICO’s upcoming Italian festival with a generous monetary donation.
UNICO appreciates The Carver’s Reserve’s support, as UNICO’s sponsors help make the festival possible each year.

UNICO’s 18th annual Bell’ Italia Festival will be held on September 11, 12 & 13, 2026, at Community Park in Hazle Township.

Hazleton UNICO is a local chapter of UNICO National, the largest Italian American Service organization in the country, with a sole mission dedicated to helping those in need in our local community.

To be a sponsor, or for details on the upcoming festival, please contact UNICO via Facebook messenger.

Pictured are: Dante Chirico, UNICO member and Bell’ Italia Festival Chairman, Eric Wagner, The Carver’s Reserve General Manager, and Gianluca Sacco, UNICO member and Bell’ Italia Festival Co-Chairman.

08/26/2026

Fairway Motors (Fairway Chevrolet) is supporting Hazleton UNICO’s upcoming Italian festival with a generous monetary donation.

UNICO thanks Fairway Motors, and appreciates their continued support, as UNICO’s valued sponsors such as Fairway Motors, make the festival possible each year.

UNICO’s 18th annual Bell’ Italia Festival will be held on September 11, 12 & 13, 2026, at Community Park in Hazle Township.
To be a sponsor, or for details on the upcoming festival, please contact UNICO via Facebook messenger.

Pictured are: Lori Mallas, UNICO Board Member, Jeremy Ervin, Fairway Motors Salesman, Donna Delehanty, UNICO Past President and Board Member, Bernie Martoccio, UNICO member, and Cathy Gasper, UNICO Board Member.

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