On October 19, Dave Passanise, owner of Maestro Screen Printing, accepted the Italian Heritage Award in a gracious speech to family, friends and club members at Favazza's Banquet Center. His inspirational words gave everyone insight into Dave's philosophy on life, and the principles that guide him.

In Dave's words: "Now, why am I here? (I stole that from Msgr. Pollizzi's acceptance speech for the Mother Cabrini award at the Columbus dinner. My speech won't be quite as meaningful as his, or as long. I'm not much of a talker. I am a man of few words. In fact most of my text responses are only one word. Yes, No, OK, an occassional emoji heart, just for my wife Julie.

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Source: http://www.hillstl.org/