[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 5359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             IN RECOGNITION OF LUBIANA BAGNESCHI CERNOBORI

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                           HON. JACKIE SPEIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 23, 2012

  Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Lubiana Bagneschi Cernobori, 
one of the most generous, altruistic and loving women I have ever met. 
Lubiana is being honored by the Peninsula Italian American Social Club 
in San Mateo, California for her outstanding charitable and civic 
activities in San Mateo County.
  Lubiana was born in Lucca, Italy as the youngest daughter of the late 
Gina and Nello Bagneschi. She came to the United States with her family 
in 1952, attended local schools and learned English. In 1962 she 
graduated from Burlingame High School.
  Perseverance, hard work and creativity have been the constant theme 
of Lubiana's life. She worked as a secretary and word processor for 
many years while raising a family. She and her husband Renato Cernobori 
have three daughters and four grandchildren.
  Since her retirement, Lubiana has dedicated her time and energy to 
two Italian-American organizations: The Peninsula Italian-American 
Social Club (PIASC) and the Italian-American Women's Guild (IAWG). As 
one of the founding members of IAWG, she started and still chairs Mani 
di Angeli, or Hands of Angels. Mani di Angeli helps fellow IAWF members 
in time of crisis by taking them to hospital or doctor visits, cooking 
meals or simply making cookies.
  Mani di Angeli does hands-on work and makes the recipients feel like 
they have been touched by an angel. Under Lubiana's guidance, the 
committee members have donated clothing, food and toiletries to 
Samaritan House and Saint Francis Center, organized a knitting group 
and delivered thousands of items to nursing homes, hospitals and chemo 
infusion centers. They have sent care packages to soldiers in Iraq and 
donated cell phones and chargers to a domestic violence shelter. They 
have conducted fundraisers for Cooley's Anemia and the Alzheimer Aid 
Society and food and toy drives for charitable groups and food banks. 
They have sewed hundreds of surgical dolls and wheelchair backpacks for 
children in local hospitals.
  As is apparent from the diversity of projects Lubiana initiated, she 
is incredibly creative and resourceful and cares deeply about the good 
of our community. She also has extraordinarily good taste as one can 
see from her work decorating PIASC's beautiful hall.
  Mr. Speaker, it is right to honor Lubiana Bangneschi Cernobori on 
Columbus Day for her invaluable service to the Italian American 
community and our community at large.

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