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Updated 2021 Scholarship information has been posted. To see the information please click on Membership Info above and then select Annual Scholarships in the drop down menu.
Membership offers fun, friendships and opportunity
Membership at the Italian Heritage Center includes opportunities to volunteer and/or just participate in the numerous Member Only events that are scheduled throughout the year. So, don’t wait, join now and enjoy friends and family all year at the Italian Heritage Center.
Don’t wait, complete an application process here now…
You do not have to be Italian to join.
We offer two types of membership – Regular and Associate
Regular – Of Italian origin or related by linage to person of Italian origin by marriage or adoption
Associate – Not of Italian Origin
Our Mission…
The Center is committed and dedicated to:
1) preservation and promotion of our Italian heritage, culture and history;
2) maintaining a vital repository of and being an important resource for information about Italy and the Italian experience in America; 3) social, charitable, benevolent, and educational endeavors;
4) teaching the Italian language and the history of Italy and Italian immigration to Maine and offering instruction on the significant contributions Italians have made to the Arts, Sciences and Humanities; and
5) fostering the sharing and handing down of customs, traditions and cuisine from generation to generation.