More than 200 runners and walkers flooded the streets during La Festa Italiana to honor the memory of the late Capt. James R. Minicozzi and support the causes that the proceeds benefit: the Boys & Girls Clubs of NEPA for their children’s annual Christmas party and college scholarships at West Scranton High School. Every year the memorial race is held on the Saturday of LaFesta Italiana; next year’s memorial race will be Sept. 4 at 10 a.m. in downtown Scranton. The Cpt. James R. Minicozzi Memorial Race Facebook page provides updated information throughout the year. Minicozzi race committee and UNICO Scranton Chapter members, from left, first row: Sue Marullo, Germaine Helcoski, Jake Sweeney, Saige Sweeney; Theresa Mary Minicozzi Petrovich and Leslie Minicozzi Galacci, UNICO Scranton race director and chairperson, sisters of the late Capt. Minicozzi; and Zachary Jacobson. Second row: Gerard Welby, Joey Kalafut and Lackawanna County Commissioner Thom Welby.
