The fun returns as Revere League for Special Needs hosts first dance party in four years

  The Revere League for Special Needs held its first party since 2019, with pandemic protocols in place, on Saturday at St. Anthony of Padua Church. They plan to host monthly events. School Committee Member Carol Tye donated half-baked pizzas from Prince Pizzeria. Disc Jockey Alan Labella, of Saugus, provided entertainment.

  “Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Revere League for Special Needs, Inc. (League) has been hosting all their events via Zoom,” League President Marianne Pesce said. “However, on Saturday, June 18, the League held its first in-person gathering in over two years, and it was awesome.”

  With the League in lockdown during 2020, and the City of Revere in need of relocating the First Congregational Church’s Revere Food Pantry, the City asked the League if they would consider allowing the Food Pantry to use the building. The League’s Executive Board decided that serving the community would be far more meaningful than maintaining a building. So, in August of 2020, the Food Pantry began serving the people of Revere from its new home at 200 Winthrop Ave.

  “The Revere League for Special Needs, Inc. is more than a building, it is a varied group of people who enjoy spending time together, dancing to the tunes of Alan Labella, and being part of the Revere community,” Pesce said. “As this past Saturday proved, this comradeship is achieved anywhere we gather.”