On March 5, Daniel Enea, a third-generation funeral director with Daniel J. Enea Funeral & Cremation Care (Herkimer), left for Naples, Italy, where he taught English to students of all ages at Teresa Calofanieri School for 15 days. This was an entirely different experience for Enea, who has been deployed out of the country before for reasons relating to his field of work. This time, he joined some 20 other volunteers from all over the world at a hostel in central Italy. The visit was especially enlightening to Enea as he was able to walk the streets his grandparents did, in nearby Caserta, Italy, prior to their arrival in the USA. During his off hours at the school, Enea visited many Italian attractions and churches and even attended a Napoli Rotary meeting.

“When you do work such as this, you meet your closest friends,” Enea said. “The teachers and children were extremely appreciative, loving and welcoming, just as you would expect in the Italian culture,” he said.