Please enjoy the Foundation’s five 30-second celebrity public service announcements celebrating October’s National Italian American Heritage Month. This year’s spots include recordings by prominent Italian Americans, chef Mary Ann Esposito, host of PBS’s “Ciao Italia,” actress and recording artist Deana Martin, daughter of the late Dean Martin, Ellen Pompeo, star of the ABC drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” Martin Scorsese, Academy Award-winning director, and Dick Vermeil, Super Bowl-winning former NFL Head Coach.

Themes include the importance of family values and traditions, education, neighborhood memories and love expressed through food.