2010
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Summary of 2010 grants
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Dec 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$5,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the debt from the Expansion Project at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
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Nov 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$5,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the debt from the Expansion Project at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
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Oct 2010: Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn.
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$1,000 to the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn. to support the Seattle Polish Film Festival
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Oct 2010: Polish Soccer Club
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$2,000 to the Polish Soccer Club in Seattle for the new season
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Sep 2010: Polish Book Club
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$350 to the Polish Book Club in Seattle to support meeting with author Inga Iwasiow
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Jul 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$5,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the debt from the Expansion Project at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
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Jul 2010: Salon of Poetry
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$300 to the Salon of Poetry in Seattle to support promotion of Polish poetry in Seattle
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June 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$5,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the debt from the Expansion Project at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
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Jun 2010: Polish School in Seattle
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$500 to the Polish School in Seattle for the awards for the students and educational materials
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Jun 2010: Polish School in Bellevue
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$500 to the Polish School in Bellevue for the awards for the students and educational materials
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Jun 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$200 to the Polish Home Assn. to support International Dance event in Seattle
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May 2010: Aparat Films
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$5,000 to Aparat Films to support the Sybiracy project and the animation movie The Trip To Nowhere
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May 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$500 to the Polish Home Association towards new folk costumes for the children troupe Mlodzi Polanie
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May 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$5,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the debt from the Expansion Project at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
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Apr 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$5,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the debt from the Expansion Project at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
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Mar 2010: Polish Home Assn.
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$15,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the debt from the Expansion Project at the Polish Cultural Center / Polish Home
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Feb 2010: JP II Foundation in Seattle
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$500 towards creating a monument in Seattle to honor John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla).
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2009
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Summary of 2009 grants
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Dec 2009: Aparat Films
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$4,000 to Aparat Films to support the Sybiracy project and the animation movie The Trip To Nowhere
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Nov 2009: Polish Soccer Club
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$2,000 to the Polish Soccer Club in Seattle for the new season
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Nov 2009: Polish Film Festival in America
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$500 to the Society for Arts towards the Polish Film Festival in America in Seattle
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Nov 2009: Aparat Films
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$2,000 to Aparat Films to support the Sybiracy project lecture, exhibition and the animation movie The Trip To Nowhere
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Nov 2009: Aparat Films
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$4,000 to Aparat Films to support the Sybiracy project lecture, exhibition and the animation movie The Trip To Nowhere
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Mar 2009: Polish Home Assn.
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Total of $50,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle for the Expansion Project at the Polish Home
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Oct 2009: Polish Home Assn.
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$400 to the Polish Home Association towards new folk costumes for the children troupe Mlodzi Polanie
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Jun 2009: Polish School in Seattle
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$1,000 to the Polish School in Seattle for the awards for the students and educational materials
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Jun 2009: Polish School in Bellevue
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$500 to the Polish School in Bellevue for the awards for the students and educational materials
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Jun 2009: Polish Home Assn.
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$20,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle for the Expansion Project at the Polish Home
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May 2009: Ms. Anna Ferens
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$400 stipend to director Anna Ferens to support screening of the movie Three Buddies at the Polish Home in Seattle
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Apr 2009: Polish Soccer Club
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$2,000 to the Polish Soccer Club in Seattle for the new season
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Apr 2009: Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn.
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$1,000 to the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn to support the Seattle Polish Film Festival
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Mar 2009: Polish Home Assn.
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$35,00 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle for the Expansion Project at the Polish Home
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Feb 2009: Polish Home Assn.
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$2,000 to the Polish Home Assn. in Seattle towards the cost of renovation of the historical Wilkeson flag
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Feb 2009: Polish Home Assn.
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Total of $66,00 to the Polish Home Association in Seattle for the Expansion Project at the Polish Home
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2008
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Summary of 2008 grants
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Dec 2008: Northwest Film Forum
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$500 to the Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
to support Polish movies at the Animation Festival
in January 2009
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Dec 2008: Polish Home Assn.
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$100,345 to the Polish Home Association in
Seattle for the construction of the new wing
at the Polish Home
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Nov 2008: Polish Home Assn.
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$44,991 to the Polish Home Association in
Seattle for the construction of the new wing
at the Polish Home
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Oct 2008: Polish Home Assn.
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$53,844 to the Polish Home Association in
Seattle for the construction of the new wing
at the Polish Home
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Aug 2008: Polish Home Assn.
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$2,319 to the Polish Home Association in
Seattle for the construction permits for the
Expansion Project of the Polish Home
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Aug 2008: Scholarship
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$500 in a scholarship grant to Ms. Laura
Degerness to support her college education at
the Western Washington University
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Aug 2008: Polish Soccer Club
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$2,500 to the Polish Soccer Club in Seattle
for the Nations Cup and start of the new season
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Aug 2008: Polish Home Assn.
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90 shares of the Polish Home share certificates
donated to the PHF for the benefit of the Polish
Home Association in Seattle
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Jun 2008: Polish School in Seattle
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$400 to the Polish School in Seattle for
the awards for the students and educational
materials
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Jun 2008: Polish School in Bellevue
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$400 to the Polish School in Bellevue for
the awards for the students and educational
materials
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May 2008: MUN at the Univ. of Washington
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$500 to the Model United Nations of the University
of Washington in Seattle to support the trip
to the MUN finals in Washington, DC, representing
Poland
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Apr 2008: Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn.
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$1000 to the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn
to support the Seattle Polish Film Festival
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Jan 2008: Polish Soccer Club
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$2,500 to the Polish Soccer Club in Seattle
for the spring season
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Jan 2008: Medical assistance
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$300 to Mr. Grzegorz Kozak to support his
returning to Poland after medical emergency
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2007 |
Summary of 2007
grants |
Dec 2007: Polish
Home Association |
$8,745 to the Polish
Home Association in Seattle for the cost of
parking lot improvements in the summer 2007 |
Nov 2007: Polish
Home Association |
A GlobeCast satellite
dish, decoder, remote and cables from Ryszard
& Maria Kott of Redmond to the Polish Home Association
to support Polish language TV at the Polish
Home. |
Nov 2007: Polish
Film Festival in America |
$500 to the Society
for Arts towards the Polish Film Festival in
America in Seattle |
Oct 2007: Polish
Home Association |
$400 to the Polish
Home Association towards new folk costumes for
the children troupe Mlodzi Polanie |
Oct 2007: Polish
Home Association |
Three museum quality
Polish folk costumes and two display cases from
Ms. Sylvia Skratek of Seattle to the Polish
Home Association for preservation and future
exhibitions |
Sep 2007: Polish
Home Association |
$1,000 to the Polish
Home Association towards supporting the Cathedral
Choir Cantate Deo from Koszalin, Poland, during
its visit to Seattle and the Puget Sound. |
Aug 2007: Polish
Soccer Club |
$1,500 to the Polish
Soccer Club in Seattle for the Nations Cup and
start of the new season |
Jun 2007: Polish
Home Remodeling Fund |
$4,300 profit from
the PHF Pierogi Fest to the Polish Home Remodeling
Fund to support the Expansion Project at the
Polish Home |
Jun 2007: Polish
School in Bellevue |
$500 to the Polish
School in Bellevue for the student awards |
May 2007: Polish
School in Seattle |
$500 to the Polish
School in Seattle for the student awards |
May 2007: Polish
Home Association |
Computer software
(Microsoft Office & One LiveCare) for the new
computer at the PHA office at the Polish Home. |
Apr 2007: Seattle
Polish Film Festival |
$1,000 to the Seattle-Gdynia
Sister City Assn to support 2007 Seattle Polish
Film Festival |
Apr 2007: Polish
Soccer Club in Seattle |
$1,500 to the Polish
Soccer Club PKS of Seattle for the League registration
cost and equipment |
Jan 2007:
Polish School in Seattle
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Grant of $450 to the Polish
School in Seattle towards student
awards.
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Jan
2007:
Polish Home Association |
Grant of two Polish
folk costumes for women (a Cracovian one and
a Tatra mountaineer one, complete with a pair
of original kierpce shoes) donated by Ms. Jennifer
Tucci of Seattle for the benefit of the Polish
Home pool of Polish folk costumes. |
2006 |
Summary of 2006
grants |
Dec 2006:
Polish Home
Expansion Project |
Grant of $23,588
to the Polish Home Association to cover the
cost of the parking lot extension at the Polish
Home in Seattle. This is part of the PH Expansion
Project |
Nov 2006:
Radio Wisla |
Grant of $340
for audio editing software packages to be used
at Radio Wisla. |
Nov 2006:
Polish Home Expansion Project
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Grant of $2300 profit from the
Pierogi Fest to the
Expansion Project fund.
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Sep 2006:
Northwest Film Forum in Seattle
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Grant of $500 to support a NFF
film retrospective for director
Krzysztof Kieslowski.
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May 2006:
Gazetka Polonijna |
Grant of $500 to
Gazetka Polonijna to support Polish language
publishing in Seattle |
May 2006:
Polish School on Eastside |
Grant of $250 to
the Polish School on Eastside towards student
awards |
May 2006:
Polish School in Seattle |
Grant of $350 to
the Polish School in Seattle towards students
awards |
May 2006:
Polish Choir in Seattle |
Grant of $500 to the Polish
Choir
Vivat Musica in Seattle
towards supporting the trip
to the
Polonia Choir Festival
in Kolobrzeg, Poland, in July
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May 2006:
PKS Soccer Club |
Grant of $600 to
the PKS Soccer Club to support the team going
to the All Nation Cup competition in July
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Mar 2006:
Seattle Polish
Film Festival |
Grant of $1000 to the Seattle-Gdynia Sister
City Association to support the Seattle Polish
Film Festival. |
Mar 2006:
Polish Home |
Grant the
USS Casimir
Pulaski commemorative plaque donated
by Ms. Aldona Swierczewski of Milton to the
Polish Home Association. |
Jan 2006:
PKS Soccer Club |
Grant of $1000 to the PKS Soccer Club for equipment
& support of the team. |
2005 |
Summary of 2005 grants |
Dec 2005:
Historical flag
granted to Polish Home Association |
A grant of a Polish
National Alliance flag from June 18, 1899 belonging
to the Kosciuszko Association in the West –
PNA Lodge #480 - from Wilkeson, WA,
donated for the benefit of the Polish
Home by Bert & Jan Pond of Seattle |
Oct 2005:
A grant to the
Polish Home Expansion project
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A grant of $8,250 to the Polish Home Association
in Seattle to pay for the remainder of the Conditional
Use Permit fee for the Polish Home construction
project to the City. |
Oct 2005:
A grant towards
a Solidarity booklet |
A grant of $300 to prof.
Zb. A. Pietrzyk
of Seattle towards printing of his historical
booklet about support for the Solidarity movement
by the Seattle community in the 1980s.
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Sep 2005:
A grant to the
Polish Home ventilation project |
A grant of $5,143 to the Polish Home Association
to help with the financing of the new ventilation
system at the Polish Home. |
Jun 2005:
A grant to the
Polish Museum in Rapperswil |
A grant of $3,120 to the Polish Museum in
Rapperswil, Switzerland.
This grant was possible due to multiple donations
to the Museum in memory of Ms.
Jadwiga Golubiec. |
May 2005: A grant to Gazetka
Polonijna |
A grant of $400 to the Society
for Polish Culture in Seattle for the quarterly
Gazetka Polonijna, to support Polish language
publishing in Seattle. |
Apr 2005: A grant to Polish
Film Festival |
A grant of $1000 to Seattle-Gdynia
Sister City Association towards the organization
of the Seattle Polish Film Festival, running
April 23 – May 1, 2005. |
Apr 2005:
A grant to Polish Wings in WWII exhibition |
A grant of $228 to cover the
cost of the Polish Wings in WWII exhibition
organized by Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski for the
lecture Question of Honor about Polish pilots
who fought in the Battle of Britain. |
Mar 2005: A grant to Radio
Wisla |
A grant of $250 to Radio Wisla
of Seattle to support Polish language broadcasting. |
Jan 2005:
A grant to Polish School |
A grant of
$400 to the Polish School in Seattle for student
awards to be given in June 2005 and for manuals
for the 2005/2006 school year. |
2004 |
Summary of 2004 grants |
Dec 2004:
A grant to Polish Home |
A grant of
$611 for improvements of the sound system at
the upper floor of the Polish Home. |
Oct 2004:
A grant towards the Wesele Poety concert |
A grant of
$300 to support a concert of songs to poems
by Polish poets (in Polish) to music by Tomasz
Aleksander. Organized by Mr. Aleksander and
the Polish Home on Nov 20, 2004. |
Oct 2004:
A grant to Seattle libraries |
An in kind
grant of several books and movies related to
the Warsaw Uprising and the Polish resistance
movement in WWII to libraries of the Seattle
area. Estimated value about $500. |
Sep 2004:
A grant to Radio Wisla |
A cash grant
of $500 to support Polish language programming
by Radio Wisla. |
Sep 2004:
A grant towards the Warsaw Uprising anniversary
concert |
A cash grant
of $250 to support the concert commemorating
60th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
at the Polish Home in Seattle on Sep 19, 2004. |
Aug 2004:
A grant to Polish Home |
An in kind
grant of wide-screen 52" Sony TV to the Polish
Home Assn. in Seattle to support cultural programs
at the Polish Home. |
June 2004:
Lecture grant to
J. & S. Pagacz |
A cash grant
of $250 to Julia and Stanislaw Pagacz towards
their lecture at the Polish Home in Seattle
about their research on the Lake Baikal and
the Buryats people.
More.
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May 2004:
Equipment grant to Radio Wisla |
A grant of
a Lexmark X1150 copier-printer-scanner device
to Radio
Wisla to support Polish language broadcasting
in the Puget Sound region. |
April 2004:
A grant to the Polish School |
A cash grant
of $350 to the Polish School in Seattle towards
the cost of equipment such as a copier for the
School. |
April 2004:
A medical grant for Mariola Blonska |
A cash grant
of $1200 to the Mariola Blonska Benevolent Fund
towards her medical bills. This is the result
of a fundraiser for the benefit of Ms. Blonska
who recently died from an untreatable cancer.
More. |
March & April
2004: A grant to the Wiktor movie project
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A cash grant
of $2250 to
Blue Mountain Pictures towards the Wiktor:
the Art of Survival documentary movie project.
This was the result of a fundraiser for the
project held on Mar 12, 2004 at the Polish Home.
More. |
2003 |
Summary of 2003 grants |
Dec 2003:
A grant to the Warsaw Academic Theatre
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A cash grant
of $500 to the Academic Theatre of the Warsaw
University to support Theatre's performance
in Seattle featuring poetry by Zb. Herbert to
music by St. Radwan.
More. |
Dec 2003:
A grant towards Poles in Middle Asia exhibit
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A cash grant
of $500 to support organization of an exhibit
about Poles in Middle Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
etc) in 19th and 20th century in Seattle. The
exhibit is organized by PHF in collaboration
with Dr. Olga Medvedeva of Vancouver, BC, and
based on Dr. Medvedeva's archives.
Volunteers needed. |
Dec 2003:
A grant towards a fundraiser & exhibit for
the Wiktor Siminski project |
A cash grant
of $250 towards initial costs of organizing
a fundraiser for the the documentary movie project.
The fundraiser will be hosted by PHF and Mr.
Julian Siminski, the producer of the movie
and will include an exhibit of photos of
Wiktor Siminski's
art. |
Dec 2003:
A grant to the Polish School |
A cash grant
of $250 to the Polish School in Seattle to help
with School's operating costs. |
Oct 2003:
A grant for the Seattle Polish Film Festival |
A cash grant
of $1000 to the Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association
to support organization of the 12th Seattle
Polish Film Festival. More about the SPFF at
www.PolishFilms.org.
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Oct 2003:
A grant towards Wiktor: the Art of Survival
doc movie project |
Mr. Siminski
was an artist and a survivor of the Nazi Sachsenhausen
camp. A cash grant of $250 goes towards a documentary
movie about him and his art that is being made
with support of the Film Arts Foundation by
Mr. Julian Simiski of Blue Mountain Pictures,
all based in California.
More info. |
Sep 2003:
A grant for George Gordon's family reunification |
A cash grant
of $250 towards the George Gordon Holocaust
and War Victims Tracing Case fund at the Seattle
Red Cross. Mr. Gordon, born Jerzy Budzynski,
is a local survivor of nazi death camps at Stuthof
and Buchenvald. Only in July, 2003 did he learn
that his sister Krystyna also survived. The
Seattle Red Cross organized a family reunion
trip for Mr. Gordon to Wroclaw, Poland. |
Sep 2003:
A grant for the Polonez Dance & Sing Group |
A cash grant
of $500 towards the cost of the Polonez group
giving a performance in Seattle. The group comes
from Vancouver, BC to perform at the 85th anniversary
gala of Polish Home Association on Oct 25.
More. |
Sep 2003:
A grant for facility improvements at the
Polish Home in Seattle |
A cash grant
of $5000 for the facility improvements at the
Polish Home in Seattle. The money goes towards
replacing upper hall windows with noise-reducing
ones to address serious concerns of the neighborhood
residents and avert a legal action threatening
cultural programs at the Polish Home. |
June 2003:
A grant for the Walbrzych dance group |
A cash grant
of $1000 supporting a visit & performance by
the Walbrzych folk sing & dance group from Poland
in Seattle in the fall of 2003.
Sep 2003 update: as the group cancelled visit,
the grant has not been used.
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June 2003:
A grant for the Slavic Department of the
UW |
A cash grant
of $1000 supporting events involving Polish
language and culture organized by the Department
of the Slavic Languages and Literatures of the
University of Washington in Seattle. The money
goes towards the Polish Avant-Garde Film event
at the UW. For events planned by the Slavic
Dept. for the fall of 2003 please see
http://depts.washington.edu/slavweb/
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Mar 2003:
A grant for the Olbinski exhibition |
A cash grant
of $350 towards the initial costs of organizing
the Olbinski
poster exhibition in Seattle. May 2003 update:
the exhibition cost was about $5000 and was
fully covered by public support and the fundraiser
held during Mr. Olbinski's visit to Seattle.
Thank you for your support! |
Mar 2003:
A medical grant for Zack Moss |
A cash grant
of $1000 towards medical cost of recovery and
rehabilitation for Zack Moss. Zack was a victim
of a hit and run accident when attending to
his bike at a roadside. He suffered broken vertebrae,
was in coma for 2 weeks and has been paralyzed.
He cannot speak, can barely move and is undergoing
a rehabilitation.
Sep 2003 update: the grant pays for Zack's
speech therapy.
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Mar 2003:
A medical grant for Krzysztof Tasak |
A cash grant
of $2132 towards medical costs of recovery and
rehabilitation for Mr. Krzysztof Tasak. Mr.
Tasak is a paraplegic after a diving accident
last fall. He is now undergoing an intensive
therapy at a convalescent center in Des Moines.
Sep 2003 update: the money was used to pay for
a special orthopedic brace supporting the right
side of the body. It makes possible for Mr.
Tasak to learn walking again. |
2002 |
Summary of 2002 grants |
Dec 2002:
A grant towards the "Polna Rapsodia" concert |
A cash grant
of $500 towards the
“Polna
Rapsodia” concert to support a public concert
featuring songs to poems by Polish authors.
The concert is organized by Mr. Tomasz Aleksander
and is scheduled for March 9, 2003 in Seattle. |
Nov 2002:
A grant to the Polish School |
A cash grant
of $300 to
the Polish School in Seattle to provide
funds for educational DVDs in Polish planned
as awards for the students of the School. |
Sep 2002:
A grant to PHA |
A software
grant valued at $1050 to
Polish Home
Association in Seattle to upgrade software
to improve membership bookkeeping as well as
the service at PHA library |