| 2007 |
Summary of 2006 grants |
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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 |
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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. |
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Nov 2007: Polish Film Festival in America |
$500 to the Society for Arts towards the
Polish Film Festival in America in Seattle |
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Oct 2007: Polish Home Association |
$400 to the Polish Home Association towards
new folk costumes for the children troupe
Mlodzi Polanie
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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 |
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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. |
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Aug 2007: Polish Soccer Club |
$1,500 to the Polish Soccer Club in Seattle
for the Nations Cup and start of the new
season |
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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 |
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Jun 2007: Polish School in Bellevue |
$500 to the Polish
School in Bellevue for the student awards |
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May 2007: Polish School in Seattle |
$500 to the Polish
School in Seattle for the student awards |
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May 2007: Polish Home Association |
Computer software (Microsoft Office & One
LiveCare) for the new computer at the PHA
office at the Polish Home. |
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Apr 2007: Seattle Polish Film Festival
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$1,000 to the
Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Assn to support
2007 Seattle Polish Film Festival |
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Apr 2007: Polish Soccer Club in Seattle |
$1,500 to the
Polish Soccer Club PKS of Seattle for the
League registration cost and equipment |
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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 |
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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 |
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Nov 2006:
Radio Wisla |
Grant of $340 for audio editing software
packages to be used at Radio Wisla. |
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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 |
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May 2006:
Polish School on Eastside |
Grant of $250 to the Polish School on
Eastside towards student awards |
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May 2006:
Polish School in Seattle |
Grant of $350 to the Polish School in
Seattle towards students awards |
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May 2006:
Polish Choir in Seattle |
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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. |
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Mar 2006:
Polish Home |
Grant the
USS Casimir
Pulaski commemorative plaque
donated by Ms. Aldona Swierczewski of Milton
to the Polish Home Association. |
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Jan 2006:
PKS Soccer
Club |
Grant of $1000 to the PKS Soccer Club for
equipment & support of the team. |
| 2005 |
Summary of 2005 grants |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
