The pledge campaign for the Polish Home expansion and remodeling started in earnest with close to $100,000 pledged for the project. This meeting is about widening the campaign. The meeting is public and all volunteers are welcome.

All committee meetings are open to public. The committee welcomes all the volunteers who would like to help with the Polish Home remodeling project and fundraiser.

The 13th Seattle Polish Film Festival this year is at the Seattle Art Museum downtown. The Foundation supports the Festival.

The exhibition about Polish squadrons in WWII, and especially those fighting in the Battle of Britain, has been prepared by Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski and supported by the Foundation.

Lynn Olson and Stanley Cloud, the authors of the book A Question of Honor about Polish pilots fighting in the Battle of Britain talk about their heroism and political situation. The Foundation supported the Polish Wings in WWII exhibition available at the lecture.

Mar 19:
Polish Bazaar

The Foundation has a stand at the 42^nd Bazaar at the Polish Home. This is a fundraiser as we sell donated books and folk art items. We also present Foundation’s accomplishments and new plans to expand the Polish Home.

The first meeting of the fundraising committee for the Polish Home expansion and remodeling. We need volunteers! Everybody is welcome.

The annual meeting of the Foundation members is scheduled at 7:30 pm on Feb 22, 2005 at the Polish Home. Everybody is welcome.

2004

Summary of events in 2004

Wesele Poety is a concert at the Polish Home featuring songs to poems by Polish poets and music by Tomasz Aleksander, performed by Marzanna Bachowska (vocals) and Mr. Aleksander (piano). The Foundation is a concert sponsor.

A series of events is organized in Seattle in September and October to commemorate 60th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. PHF supports these events and finances several of them. Please see more info here. This is a major financial effort for the Foundation, donations are welcome.

Both recent  PHF exhibitions are on display at the Parish Parish in Tacoma:  'Poles in Central Asia: lives, fates and traces' and  'Wiktor-Siminski, the Art of Survival' can be viewed Aug 7 - Aug 16, 2004.

Julia and Stanislaw Pagacz are young Polish biology researchers who made several trips to Lake Baikal region and authored two guidebooks and a photo-album 'Siberia: in the Baikal Land of Butyats'. Their rich slide presentation at the Polish Home is supported by the Foundation.

Both exhibitions organized recently by the PHF are on display at the Parish Hall of the Polish Church in Seattle. 'Wiktor-Siminski, the Art of Survival' is available May 3-23, and 'Poles in Central Asia: lives, fates and traces' is available May 23 - June 12, 2004.

Update: As of June 15, 2004 about $9,000 has been raised.

The exhibition Poles in Central Asia: lives, fates, traces, organized by Ewa & Krzysztof Poraj-Kuczewski is on display at the Polish Home

Radio Wisla is a new Polish language radio in Puget Sound starting in May and covering Seattle with Eastside from Everett to Tacoma. It is a non-profit organization promoting Polish language and music. Polish Home Foundation supports the Radio and accepts donations for its benefit.

Dr. Olga Medvedeva of Vancouver, BC, will have a public lecture Poles in Central Asia: lives, fates, traces at the University of Washington in Seattle, about Poles in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in 19th  & 20th centuries. PHF organized an exhibition on the same topic based on her archives. More...

Mariola Blonska is a Seattleite who had a case of untreatable cancer. Her friends raised about $1200 to help with her medical bills and are grateful to the donors. Mariola passed away before Easter. For more info please contact Barbara Rowan at barbrowan@comcast.net.

exhibit at the Polish Home

The exhibition prepared by Teresa Malinowski & Ryszard Kott for the fundraiser on Mar 12 is on display at the Polish Home in Seattle till April 3, 2004. More...

exhibit & fundraiser

This is a fundraiser for a documentary movie project about Wiktor Siminski who was an artist and survivor of a Nazi concentration camp hosted by the producer of the movie. The exhibition features pictures of Wiktor's art and historical photos. More...

The annual meeting of Members and friends of PHF is open to the public. This is also an election meeting. Come to listen about our accomplishments and plans; we are looking for new Members and volunteers! The 2004 Report will be posted here shortly.

Roman Czarny while not busy as a Polish consul is also a talented song-writer and a singer known for his "Chicago Night Blues" and other songs. His concert at the Polish Home will feature many of his best songs as well as his favorites by others as sung both at concerts and campfires.
More...  Update: over $1000 has been raised.

The Parent Committee of the Polish School in Seattle continues with the tradition of great fundraisers for the School. The carnival party for children on Jan 11 and donations to PHF raised together about $2000. Donations for the School to PHF educational fund are still welcome!

2003

Summary of events for 2003

at the Polish Home

The Academic Theatre of the Warsaw University presents a two part musical program in Polish: Part1, Droga do Raju, features poetry by Zbigniew Herbert to music by Stanislaw Radwan; part2, Mesko-damski punkt widzenia, presents new songs by Leszek Czajkowski & Katarzyna Piekarska. Event supported by a PHF grant.

open meeting of PHF

All members and friends of the Foundation are invited to this meeting at the Polish Home in Seattle. We'll talk about achievements this year and plans for the next. If you support PHF, you should come! Volunteers are always needed!

Seattle Polish Film Festival

This important event for promoting Polish culture in the Pacific Northwest is strongly supported by PHF. More at www.PolishFilms.org 

PHF at the Polish Bazaar

Visit the PHF stand at the Fall Bazaar at the Polish Home in Seattle.You can meet and talk to the Foundation volunteers. Wwe also have some Olbinski calendars left and some folk art on sale.

Polonez Dance Group

The Polish Home Association in Seattle celebrates its 85th anniversary with a special gala. The program includes a dinner, a performance of Polish folk songs and dances by the Polonez group from Vancouver, BC and a dance evening as well as a PHA history exhibition. Organized by PHA and supported by PHF with a grant for the Polonez group.

Polish Avant-Garde Film

Polish Avant-Garde Films from 1930-45 at the University of Washingto in Seattle is an event supported by PHF. More info at www.polishfilms.org/RecMovies/Awangarda/Avangarda.htm

Olbinski Exhibition summary

The Exhibition and related fundraisers (the public donation campaign, the lunch with the artist and the sale of Mr. Olbinski's posters, books and calendars) was a very successful event raising over $4500 for the PHF cultural fund. PHF is grateful to the Puget Sound & Pacific NW public for this generous support.

Fundraising lunch with Mr. Olbinski

The lunch will be held at Mr. & Mrs. Pawluskiewicz residence in Seattle to honor Mr. Olbinski. The lunch is a fundraiser for the exhibition and is open to the public. To obtain an invitation, please support the exhibition through a donation to the cultural fund of PHF; invitations $75 single, $100. .

Artist's Lecture

You can meet the artist before the lecture, sip wine and buy posters, calendars and books with Olbinski's art. Pricing information here.

The Olbinski Poster Exhibition

PHF at the Polish Bazaar

Please come to see the Foundation booth at the Polish Home during the spring bazaar: you can look at Olbinski's books and calendars, order his posters, buy Polish folk art etc. You can also talk to the PHF Officers about the Foundation and meet Olbinski exhibition volunteers around 2 pm. And, the bazaar is a great event in itself!

"Polna Rapsodia" is a concert featuring songs to poems by Polish authors such as Nobel Prize winners Milosz and Szymborska. The first concert is scheduled for Mar 9, 2003, more will be coming. This event is organized by Mr. Aleksander of Seattle and supported by the Polish Home Foundation.

On Feb 20, 2003 there was an annual meeting of Members. This meeting was an occasion to make a summary of the first year of PHF activities. Please see the 2002 PHF Report for details.

The Polish Parish in Tacoma organized a luncheon (a Polish style dinner) for the benefit of Krzysztof Tasak on Jan 5. Mr. Tasak, 25, is a paraplegic after a recent accident. He was hospitalized at the Harborview Medical Center and currently is with Seatoma Convalescent Center. He needs support to continue therapy. The Parish raised over $2100 for Krzysztof.

2002

Summary of events for 2002

There are people in our community who are in a desperate need for medical assistance. PHF supports ongoing fundraisers for the benefit of Agnieszka Marczak and Krzysztof Tasak as well as for other people in a similar situation. To donate to the PHF medical fund please write a check to Polish Home Foundation and indicate "medical and emergency fund" for a general donation to the fund, or indicate a person that you wish to support.

Fall 2002: the Polish School Fundraiser

Outcome: the School received a grant of $300 in Nov, 2003.

In the period following the annual meeting, the executive committee focused on getting nuts and bolts of the Foundation to work. News about the Foundation has been published in the Seattle based Polish-American periodicals and notices posted over the internet. Internal procedures and policies have been discussed. The account and the website have been established. The first donation has been received.

On May 7, the Members of the Foundation held their first annual meeting. The gathering adopted the Bylaws of the Foundation, introduced changes to the Articles of Incorporation and elected the Board of Directors for the first regular term. In turn, the Board appointed the executive committee with Mr. Kott as the President. The meeting marks the beginning of the Foundation activities.

With the decision dated March 28, 2002, the IRS granted the 501(c)(3) tax exemption status to Polish Home Foundation.