| 2005 |
Summary of 2005 grants |
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May 2004:
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Mar 2005:
A grant to Radio Wisla |
A grant
of $250 to Radio
Wisla of Seattle to support
Polish language broadcasting. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Sep 2004:
A grant to Radio Wisla |
A cash grant of $500 to support Polish language
programming by Radio Wisla. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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/ |
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. |
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 |
