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Basic information about Polish Club of AtlantaWho
we are? The
Polish Club of Atlanta is a non-profit organization with educational
goals for all persons of general public interested in learning about
Polish Americans, their culture and history.
We operate in the metro Atlanta area. The
Club does not have organizational ties to any other organization, but we
cooperate with Chopin Society of Atlanta, Polish Apostolate, High Museum
of Art, SciTrek, PACC and other organizations.
Our
Mission… To promote ethnic and traditional values characteristic to the
community of Polish-Americans, to educate about Polish culture and Our
goals… The
main goal of the Polish Club of Atlanta is to support Polish Saturday
School for Children and Adults, where real teachers teach Polish
language and a little bit of Polish history. We
help the community acclimate to the United States by providing
information and teaching English as a second language to adults. We
would like to keep the Polish heritage alive among members and to pass
on Polish traditions, language, and culture to our children, so they can
draw strength from all available sources and become honorable members of
the American society when they grow up. We would like to
spring up on the cultural and ethnic map of Atlanta and represent the
community well. We
would like to raise awareness among our American neighbors.
We hope that thanks to the knowledge they learn, they will learn
to respect values we as Poles represent: strong family ties, deep
loyalty and friendship, love for traditions, respect for education and
honest life, disregard for wrong doing and above all deep love for
freedom. If
our goals are important to you, please sign up for the Polish Club of
Atlanta. What
do we do… Programs
that we support all year: · Polish Saturday School for Children and Adults · English Class for Adults · Bajecznik · Club News Additionally
we organize cultural, sport, recreational and fund-raising activities in
a form of a dance at least once a year.
Below are some of the examples: · Celebration of Polish traditions: Christmas Eve, Easter Egg Painting, St. Andrew’s Future Telling Evening, Drowning of Marzanna (spring welcoming), etc. · Presentation of Polish movies: (such as “With Fire and Sword”, “Pan Tadeusz”, “The Cardinal”, “The Debt”, “Angelus”, “A Week in the Life of a Man”, Back and Forth, Life as a Fatal, Sexually Transmitted Disease”), Polish artists: (we hosted Irena Jarocka, "Spotkanie z Balladą", Jan Pietrzak, Jerzy Kopczewski) or other celebrities: Olgierd Budrewicz – author and traveler, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak)- Olympic runner) · Educational trips (to Huntsville to see the Polish Art Exhibition and to historic Savannah/Hilton Head), picnics, skiing trips, soccer games, Tennis Cup Competition, river rafting and others. · Exhibition “Solidarity - XX years of History” at Emory University organized with the cooperation with Emory University and the Polish Consulate in Washington, D.C. · Dances – New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Dance, Carnival Dances and others. · Sporadically we grant a small scholarship to a good student for a contribution to a community, mainly to the Polish community. The
Club finances its activities (School, Newsletter, P. O. Box, bulk rate,
advertisement, correspondence, Web Page, etc.) from membership dues,
sponsors’ donations and fund-raising.
All activities are based on a voluntary
work of elected Board of Directors. All
decisions are being reached by majority of votes. Every new activity requires
a new organizing committee that constitutes on as needed basis from
Board members interested in helping with a particular activity.
The Board Director term is 2 years.
Board
meetings are held on as needed basis at one of the members’ homes and
are always open for all Club members.
If you are interested in coming to the meeting, please let us
know. You will find more information about each activity in the section dedicated to it.
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