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Sunday, October 30, 2005
Social hour 12:00-1:30 PM—Dinner served at 1:30 PM BENEFIT POLISH DINNER featuring music by Frank Dyl at the Munich Haus 13 Center Street - Chicopee, Massachusetts Menu includes: appetizers (kielbasa, cheeses, and fruit), mushroom soup, salad, chicken francaise, roast pork, pierogi, paczki, and more. Dinner is $35 per person. (Cash bar.) We are pleased to announce that at this dinner the Kosciuszko Foundation New England Chapter will present to Dr. Stanislaw Milewski, ophthalmologist & humanitarian from Manchester, CT its Distinguished Polish American Award for 2005. Please make checks payable to: POLISH CENTER AT ELMS COLLEGE Enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your check if you wish to have your tickets sent to your home; otherwise, tickets will be held at the door. Send reservation forms and checks to: |
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October 4–26, 2005 Open to the public free of charge DEVOTIONAL PRINTS FROM THE POLISH HOME: Images of popular piety Featuring the Collection of Marek Czarnecki Elms College, Borgia Gallery Second floor of the Mary Dooley College Center 1:30 pm – 5 pm Tues., Wed., Thurs. 1:30 pm – 4 pm Sundays Also by appointment (please call the Polish Center at 413–265–2451) |
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Monday, September 26, 2005 10:30 AM Registration. 12 Noon Shotgun Start. FOURTH ANNUAL SCRAMBLE GOLF TOURNAMENT To Benefit the Polish Center. OAK RIDGE GOLF CLUB 850 South Westfield St. Feeding Hills, MA $125.00 Entry Fee. (Team $500.00) includes prizes, lunch, cart and greens fees. (Mixed gender team option. Singles and Doubles can be put into a foursome.) Fee includes Polish buffet lunch immediately after golf. For additional information on becoming a sponsor of this event and/or acquiring an entry form contact: Bob Perlak Phone: 413-598-8177
To see Oak Ridge Course layout click here. |
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July 27-August 10, 2005 A BENEFIT TOUR OF POLAND In the past, we have sponsored tours which featured Central Poland and then Eastern Poland. This year, we have prepared a unique tour of Western Poland which begins in Warsaw and then goes on to the village of Murzyce, the medieval city of Torun, a knights tournament in Gniew, then Gdansk, Oliwa, Malbork, Gniezno, Rydzyna (a night in the palace and a visit from the "Lady in White"), Boleslawiec ceramic works, Borawski glass works, Wroclaw, Czestochowa, Wieliczka, Zakopane and Krakow. For further information, call PAT TOURS, the agency coordinating this tour, at 413-746-7702 or 1-800-388-0988. Ask for information about the INTRODUCTION TO THE POLISH HERITAGE -Cultural tour with Stas Radosz. |
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Sunday, June 12, 2005 3:00 pm Third floor/Polish Center Berchmans Hall THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST POLISH SETTLERS IN CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS A PRESENTATION BY ROBERT J. ARMATA This presentation will include the names of the 5 Polish families to settle in Chicopee, the specific villages in Poland from which these families came, the reason why they chose to settle in Chicopee, the specific date of their arrival, and the hardships and struggles which they faced in attempting to adapt to their new environment. |
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| Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:30 pm Third floor/Polish Center Berchmans Hall TRACING GENETIC CODES THROUGH DNA FOR FAMILY TREE RESEARCH A LECTURE BY KENNETH V. GRAVES Mr. Graves, author of several genealogical books and founder of two computer software companies, will discuss DNA as inherited material for genetic codes and their markers. This new and exciting science is now available to the ordinary person by taking sample material and researching patterns against a database of information to identify unknown relationships in the distant past. The lecture is sponsored in conjunction with the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts. Free and open to the general public. |
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| Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:30 pm Elms College Elms College Alumnae Library Theater Refreshments follow at the Polish Center, third floor of Berchmans Hall POLAND'S EMERGING LEADERSHIP ROLE IN EUROPE A FORUM WITH GUEST SPEAKER THE HONORABLE MAREK LESNIEWSKI-LAAS, HONORARY CONSUL GENERAL OF POLAND IN BOSTON This is an event that should not be missed. Membership in the European Union has already had a dramatic impact on Polish society. Now, as Poland becomes a more active participant in European affairs, it has been assuming a leadership role, especially in East and East Central Europe. This event is sponsored in conjunction with The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts. The forum is free and open to the general public. |
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