Komunikaty~Announcements

The Project is funded by the Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic o f Poland.

The School for Leaders Association welcomes the activists of the Polish community abroad and invites them to participate in the School for Leaders for the Polish Community in the United States and Canada.

Applications can be made from 1st April 2009. The School for Leaders for the Polish Community Abroad is aimed at dynamic activists of the Polish communities abroad who are of Polish descent and aged between 20 and 35. The session of the School for Leaders will be held for two weeks from 29th June to 12th July 2009 and residents of the United States or Canada will participate. Deadline for making applications is 26th April 2009.

The objective of the project is to increase participants’ national identification with Poland and its culture as well as to introduce them to issues concerning transformation of the political system in Poland, country’s contemporary society and economy. The programme will develop participants’ leadership skills by preparing them to undertake dynamic and socially aware activities within their local communities. 

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Przyjacielu,   

Wielkanocne spotkanie u Ksiedza Marka. W dniu 4 kwietnia(sobota) o godz. 15:00 u naszego Kapelana, ksiedza Marka, w Parafii Matki Bozej Krolowej Polski w Aninie, przy ul. Rzezbiarskiej 46, podzielimy sie Wielkanocnym Jajkiem. Zabieramy ze soba rajdowe spiewniki i instrumenty muzyczne. Zapraszamy motocyklistow i wszystkich naszych Przyjaciol bardzo serdecznie.

JASNA GORA 2009 – radosne rozpoczęcie sezonu motocyklowego im. Księdza Ułana Zdzisława Peszkowskiego odbędzie się w dniach 18 – 19 kwietnia 2009 roku na Jasnej Gorze. To juz nasz VI Zlot Gwiazdzisty. W roku ubieglym, w deszczu i chlodzie przyjechalo z calej Polski ponad 15 tys. motocykli. Ilu nas bedzie w tym roku?

Juz w sobote 18 kwietnia, o godz 18:00 spotykamy sie w sali O. Kordeckiego. Wystapi zespol z Zytomierza „Poleskie Sokoly”. Beda spiewac polskie piesni patriotyczne, pieknym kresowym akcentem, takim jakim mowil Mickiewicz, Slowacki. Bedzie prelekcja dr Leszka Rysaka z IPN o Kresach Rzeczypospolitej, a o godzinie 21:00 Apel Jasnogorski, modlitwa za Kościół i Ojczyznę, w Kaplicy Cudownego Obrazu Matki Bożej Jasnogórskiej, Królowej Polski.

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Plan continues to enroll new contract holders at current prices through April 30

CHICAGO— The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) announces it is entering its final month of the current enrollment period for the College Illinois! 529 prepaid tuition plan with the program in solid financial shape.

“Our message to the residents of Illinois and current College Illinois! contract holders is that the program is on firm footing,” explained ISAC Executive Director Andrew Davis.  “College Illinois’ assets are both safe and liquid.”

As of February 28, 2009, the value of College Illinois’ assets stood at $726,646,868.  The program has 55,527 active contracts as of December 31, 2008, including 44,148 paid in full.

The primary reason people invest in College Illinois! is the security the program affords their investment in their child’s future.  Unlike a savings plan, College Illinois! is a contract.  Each contract holder is entitled to receive the tuition and fee benefits as stated in the contract, regardless of fluctuations in the market.

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Uprzejmie informujemy, iż w dniu 31 marca 2009 Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT zaprzestają przyjmowania na pokład podróżnych powracających do Polski I posługujących się nieważnym polskim paszportem.

Zgodnie z obowiązującymi aktami prawnymi US Customs and Order Protection oraz przepisami wewnętrznymi PLL LOT obowiązującymi dokumentami podróży są:

 – ważny paszport

 – książeczka żeglarska

 – rozkaz podróży dla żołnierzy […]

The 67^th Annual Meeting of the Polish Institute (PIASA)

67 DOROCZNE SPOTKANIE POLSKIEGO INSTYTUTU NAUKOWEGO ODBEDZIE SIE 13-14 CZERWCA W JERSEY CITY, NAD HUDSONEM

67 Doroczny Zjazd Polskiego Instytutu Naukowego w Ameryce (PIASA) odbedzie sie w dniach 13-14 czerwca 2009 w Hyatt Regency Jersey City Hotel 2 Exchange Place, Jersey City , nad rzeka Hudsonem  z cudownym widokiem na dolny Manhattan .  Hotel ma dogodne polozenie, blisko Metra linii PATH (szybki dojazd na Manhattan) blisko lotniska Newark International  (15 minut) i blisko autostrady New Jersey Turnpike (latwy wjazd w poblizu). Tuz obok Hotelu stoji slynny pomnik Katynski . Ta dwudniowa multidyscyplinarna naukowa konferencja dotyczaca polskich i polsko-amerykanskich  spraw jest organizowana we wspolpracy z Polska Fundacja Kulturalna z Clark, N.J Motyw przewodni konferencji bedzie „”1989 Annus Mirabilis: 20 rocznica niepodlegosci Polski”. 

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Designate a sober driver before the party begins or risk arrest

SPRINGFIELD – There is no doubt numerous Illinoisans will celebrate with family and friends this St. Patrick’s Day.  Unfortunately, those celebrations frequently turn deadly because of impaired drivers.  That’s why the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois State Police (ISP) are partnering with numerous law enforcement agencies around the state this weekend and throughout St. Patrick’s Day to remind everyone to act responsibly by designating a sober driver if they plan on consuming alcohol this St. Patrick’s Day.

The message is very simple.  Keep the streets safe this St. Patrick’s Day by drinking responsibly and designating a sober driver before heading to the local parade or pub or risk arrest for driving under the influence.

Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that over the past five years, 851 people lost their lives in motor vehicles crashes during the St. Patrick’s Day holiday.  Out of that number, 327 were killed in crashes that involved a drunk driver (blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher).  Over the past five years in Illinois, 26 people lost their lives in motor vehicle crashes, 3 of those fatalities involved a driver that had been drinking alcohol.

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