Over the years, we have tried to make The Polish Museum of America (PMA) the center of our ethnic heritage and to help preserve its holdings for succeeding generations. We have continued in our efforts to renovate and modernize the Museum, as well as safeguard our priceless collections. As a not-for-profit institution, we need your continued help and support to preserve and promote Polish and Polish American heritage and culture.
This year, the Museum honors Alex Storozynski, President of the Kosciuszko Foundation, with its prestigious Polish Spirit Award for his outstanding contributions to the Polish American community.
The Summer Ball is the PMA’s largest yearly fundraising event, with all proceeds benefiting the Museum. Established in Chicago in 1935, The Polish Museum of America remains the nation’s only institution of its kind, dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Polish and Polish American culture through a wide variety of educational programs and exhibitions. In addition, the Museum hosts its Library, the newly-renovated Paderewski Room, its priceless and newly-conserved Royal Sleigh, and the soon-to-be state-of-the-art Stephen and Elizabeth Ann Kusmierczak Art Gallery, all of which serve those seeking knowledge regarding assorted and interesting histories and arts within Polonia. Additionally, the PMA’s valuable archives are research sources which include the chronicles of those of Polish descent in the United States and throughout the world.
We all owe it to future generations to make The Polish Museum of America a Chicago heritage landmark and the cultural center of the Polish American community. Please help us.
We thank you for your continued and generous support; look forward to seeing you at the Summer Ball; and hope that you will consider being listed in the Ball’s Program Book. We invite you to donate by contributing through the Program Book no later than May 20, 2011.
For more information about the Ball, please contact Geraldine Balut Coleman at
773-279-9639 or [email protected].
Sincerely,
Maria Ciesla, President
Geraldine Balut Coleman – Program Book Chair
Betty Uzarowicz-2011 Summer Ball Committee
The Polish Museum of America
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Email: [email protected]
www.PolishMuseumofAmerica.org
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