2019 TOLEDO AREA POLISH AMERICAN FESTIVAL by PACT The Polish American Community of Toledo (PACT) has announced that the 2019 Toledo Area Polish American Festival will be held on May 17, 18, and 19, 2019 at the Club 16 facility located on King Road just south of Hill Avenue in Holland, Ohio. “The 2019 Toledo Area Polish-American Festival” is being sponsored by PACT, a non-profit organization. Proceeds will be used to fund scholarships for Polish-American students and to help fund the building campaign for a new Polish Community Center. Anyone interested in more…
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Disco Polo Dance Party at the 2019 Toledo Area Polish American Festival
Friday night, something new, something cool! DJ Tadeusz Gnida will spin the BEST songs from Poland and the US with our FIRST EVER Disco Polo Party! For those who aren’t familiar with Disco Polo, it’s what ALL the DJ’s play at weddings, bars, festival and events all over Poland! Consider it polka music for the clubs! Friday, May 17, 2019 Club 16, 316 King Road, Festival opens at 5:00 pm, Party starts at 8:00 pm! Dancing with the stars, Polish edition starts after Echoes of Poland around 7:15 pm. Echoes…
Read More2019 Scholarship Deadline is Fast Approaching
Polish-American Community of Toledo (PACT) and Toledo Poznan Alliance (TPA) Annual Scholarship Competition ends May 31, 2019 The Polish-American Community of Toledo (PACT) and the Toledo Poznan Alliance (TPA) have announced that their Annual Scholarship Competition to award $4,000 to area Polish-American students is currently underway. Over the past seven years over $24,000 in scholarship money has been awarded to students of Polish-American heritage in the Toledo area. The competition is divided into two categories — High School and College. Applicants must fill out an application form and submit an…
Read MoreMarch 20th Showing of Cold War at the Maumee Theater
P.A.C.T. and the Toledo-Poznan Alliance are proud to announce the ONLY showing of the Academy Award Nominated and Cannes Film Festival Best Picture Winner “Cold War” (Zimna Wojna) in the Toledo Area! THIS IS A FREE EVENT AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other. Set against the background of the Cold War in the 1950s in Poland, Berlin, Yugoslavia and Paris, the film depicts an impossible love story in impossible…
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2019 Kielbasa Cook Off memories
Showing of Polish Film, IDA
Tuesday, April 2nd IDA Presented by the Toledo-Poznan Alliance The Toledo-Poznan Alliance is pleased to announce the FREE showing of “IDA,” directed by Pawel Pawlikowski on Tuesday, April 2nd at the Sylvania Library, 6748 Monroe Street. REGISTER NOW It won the Oscar in 2015 for Best Foreign Language Film. A first for a Polish film. It has received widespread critical acclaim since it’s release in 2015. Set in Poland in 1962, a young woman is about to take her vows as a nun when she learns from her Aunt that she was born…
Read MoreMeet the 2019 Kielbasa Cook Off Contestants
Join us on Sunday, February 24th from 1 to 6 PM at St. Clements Hall, 3030 Tremainsville Rd. for the 8th Kielbasa Cook Off sponsored by PACT. Admission is $5 per person, $3 for PACT members and children 5 and under free. Kielbasa, mizeria, kapusta, placek, paczki, and piwo (that’s beer) will be on the menu. The 2019 Kielbasa Cook Off is almost upon us so we thought you would like to know a little bit about each of this year’s contestants. Here are the 2019 Kielbasa Cook Off competitors:…
Read More2019 PACT/TPA Scholarships
PACT/ TPA SCHOLARSHIPS Applications being accepted through May 31, 2019 Scholarships to be awarded in June 2019. Award Scholarship(s) will be awarded based on an evaluation of applications received by the deadline. Scholarships will be made payable by check to the educational institution where the recipient is registered to attend. The scholarship is to assist in paying the expenses of education including tuition, general fees, books and living expenses. Recipients will be selected by members of PACT Board of Directors and Toledo Poznan Alliance Board of Trustees. Requirements 1.) Former…
Read MoreJoin us for the annual member’s meeting on January 23, 2019.
Dear PACT member, The Board of Directors of PACT hopes that you had a very Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! On Wednesday, January 23, 2019, we will conduct our annual membership meeting. The meeting will take place at 7:00 PM in the meeting room adjacent to the All Good Things Art & Gifts Store within Rosary Care Center, Lourdes University Campus Sylvania, OH. In addition to election of members to the Board of Directors for 2019 we will have a brief update on the upcoming Kielbasa Cook-Off and…
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