Tuesday, November 29th is “Giving Tuesday”!

PACT, along with the Polish Cultural Center (PCC) Advisory Board is encouraging everyone to donate to our PCC campaign.  Last year we raised over $3,000.  The sponsors, the Toledo Community Foundation and The Blade, were kind enough to match our donations up to $1,000! We are asking you to share the PCC website on your facebook page or email it to your friends and ask them to support our efforts. You can go online to www.polishculturalcenter.com to donate.  Please consider making a donation.  Thank You!

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2016 Wigilia Celebration

WIGILIA 2016 The Polish name for Christmas Eve supper is “Wigilia” from Latin “Vigilare” – to await 95% of Polish families have preserved the Wigilia tradition and regard it as the high point of the Christmas season. We hope you can join us and make it a part of your Christmas tradition. PACT and TPGS (Toledo Polish Genealogical Society)  is proud to announce that we will celebrate Christmas with the traditional Polish Wigilia Celebration.  This year’s Wigilia is scheduled for Sunday, December 18, 2016.  It will be held at Olivet Lutheran…

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Kick-Off to the Cook-Off Dinner

If you like kielbasa, you will want to make sure you attend this special kielbasa dinner featuring the top three winners from the 2016 Kielbasa Cook-Off.  The dinner will include the award winning kielbasa from Jeremy Pryba (Polska Pryba), Mike Hofner and Ron Smith (Dziadzia and Busia’s OldFashioned Kielbasa), and Adam Michalski (Michalski’s Special Recipe ).  Jeremy and Adam will also be serving their family’s pierogi in addition to their kielbasa.  We will also be serving kapusta (sweet and sour cabbage), mashed potatoes and gravy. mizeria (cucumber in dill sauce), placek…

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Upcoming events for TPGS

Here are some of the upcoming events sponsored by Toledo Polish Genealogical Society: October 15 – Show and Tell something about your ancestor who came to the United States November 19 – Building Edmond Fitzgerald presented by Jen Domanski Baker December 3 – TPGS Christmas Party January 21 – Polish Traditions presented by Tom Sorosiak February 18 – Kuhschwanz Train Tragedy presented by Carol Lake March 25 – Soup Sale at Sts Adalbert & Hedwig from noon-6 p.m.   For more information about these events,  please go to their website:…

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Polish Cultural Center Fundraising Dinner

The Polish Cultural Center Advisory Board along with The Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, Polish-American Community of Toledo, Toledo Polish Genealogical Society, &Toledo Poznan Alliance   Invite you to a fund raising dinner featuring the preliminary renderings of our Polish Cultural Center 6p.m. Polish Happy Hour 6;30p.m. Dinner Program to follow Guest Speaker Gene Bak Polish American Cultural Center of Cleveland, OH   Friday, September 23, 2016 The Premier Banquet Hall 4480 Heatherdowns Blvd. Toledo  OH  43614   $100 per person/$175 per couple Business casual   RSVP no later…

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Winners of 2016 Kielbasa Klassic

This year’s Kielbasa Klassic was held at Whiteford Valley Golf Course.  It was a beautiful day on the course, especially for the winners.  This year’s first place team is Eric Buczkowski, Ryan Buczkowski, Cary Garnett and Tom W.  Second place team is Jack Sparagowski, Angie Sparagowski, Billy Peneff and John Sparagowski.  Darrell Staup, Stan Machosky, A.J. Machosky and Tony Machosky came in third. Corey Lepiarz won closest to the pin on hole #5.  Cary Garnett had longest putt on hole #18, and on hole #11, Angie Sparagowski made the longest…

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2016 Kielbasa Klassic

Sign Up is now open for the 2016 Kielbasa Klassic 4-Man Golf Scramble! Sunday, August 7th at Whiteford Valley (blue Course) 7980 Beck Road, Ottawa Lake MI 10:00AM start time $75 per man/ $300 per team Includes golf, cart, food, beer, pop, team skins, door prizes, challenge holes, and the famous “Kielbasa Klassic” t-shirt. **Proceeds used to fund PACT scholarships and Child Help, an organization dedicated to helping abused children** Deadline to enter is July 30, 2016. There are 2 ways to register for the Kielbasa Klassic: 1 Register Online Register…

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2016 PACT/TPA Scholarships

  Polish-American Community of Toledo (PACT) and Toledo Poznan Alliance (TPA) Annual Scholarship Competition ends May 31, 2016 The Polish-American Community of Toledo (PACT) and the Toledo Poznan Alliance (TPA) have announced that their Sixth Annual Scholarship Competition to award $4,000 to area Polish-American students is currently underway. Over the past five years over $13,000 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…

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