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sc h o l a r s h i p pr o g r a m f o r ac a D e m i c Ye a r 2008/2009 PHA will award eight scholarships to deserving students at the May 18, 2008 meeting. The Scholarship Program is open to graduating high school seniors or undergraduate students who are working towards a bachelors degree. To be eligible students must be of Polish Heritage and legal residents of Maryland who meet the general requirements. The selection is based primarily on financial need. Additional evaluation will focus on academic standing, leadership potential and pride of their Polish Heritage. Applications must be completed and postmarked by March 31, 2008. Students are eligible for all of the scholarships listed below except the Baltimore International College Scholarship. This scholarship is open only to students who have been accepted to the school and who have not been a past recipient of this scholarship. The Scholarships to be awarded this year are: Baltimore International College Rev. Franciszek Okroy, S.Ch. Memorial Scholarship Polish Heritage Association of Maryland Scholarship Robert P. Pula Memorial Scholarship Dr. Josephine Wtulich Memorial Scholarship Dr. Stanley Wtulich, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Edward J. Yurkowski Scholarship Foundation, Inc. Dr. Kenneth & Nancy Williams Scholarship All of the scholarship are for $1,500 except the Williams Scholarship which is $1,000. To apply visit our website: pha-md.org and go to the Scholarship page where the application and complete information is available. Du e s Du e The deadline for payment of dues is April 1, 2008. Don’t be dropped from the membership roll send your dues to: Richard Poremski, 400 Gusryan Street, Baltimore, MD 21224. Individual $20, Couple $35, Family $50, Full-time Student $10. Make your check payable to PHA and while your at it give a contribution to the General Operating Fund or the Scholarship Endowment - all donations are tax deductible! - 2 - ca l e n Da r o f ev e n t s April 13 - Members Show & Tell Please Note this is the Second Sunday! May 18 - Scholarship Awards Presentation Executive Committee Meetings: 2:00pm Business Meetings: 2:30pm Program: 3:00pm
This past September, I was fortunate enough to travel to Poland with my family. We arranged a tour through Pat Tours-the “Best of Poland” tour, which would take us to Warsaw, Czestochowa, Auschwitz, Zakopane, Krakow, and back to Warsaw. In Warsaw, we were taken to a local restaurant, where we enjoyed a four course meal and folklore show. We toured Lazienki Park, the Jewish ghetto Memorial, and Old Town, where we were also given access to the Royal Castle. We also attended a piano recital featuring music by Frederic Chopin. On the way to Zakopane, we stopped in Czestochowa and Auschwitz. We arrived at the Jasna Gora Monastery just in time to see the Black Madonna before it was veiled for the afternoon. In Auschwitz we toured buildings that have been converted into educational spaces that explain how the concentration camps operated. Once in Zakopane, we toured the town before taking a cable car ride to the top of Gubalowka Mountain. After spending time browsing and eating handmade cheese in the market, we took a raft trip down the Dunajec River. It was very cold! In Krakow, we toured the Wawel Coronation Cathedral and castle and Old Town Square (home of St. Mary's Church). After purchasing some souvenirs at the Cloth Hall (and spending some time in the E. Wedel chocolate store), we spent the afternoon in the Wieliczka Salt Mine. Our final dinner with our tour group was in a charming restaurant in the Jewish district, complete with a trio of Jewish folk musicians. It was a trip to remember. Photographs by David Hopkins Be s t o f po l a n D to u r by Jennifer Trentowski Hopkins - 3 -
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