Newsletter from Polish American Council of Texas May 2019

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April 2019

In this issue:

Scholarship Winners Announced

Location of 2019 Annual Meeting Revealed

Houston Polish Festival

We are excited to announce the winners of our 2019 Essay Scholarship Contest!

Each student will receive a $1,000 check payable to their university. Funding for these scholarships is possible thanks to YOUR support of our silent auction at our annual meetings, membership dues, sponsorships, and generous donations.

High School Student Category

Alycia Caban-Johnson attends La Vernia High School and will attend Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio in the Fall.

Jacob Alexander attends Poth High School and will attend Blinn College at Brenham in the Fall.

Undergraduate Student Category

Kristin Krozel is a student at Texas A&M University.

Graduate Student Category

Kasia Krozel is a student at Texas A&M University.

Gratulacje to all the winners!

The competition for this statewide scholarship contest is intense, requiring many, many hours of careful evaluation by the PACT Scholarship Committee who do not know the names of the contestants until the judging is completely final. Excerpts from these essays can be found on our website beginning next week.

Bandera! Yee Haw and

Dzień Dobry!

We are excited to announce that our Nov. 16, 2019 Annual Meetings will be held in the Cowboy Capitol of the World, Bandera, Texas ! Mark your calendar for this special day to be filled with lunch at The Farm Country Club and Mass at St. Stanislaus Church which was founded by Polish settlers beginning in the 1850s; AND presentations of the Polish-Texan Lifetime Achievements Awards, a colorful procession of ALL regions of our Texas members, a great silent auction, great BBQ, Polish cultural performances and more! Watch for details on our website soon!

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