COUNCIL 120 THANKSGIVING

Chicago, Illinois - On Thursday, the 10th of November, the members of Council 120 PNA, organized our annual traditional Thanksgiving evening. President of Council 120 PNA, Zenon Olejniczak greeted and welcomed everyone in a short speech and acknowledged the reasons for celebrating Thanksgiving along with the rest of America.

Vice President of Council 120, Wanda Penar, hosted our event. She introduced our honorable guests and participants: PNA Vice Presidents Teresa Abick and Paul Odrobina (with his wife Janice and daughter Katrina), Director Anna Wierzbicki, Commissioners Irene Hercik and Zenon Olejniczak, Vice President of the Polish American Congress Illinois Division Maria Roszek, as well as numerous members of the Polish Folk Chorus "Filarareci Dudziarz" with their President Danuta Gruszka.

A traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner was served, provided by Delegates to the recently held PNA Convention: Wanda Juda, Janina Kopacz, Zenon Olejniczak, Wanda Penar, Mary Srodon and Henry Ziemba. It was a gesture of gratitude for Council 120 PNA members granting them the vote of confidence in their work for the Polish National Alliance of North America.

Wanda Juda conducted the lottery drawing with the help of Wanda Penar, Krystyna Tarchala and Pawelek Sas. Mary Srodon took care of the financial aspect of this event.

Chorus "Filareci-Dudziarz" performed two songs - Czerwone jagody" and a jolly version of "Szla dwiewczka", for which they received a hearty applause.

We would like to express out appreciation to those who joined us in a celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Wishing you all the best this holiday season, we hope to see everyone in our next event to be organized in Spring.

Story by:
Wanda Juda
Recording Secretary Council 120

Photos by:
Wanda Juda

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