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and the "Polish Perspectives" exhibit by the American Council for Polish Culture (ACPC) stands ready to take advantage of this opportunity.  It is the all-important opportunity for Polonia to provide information and resources that teachers can use to engage students and motivate them to explore Polish history and culture.  The ACPC goal is to provide these teachers with materials relating to Polish/Polish American history and culture, thereby reaching and encouraging young students to discover and examine factual<B> </B>historical data available to them.</div> <div>      The ACPC exhibit coordinators for this immensely important program are Barbara Lemecha and Henrietta Nowakowski.  Their combined talents and skills in reaching out to Polonia organizations and individuals for the necessary financial and resources support as well as their finesse in organizing and managing the exhibit have been continuously sharpened and improved over the past several years.  The team spends months in planning, soliciting funding and resource materials, creating posters and resource CDs, shipping cartons of books, pamphlets and CDs to the conference site and managing the booth for three days with able assistance from other individuals and ACPC members.  It is important to mention that the members who man the booth cover their own travel, lodging and other expenses and all donated funds are used strictly for the exhibit.</div> <div>      Participation in this Conference is very costly, but with generous financial support and donations of books and audio/visual materials for distribution to the visitors by ACPC members as well as non-members and Polonia organizations at national and local levels, the Council is determined to continue this vital program (this will be our ninth consecutive year).  Each year our presence at the Conference produces new benefits.  For example, our presence at a Conference motivated the University of Virginia's Center for Politics to prepare a lesson plan that highlighted the contributions of the Polish craftsmen 400 years ago at the Jamestown VA Settlement.  Last year we were asked by a teacher visiting our booth for a lesson plan on Pulaski and Kosciuszko.  Thankfully, we now have a History Lesson Plan developed by Meg Huebeck of the University of VA Center for Politics, on the Revolutionary War featuring Kosciuszko and Pulaski.  <B>Both of these lesson plans are on the ACPC website (</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.polishcultureacpc.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.polishcultureacpc.org"><B><U>www.polishcultureacpc.org</U></B></A></FONT><B>) and will be distributed to the teachers visiting our booth.</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>This year our focus at the conference will be on the Jamestown 400th Anniversary story and World War II.  Educators are seeking material for the following school year.  Since 2009 marks the 70th Anniversary of the beginning of World War II, we plan to present information about the vital role Poland played in the Allied Victory, featuring the Polish people's contributions, determination and perseverance.</div> <div>      All Polish American organizations and individuals are earnestly invited to join the American Council for Polish Culture in this effort, which will benefit our youth - tomorrow's leaders!  Please make your contributions payable to ACPC/NCSS and mail to: Henrietta Nowakowski, 23354 Longview, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127.  A full accounting of what transpires at this year's Conference in Houston will be publicized along with a listing of all the donors who contributed monies or resource materials to make Polonia's valuable participation in this event possible.  With regard to offerings of resource materials or questions regarding the project, please contact Mrs. Nowakowski at <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.ciocianusia@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ciocianusia@aol.com"><U>www.ciocianusia@aol.com</U></A></FONT> or (313) 565-7625. <B>     </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Letters & Info List <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters and info Listy i informacje"><B>>></B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>