COMMUNITY CHRONICLE (11/07/99)

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE

UNWLA branch showcases Ukrainian heritage

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - Branch 100 (Carteret, N.J.) of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, took part in Cultural Heritage Day on October 3 at the Hungarian American Citizens Club here.

As part of the various ethnic exhibits, Branch 100 displayed Ukrainian folk art, as well as samples of Ukrainian Christmas and Easter traditional foods. Among the exhibited items was literature about Ukraine, The Ukrainian Museum in New York and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. In addition, this year the dancers of St. Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Carteret, N.J.) took part in the program.

The Ukrainian exhibit and performance drew a lot of attention and praise, and several local government officials stopped by the exhibit table to express their appreciation.

The branch has also received an invitation from the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, N.J., to participate in the 11th annual Festival of Trees which begins on December 5. The foundation encourages different nationalities to present their Christmas traditions and share their customs and traditional foods with other participants and guests.

Colonia High School's Ambassador International Club extended an invitation to the branch to visit the school and tell students about Ukraine's folk art, holiday traditions and other topics of interest.

Coalition members meet speaker of Polish Senate

PHILADELPHIA - Holy Family College in Philadelphia awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree to Alicja Julia Grzeskowiak, speaker of the Polish Senate, on October 1. Members of the Action Ukraine Coalition were invited as special guests for this event and later met Speaker Grzeskowiak at a reception. From left are: Sister Francesca Onley, CSFN, Ph.D., president of Holy Family College; R.L. Chomiak, director of the Washington Office of Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC); Stephan Romanko, treasurer of Ukrainian Federation of America (UFA); Ihor Gawdiak, president of the UACC; Daria Fedak of Ukrainian National Women's League of America; Dr. Zenia Chernyk, chairman of the UFA; Bohdan Korzeniowski, president of the UFA; Speaker Grzeskowiak; Vera Andryczyk, public relations director of the UFA; Marijka Tatunczak and Ksenia Korzeniowski of the UFA.

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