Concert for Peace  - June 18, 2022

 

On June  18th the Canadian Polish Congress British Columbia held a fundraising concert.

A Concert for Peace - in support of Ukrainian refugees in Poland was a massive success!

There were magnificent performances by these wonderful artists:

Taryn Plater and Perri Lo, Elvira Voskanyan, Christina Krystecki

Henrietta Choromanski, Anna Gordon

Nick Sergienko and the students of Elite Piano Studios West Vancouver

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Thanks to the guests, supporters, artists and volunteers the profit from the concert of the amount of $4100 dollars will be donated To 'Barka Poland' organization that helps Ukrainian refugees. The information about this organization is provided below. 

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Guest Speakers:

Canadian Polish Congress BC President Michael K. Dembek,

Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Vancouver Andrzej Mankowski,

Honorary Consulate General of Ukraine in Vancouver, Lubomyr Huculak

Ukrainian Canadian Congress in Vancouver President Iryna Shyroka,

MC of the event : Margaret Dembek

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Special THANKS to our sponsors and supporters for making this concert a huge success: 

 

St Patrick’s Parish

St Casimir’s Parish

Niche Market

Polonia Sausage House

Pacey's Pianos

Конґрес Українців Канади - Британська Колумбія.

UCC BC Provincial Council

Ktok studio

Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Vancouver

Matt Horrigan

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The Canadian Polish Congress member organizations that assisted in making this happen:

Belweder North Shore Polish Association

The Federation of Polish Canadian Woman No. 4

Tri-City Polonez Polish Association

Polish Combatants' Association No. 3

White Eagle Polish Association

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