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YPCPA Ottawa
Annual Christmas Social 2019
Ottawa,
Friday, 29 November 2019
The Young Polish Canadian Professionals Association
(YPCPA) hosted its 6th Annual Christmas Social,
coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the YPCPA. I
and my wife received personal invitation to that
event. It was my first chance to join members and
friends of the YPCPA at their meeting at Fox and
Feather Pub and Grill, 283 Elgin Street, Ottawa.
The
Young Polish Canadian Professionals Association
("YPCPA") is a non-profit organization that aims to
unify its members, young Polish-Canadian
professionals, through networking opportunities,
cultural events, and career enriching experiences.
They are active in Ottawa, Toronto and Calgary. This
year marks their tenth year contributing to the
Polish-Canadian community.
We enjoyed festive beverages and celebrated the
Christmas Spirit. My wife participated in a team
gingerbread house decorating contest, which was very
popular with almost all of the attendees
participating in it.
     
Kasia Rydel, on behalf of YPCPA
Ottawa, presented me with the YPCPA Community
Pillar Award:
Throughout
the years, we have relied on the support of
community leaders like you to help us with
the fulfillment of our mandate. We are
grateful to you for publicising our events
and initiatives in the Komunikaty Ottawskie,
the oldest Polish-language Internet
newsletter in the world. We also appreciate
your role as a key media sponsor for several
editions of the Play Poland Film Festival, a
flagship initiative of which we are very
proud. We would like to formally recognize
your contributions to our organization. We
would like to present you with a YPCPA
Community Pillar Award to express our
thanks.
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My wife Grażyna was also recognized for
her support for Polish community in Ottawa. She received
a very nice flower bouquet.
 Thank you very much YPCPA for
granting me this award. It is a great honor
for me to receive this recognition. The Ottawa
Newsletter, Komunikaty Ottawskie, is mainly an
information service for the Polish community
in Ottawa, founded in early spring of 1987. At
that time, such a source of information was
needed. It seems that it is still useful for
the Polish community and this award may serve
as a proof.
I observed
Polish community life over all my living in
Canada. I followed all the developments that
led to the creation of the programs for the
young Polonia: Poland in the Rockies, YPCPA,
Quo Vadis, School of Polonia Leaders, etc. I
see great effects of these programs. Attendees
of the conferences and leadership training
became not only the leaders in the Polish
community, they are also members of provincial
governments or are employed by the government
institutions. Some of them, bearing Polish
passports, are working for the EU institutions
and global companies residing in Europe.
As the
representative of the Polish-Canadian media, I
would like to say that it would be beneficial
for our community, if the young generation
took over and become more active in the media:
on-line (social media, Internet TV channels),
local TV & radio, etc.
Thank you
very much for the award.
All the best to the
YPCPA and your future!
Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year!
Czesław Piasta, Komunikaty Ottawskie
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More pictures in the album available at
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Środa, 11 grudnia 2019
Premiera grudniowego wydania programu
"Polish Review".
