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The Pilsudski Institute of America in cooperation with a group of "Polish Running Team" invites you to participate in the race, "Wolf's Trail- a Run to honor Polish Accursed (Heroic) Soldiers” on February 26, 2017 (Sunday) at noon in Forest Park, Queens.

It is a national project coordinated by the Foundation for Freedom and Democracy in Poland, whose aim is to pay tribute to the soldiers of the Polish anti-communist resistance movement in the period 1944 - 1963 within the pre-war borders of Poland and the popularization of knowledge on this subject. Run is held over a distance of 1,963 meters.

In 2016 the race took part 40 000 participants from 160 cities from across the Poland and in New York, Chicago, London, Vilnius, Grodno, Lida, Zhitomir and Zdolbunov. This year the run in Poland and in the world will take part 60 000 runners from 240 cities. This year's run in Forest Park is sponsored by the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit union

Participants will receive T-shirts with images of "Soldiers accursed" and commemorative medals. Details of the race: the distance - 1963 meters Date: February 26, 2016 (Sunday) 12 o'clock, the place Forest Park, Queens, NY. We meet at 11:00 am at Forest Park Drive near the stadium.

Tickets: Adults and adolescents (13 years or older) - $ 25 per person. The fee includes: the cost of running the organization, insurance, t-shirt. Children aged 5 -12 - admission free with registered parents. Registration is required - please register on the website until February 23, 2017.

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The Pilsudski Institute of America thanks all institutions and individual persons for financial and material support in 2017.

In particular, we would like to thank:

• Senate of the Republic of Poland for financial grants, to finance popularization of our digital resources, development of educational website poznajhistorie.org and for support of statutory activity of the Institute.
• The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland for financial grants for digitization of the archival resources and for organization of XXXIX Permanent Conference of Museums, Archives and Libraries in the West, New York, October 4th-8th, 2017.
• The Józef Piłsudski National Heritage Foundation for efficiency in grants acquisition.
• The Head Office of the State Archives for sending an archivist dr. Bartosz Nowożycki for a month long internship, and archivization of Mr. Alfred Szebl’s collection (postal stamps and cards, letters) and other smaller collections.
• The Institute of National Remembrance of Poland for sending four archivists to help with digitization of archival resources. Special thanks to interns: Anna Trytek, Ewa Wójcicka, Wiesław Kaczmarczyk, Wojciech Drożdżewicz.
• The National Library of Poland for sending two interns: Joanna Podurgiel and Małgorzata Kurowska for a month long internship to work on cataloging of our library.
• Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union for financial support of The Wolf ‘s Trail Run (A Run for Accursed Soldiers), digitization of archival resources and Institute’s programs for the public.
• Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York for support of the Institute's activity, a grant for digitization of our resources and for a grant for  organization of the Institute's Gala. Projects  are co-financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland with use of funds to cooperate with Polonia.
• City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs-Program NYCulture for sponsorship of some of the Institute's programs.
• All individual donors who financially supported the Institute.
• All volunteers who are with the Institute on daily basis.

Pilsudski Institute of America would like to thank to all the institutions and individuals who supported the Institute financially and materially in 2016.

Special thanks to:

• Senate of the Republic of Poland for financial grants to support popularization of our digital resources and supporting Institute’s statutory activities.
• Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for financial grants to support digitization of the archives and publishing of the album with the Institute’s collections.
• The Jozef Pilsudski National Heritage Foundation for its effectiveness in obtaining grants for the Institute.
• Head Office of State Archives for sending an archivist Dr. Batrosz Nowożycki for a 2-month archive internship.
• Institute of National Remembrance for sending eight archivists to assists with digitization of our archives: Łukasz Wieczorek, Łukasz Grochowski, Karol Lisiecki, Marcin Moszczyński, Tomasz Karczewski, Paweł Grudziński, Grzegorz Majewski, Paweł Pietraszek.
• P&SFCU for supporting celebration of 1050 anniversary of Poland’s baptism and our digitization program.
• Consulate General of the Republic of Poland for supporting the Institute.
• City of New York – Department of Cultural Affairs – Program NYCulture – a program that supported some of our programs.
• All individual donors who responded to our appeal and financially supported the Institute.
• All the volunteers supporting the daily activities of the Institute and its special projects.

The Pilsudski Institute of America was awarded by Prime Minister Piotr Glinski the Gold Medal Gloria Artis for outstanding contribution to Polish culture. The ceremony took place on September 27, 2016 in the elegant salons of the Polish Consulate General in New York.

The Gold Medal Gloria Artis has also been awarded to the Polish Museum in Chicago and the Bronze Medal Gloria Artis was awarded to Janusz Sporek animator of Polish music in New York.

On behalf of the Institute Gloria Artis medal was accepted by its president Dr Iwona Korga and Dr Magda Kapuścińska, former president and volunteer of the Institute for the last 40 years. Iwona Korga thanking for the medal said:

"On behalf of the Pilsudski Institute of America, thank you very much for this great honor, I must admit, however, that the Institute deserved this medal. During our 73 years of activity, the Institute secured the Polish national heritage: one million documents, twenty thousand books, art gallery and historical memorabilia. [...] I accept this medal on behalf of employees and generations of volunteers who created our facility and gave their time, knowledge and supported financially. "