15th President of the Polish American Congress

Western New York Division

Active president since 2005

Richard Solecki - PAC President with the late Pope John Paul II

Richard Solecki - PAC President with the late Pope John Paul II 

PAC President Richard Solecki with Cardinal Glemp Prymas Polski in Poland

Richard Solecki, PAC President meets Right Rev. Monsignor Georg Ratzinger - brother of Pope Benedict in Regensburg, Germany July 2005

Richard Solecki PAC President with SWAP member K. Kawalek

Richard Solecki, PAC President attending Polish Veterans Day at Naval Park

SWAP President Stanley Przystal with former County Executive Comptroller Alfreda Slominski and PAC President Richard Solecki

On behalf of our Board of Directors, our membership and our community I welcome you our guests to our website.  Since 1944, the Polish American Congress has been the vanguard of our Polish heritage here in the United States.  With over 40 state divisions, the PAC is the largest Polish American Organization within the United States.

Locally the PAC is always striving to help our community.  Over 30 organizations and hundreds of individual members, the PAC is involved in a myriad of activities.  We support our Veterans and our Youth Programs.  As you peruse our website – we urge you to consider joining our organization.  We need you – in unity there is strength. 

If you have any suggestions we ask you to contact us. Together in unity we can achieve greatness. 

Wishing all of you a great year – 2008.

Richard B. Solecki

President

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Z ramienia Zarzadu, czlonkow oraz lokalnego srodowiska chcialbym panstwa powitac na naszej stronie. Od roku 1944, Kongress Polonii Amerykanskiej byl straznikiem naszej polskiej kultury tutaj w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Z przeszlo 40'toma stanowymi komorkami, Kongress jest najwieksza organizacja polonijna w Stanach Zjednoczonych.

Lokalnie Kongres Polonii Amerykanskiej ma za cel pomoc naszemu srodowisku. Kongress z ponad 30 zrzeszonymi organizacjami i setkami indywidualnych czlonkow uczestniczy w mnostwie roznorakich programow. Szczegolnie  pomagamy naszym weteranom i mlodziezy. Odwiedzajac nasza strone - zachecamy was byscie rozwazyli czlonkostwo w tej unikalnej organizacji. Potrzebujemy was - sila lezy w zjednoczeniu.

Jezeli panstwo macie jakiekolwiek sugestie prosimy o kontakt. Polaczeni razem bedziemy mogli osiagnac wielkosc.

Zyczac panstwu wspanialego roku 2008.

Z powazaniem

Richard B Solecki

Prezydent

PAC President Richard Solecki with Bishop Grosz - June 2007

PAC President Richard Solecki with Sisters of Charity in Calcutta, India - October 1997 

Polish American Congress Banquet Honorees 2004

June 1999 - PAC President Richard Solecki with Lech Walesa

PAC President Richard Solecki with Lech Walesa in Gdansk, Poland - June 1999