The Richard Gorecki Scholarship
2020 Award Recipients
Danielle Bubniak
Syracuse University
Post Grad
Olivia Celinski
DePaul University
Senior
Luke Hedrich
Grand Valley State University
Sophomore
Patryk Kozlowski
California Institute
of Technology
Sophomore
Hunter Lane
University of Tampa
Post Grad
Joseph Matala
Wells College
Sophomore
Lilianna Matala
Dickinson College
Junior
Meredith Nowotarski
University of Notre Dame
Senior
Dariush Sosnowski
Boston University
Senior
Kaja Stanecki
University of Miami
Sophomore
Isabel Swatowski
Rutgers University
Sophomore
Natalie Swatowski
Washington University
Post Grad Law
Karolina Wlaz
University of St. Joseph
Junior
Application & Requirements for 2021
The Richard Gorecki
Scholarship Distribution
1997-2000 | 63 Students | $69,020
2001-2005 | 16 Students | $13,500
2006-2010 | 40 Students | $66,100
2011-2015 | 163 Students | $164,000
2016-2020 | 108 Students | $199,250
Grand Total: $511,870.00
What our Recipients are Saying
“Thank you very much for awarding me a Richard C. Gorecki Scholarship. I am very honored to have been selected. I would like to thank you again for helping me to realize my dream of getting a degree in mathematics. Dziekuje bardzo.”
— Lilianna M.
“Thank you so much for your generous support of my education at the University of Notre Dame. I am very excited for my senior year and truly appreciate the financial help you have given me over the years. Thank You so much!”
— Meredith N.
“Thank you very much for awarding me a Richard C. Gorecki Scholarship. It will greatly help me with my tuition costs at college this year. I appreciate your faith in me and I will do my best in my studies and to represent Polonia. Thank you again.”
— Joseph M.
“I am honored to receive the Richard C. Gorecki Scholarship from the PACCF. I am sure it was a tough choice between applicants and I am humbled that you all chose me. The scholarship will help me very much with my graduate studies. It will not be squandered on me. Dziekuje!”
— Hunter L.
“This scholarship is helping my family shoulder the burden of private school tuition. It will allow me to fully devote my time and efforts to my studies, which I am passionate about.”
— Patryk K.
“I am a fourth year Au.D./Ph.D dual degree doctoral student at Syracuse University. I am passionate about the pediatric population and this PACCF scholarship will help support my current research projects looking at auditory maturation in adolescence and future work studying the auditory outcomes of concussion.”
— Danielle B.
“This scholarship has helped me tremendously with the cost of tuition, especially during the pandemic. The money awarded has brought me one step closer to becoming a physician assistant and providing care to people in need. I am incredibly proud of my Polish heritage, and was pleased to have the opportunity to apply.”
— Lilianna M.
“By receiving this opportunity with the Gorecki Scholarship, I am able to focus on my academics and my career rather than worrying about educational finances. My parents, who immigrated from Poland in the early 1990s.”
— Isabel S.
“This scholarship will have a profoundly positive impact on my senior year at Boston University. Given the new learning environment this semester, I will use this scholarship to buy textbooks and additional materials to support my education. Without the Polish American Congress Charitable Foundation I would not be able to work and attend school simultaneously, and for that I am forever grateful.”
— Dariush S.