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Moczygemba Foundation accepting scholarship applications

The Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation invites entries for its Silesian-Polish Texans essay contest, which awards up to four [post_excerpt],000 scholarships for the winning essay(s). The scholarship contest is open to Texas students of any ethnicity and faith in the 12th grade. The essay topic is “Portrayal of a Silesian-Polish Texas.” Silesia is a region in Europe with parts of Silesia located in what is now Poland. In the 1800s, immigrants from Silesia began to settle in Texas. The deadline to enter is Wednesday, April 30. Further contest details are available at FLMFoundation.org and SilesianTexans.com.

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