Events

The first hike this year will be led by Gosia Stroińska on Sunday, February 25. Meeting spot is in front of the Visitor Center at 9 am. For details regarding the park or directions on how to get there please visit Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park website.

Both children and adults are invited to participate in this event. Easter egg painting will take place at the Bert Ferguson Center at 11 am. PAS will provide decorating supplies and light refreshments. Please bring cooked eggs for decoration. Direct all questions to Magdalena Mazur.

All interested in celebrating Easter in polish language please visit Polish Catholic Mission website: Polish Catholic Mission Home English

The hike around Herb Parsons Lake will be led by Miłka Mitchell. The 6.5-mile trail is in Fayette County, near Collierville. We will meet in the parking lot at 10:30 am. More about park on the website:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/tennessee/herb-parsons-lake-trail

The traditional Polish Spring Picnic will take place on Saturday, April 27 from 4 pm to 8 pm at Cameron Brown Park Germantown (entrance from Farmington Blvd). All PAS members, supporters and friends are invited. The organization will provide grilled Polish sausage and drinks. Please bring a dish to share. For questions, contact Magdalena Mazur. See you soon!

This year PAS members will be representing Poland at the Botanic Garden’s “World of Plants” festival. During this event we will share how Poles use herbs for health and wellness purposes. The event will take place on Saturday, May 4th from 10 am to 2 pm. Everyone is invited to either participate or stop by to support and visit. For questions, please contact Magda D Vaughan by email.

We invite all book lovers to join us for the newly established Book Discussion Club. Each meeting will feature a different book. Club members will meet once a month or every six weeks to discuss a previously selected and read book or literary work. There is something interesting for everyone. For more information about DKK, please contact Joanna Hofman.

All members and friends are invited to join us for a trip to a local farm for strawberry picking. The event will take place at Jones Orchard 7170 Hwy 51 in Millington, TN at 10 am. The organization will provide refreshments for all participants and will fund a basket of picked strawberries for each PAS family who participate.

This year, Family Day will be combined with Children’s Day Celebration and will be held for PAS members only. The ceremony will take place at Shelby Farms in field across the stables at 11 am.

All members and friends are invited for peach picking. This event will take place at Jones Orchard 6824 Big Creek Church in Millington, TN at 9 am. Peaches picked by participants will not be funded by PAS; however, all will be hosted with refreshments sponsored by our organization.

This year’s camping for interested children and adults will take place at Chickasaw State Park. It will begin on Friday, September 20 and end on Sunday, September 22. Interested parties are asked to contact Justyna Żyłka-O’Brien via email at pasofmem@gmail.com or through the Polish-American Society Facebook page with questions and formalities. Signing the Waiver on our website is required to participate in this event. At the same time, we remind you that parents, not the organization, are responsible for the safety of children at the campsite. We wish you a lot of fun.

The festival will take place on Saturday, September 28 from 11 AM to 5 PM, as in previous years at the Agricenter in Cordova.
Sign up Genius was sent to all members in the first half of September. To participate, please sign up via Sign Up Genius and arrive at 10:45 AM in folk costumes or in the national colors of Poland.
For years, our stand has enjoyed great interest. This year we plan to sell many Polish products (sausages, pierogi, T-shirts, Easter eggs, etc.), there will also be a photo booth, and an exhibition. Your help and participation are essential. Remember that the festival is the primary source of income for our organization. The income helps us reduce the costs of Christmas Eve and finance events organized during the year. We need hands to prepare and assemble the stand, and to prepare and sell goods.
We remind you that the festival is also an excellent opportunity for young people to gain volunteer hours.

We invite all children with parents and guardians at 10 AM to Menagerie Farms 3135 Shea Rd, Collierville for the fall festival and pumpkin patch.
PAS will pay for admission for a child PAS member. Non-members will use the individually paid group tickets.

We will meet at the Bert Ferguson Center (Cordova) at 10 AM to prepare for the busy holiday season. We will provide basic holiday decoration materials.
Please donate any excess Christmas ornaments (contact Dana Zabielski pasofmem@gmail.com) to use for various holiday decorations. We will display the decorations on our Polish Christmas Tree at the Pink Palace and during the Christmas Eve Dinner.

We are organizing this event earlier due to the weather, which is sometimes uncertain at this time of year, and to ensure the safety of members. The event is planned for Saturday, November 9th from 12 PM to 4 PM, at the Memman Shelby Forest. A Polish flag will be visible at the entrance to the property. We will send a map with detailed directions to our location closer to the date.

The PAS tree decoration at the Enchanted Forest at the Pink Palace will take place on Sunday, November 10 from 12 PM-4 PM. Due to Pink Palace policy, the number of people to decorate the tree is limited, so to participate, please sign up via Sign Up Genius and arrive at 11:45 AM. Everyone is invited to watch the PAS tree together on December 8.

Festival of Trees at the Pink Palace Museum. We invite you to walk through the fairytale forest at the Pink Palace, where among others, you will be able to see the PAS Christmas tree.

The Polish Christmas Eve organized by our organization will take place on Saturday, December 14th from 5 PM to 9 PM in the OLPH church hall, 8151 Poplar Ave. Germantown.
Admission to the Christmas Eve for members of the organization remains free of charge (if they participate in set up or dish preparation), for non-members it will be $45 per person. The organization will provide basic Christmas Eve dishes as before. We will contact declared participants for other traditional dishes and help in preparing the dinner via Sign Up Genius. Children of members will traditionally receive gifts from PAS Santa.
We will inform you about the deadline for registration for participation in the Christmas Eve, conditions and more details about its organization by e-mail, one month before the date of the Christmas Eve.