| The Danube Swabian Foundation of the U.S.A., Inc. Die Donauschwaebische Stiftung der USA, Inc. |
| 2011 CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Ed Tullius ,along with board members and directors, wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year 2012 |
| December 2011 Liebe Landsleute und Freunde, In 2011 we have made significant strides in accomplishing our purpose/mission as a foundation: “To foster, support and encourage the preservation of the customs, traditions, literature, culture and history of the Danube-Swabian people (Germanic people of Southeastern Europe),” and “To encourage the pursuit of studies in the German language, in the history, culture, literature, music, and folklore of the Danube-Swabian people.” We provided: 1.Significant financial support to the 2.Welttreffen der Donauschwäbische Jugend in Harkany, Hungary. That support made the entire event and our youth’s participation possible! We sent representatives from Cincinnati, St. Louis, both Chicago clubs, and Cleveland who joined participants from Germany, Brazil, and Hungary. (Even though our contributions were very sizeable, participants had to get the bulk of the seminar’s costs from other sources.) 2. Financial support to the Cleveland “Europe 2011 Travel Group.” 3. Support to Ann Morrison for her work in completing a 6-DVD set entitled “Millions Cried… No One Listened!” This film is a follow-up to her college project entitled “The Forgotten Genocide.” 4. Continued support to our language schools, youth groups, and the annual soccer tournament, in addition to our other annual funding priorities. As we approach the annual holiday season when many of us make our final charitable contribution decisions for 2011 and plan those for 2012, I ask you to contribute today. Surely your feelings about the aforementioned purpose of the Donauschwaben Foundation mirror my own. Our ancestors and our common history deserve a chance to be memorialized or preserved; to be remembered today and forever for the significant story that it is. We must financially support those individuals and groups that work so diligently to perpetuate the best of what we represent as Donauschwaben Americans. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you and your families. May God bless you for your generosity and keep you healthy as we embark upon our future together. Viel Glück und Gesundheit im Neuen Jahr! Robert F. Filippi President |
| Please send donations to: Danube Swabian Foundation, USA c/o Shawn Dangel, Treasurer 3975 Carrie Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45211 All Donations fully tax deductible in accordance with IRS regulations. |