Organizations Filed Purposes:
PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF SLOVENIAN-AMERICANS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL & CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING AN EDUCATIONAL MUSEUM, BIMONTHLY HERITAGE PUBLICATION "ZARJA" AND ANY ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE SLOVENIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY.
BIMONTHLY HERITAGE PUBLICATION KNOWN AS THE ZARJA HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY PUBLISHED SINCE 1929. THE MAGAZINE CONTAINS: INFORMATION ON UP-COMING EVENTS, PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO MEMBERS, LIST OF NEW MEMBERS, LIST OF DONATIONS NAME AND AMOUNT, VARIOUS ARTICLES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS, ACTIVITY AT THE HERITAGE MUSEUM SUCH AS BOOK DONATIONS TO MUSEUM LIBRARY, TRIBUTES TO LONG TO TIME MEMBERS AND BRANCES, MEMBERS DONATING FOR THE 2015 ANNUAL CONVENTION, DEVELOPING A HERITAGE COOKBOOK TO BE AVAILABLE AT CONVENTION, GENEALOGY ON FAMILIES, GENEALOGY RESEARCH RESOURCES, VISITS TO SLOVENIA/VILLAGES AND BRANCH ACTIVITY REPORTS. BONNIE PROKUP IS THE ORGANIZAITON'S NATIONAL PRESIDENT OFFICER AND IS EMPLOYED AS THE MAGAZINE'S DIRECTOR OF DESIGN. DEBBIE PROHAR IS THE ORGANIZATION'S NATIONAL VP OF OUTREACH OFFICER AND IS EMPLOYED AS THE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR. ZARJA TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH IS THE DAWN.
HERITAGE EDUCATIONAL MUSEUM IS A COLLECTION OF ARTIFACTS, PICTURES, LIBRARY, AND CLOTHING DONATED BY MEMBERS. THERE IS A SMALL GIFTSHOP. THE MUSEUM IS AT THE HOME OFFICE BUILDING THAT WAS PURCHASED IN 1978 AND LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN JOLIET, IL ON FAMOUS ROUTE 66. THE ORIGINAL NAME WAS SLOVENIAN WOMENS UNION OF AMERICA AND CHANGED IN NOVEMBER, 2011 TO SLOVENIAN UNION OF AMERICA, INC.
TWO VOLUNTEERS AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS, THEY SCANNED THOUSANDS OF MEMBERSHIP RECORDS FROM 1926 TO DATE THAT INCLUDES APPLICATIONS, CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHER RECORDS THAT IS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND A GENEALOGY RESOURCE. SCANS ARE SAVED ON CD'S AND AVAILABLE TO MEMBERSHIP. ORIGINAL PAPER RECORDS ARE IN SPECIAL CONTAINER BOXES AND IN STORAGE. HERITAGE PUBLICATION MAGAZINE HAS BEEN DIGITIZED, SAVED AND ON LINE AS FOLLOWS: MARY LOU VOELK VP OF CULTURE & HERITAGE COLLABORATED WITH THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN LJUBLJANA SLOVENIA TO COMPLETE THEIR PARTIAL COLLECTIONS. MISSING EDITIONS WERE SENT TO THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AND IN TURN THEY DIGITIZED AND PLACED ON LINE THE COMPLETE COLLECTION WITHOUT COST TO SLOVENIAN UNION OF AMERICA. THE MAILING COSTS WERE DONATED BY A MEMBER. ORIGINAL COPIES ARE WRAPPED AND IN SPECIAL CONTAINER BOXES AND IN STORAGE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 900 MAGAZINES, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE EARLY YEARS IN SLOVENIAN AND TRANSITIONED TO ENGLISH. THE MAGAZINE IS NOW PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER MONTH. AS NEW MAGAZINES ARE PUBLISHED, A DIGITIZED COPY IS SENT TO THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY TO BE CURRENT AND CAN BE PLACED ON LINE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
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| Debbie Pohar | NATIONAL VP OF OUTREACH | 26.1 | $12,000 |
| Bonnie Jean Prokup | NATIONAL PRESIDENT | 18.7 | $11,700 |
| Janet King | NATIONAL VP OF HOME OFFICE | 5.4 | $5,400 |
| Carol A Ryba | NATIONAL TREASURER | 12.5 | $3,000 |
| Karen Taylor | NATIONAL CORRESPONDING/RECORDING SECRETARY | 0.3 | $0 |
| Mary Gornik Carmody | NATIONAL MARKETING & FUNDRAISING | 0 | $0 |
| Mary Lou Voelk | NATIONAL VP OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE | 39.7 | $0 |
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