We present the profiles of five scholarship recipients whose financial support from the Foundation helps them develop their talents and passions. Funds raised through this year's 1% campaign will be used to help others in need.
A 14-year-old middle school student with a grade point average of around 5.5. She practices acrobatics, tennis, and swimming. She paints, takes ceramics classes, plays guitar, and is learning foreign languages.
In his free time he helps those in need as a Caritas volunteer.
In 2013, she took first place in the 6th Masovian computer animation competition "My Passion", became a laureate of the Interdisciplinary Curatorial Competition for Primary Schools "Korczak - a great friend of children" and received a distinction in the national mathematics competition "Albus".
Ola is a two-time recipient of a scholarship from the Pocztowy Dar Foundation. This allows her to freely pursue her interests and pursue new titles.
A 15-year-old student at a secondary music school, studying vocal performance. She sings and writes lyrics for her own songs.
In 2013, she took third place at the Marek Grechuta Enchanted Song Festival, singing the song "Liryka, liryka" with Grzegorz Turnau. Sandra also won awards in previous editions of this competition (2009–2011). She was also invited to participate in the Angels of Heaven project (recording music videos with pop stars).
In her free time she enjoys horseback riding (she is preparing to compete), cooking and swimming.
The Pocztowy Dar Foundation scholarship recipient has been blind since birth. For her, the Foundation's scholarship is a distinction, a reward, and an incentive to take on new challenges.
Sandra dreams of studying music in the future. Music is what brings her true happiness.
A seventeen-year-old singer who has won vocal competitions and festivals across Poland. Last year, she took first place at the 3rd "O'beeBOK" Polish and English Song Festival, organized by the Białołęka Cultural Center in Warsaw. She placed third at the 6th "Lublin Talent" National Children's and Youth Song Festival and third place at the 19th "Białe 2013" Children's and Youth Song Festival. Monika is one of the sixteen "Diamonds of Lublin" in 2013 – a competition aimed at promoting young, vocally gifted students from Lublin schools.
A student at Lublin High School and the Fever Vocal Studio, where she studies singing, she plays guitar and takes photography. A scholarship from the Pocztowy Dar Foundation helps her pursue her passions.
She comes from a musical family and has always been surrounded by music. In the future, she would like to become a singer or a singing teacher.
Michał is 15 years old and has many interests: recitation, swimming, mathematics, biology, literature, and skiing. His true passion, however, is traditional karate. He has been training since kindergarten. Initially intended for fun, the classes gradually became a true school of life for Michał. Karate teaches respect for others, cooperation, healthy competition, humility, perseverance, and modesty.
Michał trains on average four times a week. He also travels with the club for training camps during winter and summer breaks. This doesn't stop him from achieving excellent academic results.
He is a multiple medalist and participant in international, national, and regional competitions. Michał's achievements last year include: the European Traditional Karate Cup (children's category), a bronze medal at the FUDOKAN World Karate Championships in Prague (a member of the National Team), and two gold and two silver medals at the European Traditional Karate Championships (the youngest representative from Poland). His victory at the European Championships gave him the best result among the competitors.
Wojtek has always had a passion for science. At 20 years old, he's already receiving very attractive job offers from reputable companies. He decided to continue his education and began studies at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology at the Warsaw University of Technology.
He participated in the regional competitions of the Computer Science Olympiad and the Mathematical Linguistics Olympiad. He took first place in an international competition organized by the University of Navarra. Wojtek's major achievement was participating in the international programming competition, the High School Programming League. In the young programmers' competition, which attracted 95 schools from 13 countries, Wojtek's team took second place. He placed in the top five in the individual classification.
He represented his school at that time (Academic Secondary School of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń) twice during the sessions of the European Youth Parliament of the Baltic States in Gdańsk and Copenhagen.
Wojtek's other passions include: the gym, football, sailing and skiing.
In the near future, I plan to pass my university exams with the best possible results and learn more about several selected software languages.
The Pocztowy Dar Foundation scholarship, which he has already received twice (including "Transfer to the Future - continuation"), is a support and reward for his achievements to date.
