Landesverband der Donauschwaben, USA

http://www.dsfoundationusa.org/

    The Danube Swabian Foundation of the USA is a charitable organization supporting the Danube Swabian Community with financial assistance to children, youth, travel and dance groups, also sports tournaments and German language schools.

PURPOSES OF THE DANUBE-SWABIAN 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).
    To encourage the pursuit of studies in the German language, in  the history, culture, literature, music and folklore of the Danube-Swabian  people.
    To provide food, shelter, clothing and other assistance to the  Danube-Swabian people in dire need of help caused by of war, Acts of God, or other  disaster. 

    To foster and encourage the participation of the  Danube-Swabian youth in amateur athletic competition at the national and  international level.

MISSION STATEMENT

    The Danube-Swabian Foundation was founded by the  Danube-Swabian Association in 1982 to provide financial support for the  educational activities of all associated organizations and other educational  institutions.  The Danube-Swabian Foundation is a non profit organization  which in the past has awarded scholarships for excellent academic achievement  and for selected studies consistent with the purposes of the Foundation.  The Officers and Directors of the Danube-Swabian Foundation  are elected and serve on a voluntary basis in supporting literary research and  publishing activities of qualified persons furthering the purposes of the  Foundation.  The Danube-Swabian Foundation solicits donations and promotes  fund raisers for its activities as well as maintains a center for collection and  disbursement of funds and material support for the distribution of aid to the  Danube-Swabian people who are in dire need of help.  The Danube-Swabian Foundation is active from coast to coast in  providing financial and moral support for our Danube-Swabian youth to enable  them to participate in national and international amateur athletic competition.  The Danube-Swabian Foundation's long-range goal is to  establish and maintain a national Danube-Swabian Cultural Center in the United  States.

Directors of the Danube Swabian Foundation of the U.S.A., Inc.

2009-2010

The Officers of the Danube Swabian Foundation of the U.S.A., Inc.

2006-2008

Reprinted with permission

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