About the RSCA Polish Committee

In October of 1999, the search for Roselle’s Sister City began and a Sister City Commission was formed. The Roselle Village Board approved a plan to form a Sister City Relationship with Bochnia, Poland in July 2000. Upon an invitation from Mayor Cholewa, a Roselle delegation visited Bochnia, Poland in April 2001. Mayor Cholewa and Town Council President, Jan Olszewski came to Roselle in August 2003 and a signing ceremony took place on August 3, 2003. Mayor Smolinski and Sister City delegates went to Bochnia, Poland in June 2004 for an additional Official Signing Ceremony.The official document is now displayed at the Village Hall. More information in the History tab.

Since our humble beginning we have made a big imprint in Roselle! Here is a list of some of our accomplishments:

• Became 501c non-profit organization registered with the State.
• Distribution of welcome bags to new residents of Roselle.
• Scholarship awareded to a local senior high school student who was also sent to Poland as an exchange student.
• Hosted students from Poland.
• Donations to other local non-profit organizations annually.
• Participation in Tree Reforestation Program. Provided donations to the Village of Roselle to replace Ash trees lost to the Emerald Ash Bore infestation.
• Active in Roselle Community and participate in the Roselle Annual Parade, Cocoa Crawl.
• Prospect St. commemorated as an Honorary “Bochnia Sister Cities Street.”
• Visit's to Bochnia several times and we hosted visitors from Bochnia.
• Conducted and recorded interviews with original Roselle/Bochnia members for future generations.
• Redesigned our website and are active on Facebook.
• We have fun too! In order to raise funds, we organize and sponsor Annual Dinner-Dance Fundraiser Gala attended by local residents and community leaders.We also organized Polonia Day in 2024 and Harvest Fest in 2025.
• Awarded Illnois Sister City of the year in 2021
• Attended several State and International Sister Cities meetings, and we hosted the last Illinois State Sister Cities meeting in Roselle in 2018.
• Formed two new Committees with the mission of seeking a sister city in Italy and Germany.
• Recognized by Polish Consulate in Chicago and invited to some events in downtown.

Learn more about Roselle's partnership with Bochnia | Miasto Soli

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