![]() ![]() “We would like to constantly increase our collection,” Wyganowski wrote. The collection is believed to be the largest in Europe. Kaliska decided to donate the collection to Stepnica due to health issues, according to the mayor’s letter. Credit: Mariola Kwiryng/Provided The piggy bank collection in Poland features banks made of ceramic, wood, metal and plastics with unique, hand-painted designs. ![]() Before retirement, Kaliska worked as a hairdresser in a salon she owned, through which she received piggy banks from the United States, Canada, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Taiwan, Japan and China. The collection was donated by Stepnica resident Irena Kaliska, who has been amassing piggy banks for more than 30 years, Mayor Andrew Wyganowski said in a letter to the group. ![]() A new museum called Piggy Bank recently opened in the Polish town, displaying 1,800 of the banks. The Polish American Congress Illinois Division - which is based in Park Ridge and meets at the Roman Catholic of Our Lady Mother of the Church at O’Hare every month - is rounding up the piggy banks on request from the mayor of Stepnica, a small town in northwest Poland. O’HARE - A Polish-American organization is looking for Chicago-themed piggy banks to add to a growing collection that recently made its debut in a Polish museum. ![]()
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