SNPJ

National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum

605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123

USA

E-mail: Polkashop@aol.com

Phone: 216-261-3263

Toll Free: 1-800-66POLKA

Fax: 216-261-4134

The Slovene National Benefit Society celebrates 100 years of service to Slovene America. Organized in 1904 as Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota (SNPJ), the Society provided life insurance and social activities for Slovenian immigrant families. Lodges were founded in many states. SNPJ activities have centered around Cleveland-style polka music. Each year, SNPJ sponsors a Slovenefest, the country's largest outdoor Slovene-themed music festival. Polka music is heard weekly at the SNPJ Recreation Center in Borough of SNPJ, Pennsylvania, and SNPJ halls from Florida to California. In 1939, a young Frankie Yankovic played at SNPJ Farm in Kirtland, Ohio. SNPJ is the largest Slovene organizaton in the United States, with 42,000 members.

Inducted in 2004