German American National Congress Fox Valley

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About German American National Congress Fox Valley

The German American National Congress, also known as DANK (Deutsch Amerikanischer National Kongress), is the largest German-American organization in the United States, with 17 chapters in 7 states, including 8 in the greater Chicagoland area.

The national organization seeks to bring together German-Americans in the pursuit of cultivating and presenting their heritage and interests on local, regional, and national levels. These were the primary reasons that DANK was founded in 1959, and they are still among the organization’s primary objectives today.

The D.A.N.K. Fox Valley chapter was founded in 1967 as "Aurora Chapter 08" and represents the greater Fox River Valley ( Aurora to Elgin ) including the far western suburbs of Chicago. After merging with the Elgin, Illinois chapter in 1997, we changed our name to the Fox Valley chapter to have our name portray the geographical area that our chapter represents.