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Chapter 3 7 — Lesia Ukrainka DETROIT, MICH. 1937 — 1962 F or tw en ty -fiv e years C hapter 37 o f th e U krainian N ation al W o m en ’s L eagu e h as pursued an un in terru p ted p rogram o f educa tion al, cu ltu ral and civic natu re, and com m u nity service. It fu lly em braced th e aim s and purposes o f th e U N W L A , and se t ad dition al goals, su ch as a stu d y o f life and w orks o f L esia U krain ka, th e renow ned p oetess, w h ose nam e th e C hapter proudly bears. A lso, m aterial aid w as g iv en tow ards th e p u rch ase and restoration o f L esia U k rain k a’s b irth place, and tran slation of h er w orks in to E n glish . T h is in sp irin g volum e, titled “S p irit o f F lam e,” w as pre sen ted to th e D etro it M ain L ib rary b y th e C hapter. T h rou gh ou t th e years, a ctiv i ties o f th e ch ap ter ranged from lectu res, p lays, folk art ex h ib its, fash io n sh ow s, m u sical pro gram s, em broidery classes, E a st er eg g coloring, trad ition al food cookery, k n ittin g o f afg h a n s for h osp ital p a tien ts, to p articip at in g in W ar B ond D rives and R ed C ross w ork d urin g W orld W ar II, and th e annual C om m unity C h est drives. C hapter m em b ers h ave W orked closely w ith th e In tern ation al In stitu te and its pro je cts su ch as th e In ternation al V illage E x h ib its d urin g th e ’40’s, and th e £50th D etro it B irth d ay celebration in 1951, as w ell as th e recen t F reed om F estiv a ls. E m broidered p illow -cases and aprons, ch ina cup and bake-goods sales as m on ey-m ak in g p rojects enabled th e C hapter to con trib u te th ou san d s o f dollars tow ard s variou s w om en ’s p ub lication s, stu d f xits in W estern U kraine, p ack ages to service m en, U k rain ian R elief C om m ittee F und, Com - th eir edu cation in colleges and u n iv ersities w h ere U k rain ian h isto ry is still b ein g ta u g h t b y p ro-R u ssian and an ti-U k rain ian lon g-b eh in d -tim es sch olars, w ho still b elieve in th a t h oary th o u g h t o f a “one and ind ivisib le R u ssia.”— Stephen Shumeyko. m u n ity fu nd, cloth in g and food p arcels to displaced p erson s, local U k rain ian parochial sch ools, and ch u rch es, N ation al T em ple, U N W L A Scholarship F und, and th e C ongress C om m ittee. P u blic R elation s term is com p aratively n ew in our lan gu age u sage, h ow ever, from th e fir st p resid en t o f th e C hapter, M ary P elech , on to th is tim e g rea t em p h asis had b een placed on con ta cts and good relation s w ith A m erican w om en ’s clubs and th e A m erican com m u nity. T h e la te Ju lia S h u stak evich , (fir st p resi d en t o f th e U N W L A ) fo r years th e gu id in g sp irit o f th e C hap ter, w as th e fir st to launch com m u n ity relation s program . A p p earan ce b efore grou ps su ch as U n iv ersity W om en’s C lubs, church groups, sch ool group s, b u sin ess and p rofession al grou p s, served as v eh icles fo r d issem i n a tin g kn ow led ge o f U k rain e, her h isto ry , lan gu age, cultu re, folk arts, and people. T he ch ap ter h as continued to cu ltivate and n ur tu re su ch con tacts, co n stan tly w in n in g frien d s to th e v iew p oin t th a t U k rain ian s are n ot R u ssian s b u t a d istin ct n ation ality, and a stro n g ally o f th e free w orld. R ecogn izin g th e fa c t th a t th e fu tu re o f th e L eagu e re sts w ith th e you n ger gen eration , C hapter 37 h as b een co n stan tly seek in g A m erican w om en o f U k rain ian d escen t to join its ran ks, and be th e con tin u in g link in th e chain o f th e L eagu e’s p rogress. A s an eth n ic group m em bers reared in tw o cu ltural back grou n ds, th e U k rain ian and th e A m erican , n eed fo r greater p ar ticip ation and resp on sib ility h as been fe lt to th e com m u n ity in w h ich w e live. C hapter’s m em b ersh ip in th e F ed eration o f W o m en ’s C lubs o f M etropolitan D e tro it h as opened aven u es o f w ide com m u nity in terests and p artici p ation. A lso, C hapter h as given o f itse lf to th e U n ited C om m un ity service groups, and to oth er M rs. L en a B en c a l-K a rp ia k as she ap p e a re d in M inneapolis, M inn. UKRAINIAN ACTRESS JUBILEE T he U N W L A B ranch 16 in M inneapolis, M inn., recen tly cele b rated th e 4 0th sta g e an n iver sary o f its board m em b er L ena B encal-K arpiak. T h e a ctress en tered th e sta g e a t an early age in U k rain e, and p erform ed m an y years on it. H er husband, th e late M ykola B encal, a p rom in en t actor h im self w as h er fir st teach er. R esettled in A m erica, in h er fo rties, th e a ctress g a v e up th e sta g e as stea d y w ork. B u t h er p rofession al sk ill and a rtistic abi lity sh e still p resen ts from tim e to tim e on U N W L A B ran ch ’s en terp rises. T he ju b ilee g a v e a w arm w elcom e to th e a ctress’ m erit and p erson ality. sp ecial U k rain ian com m u nity p rojects. T hu s, one o f th e sm allest ch ap ters in th e area, it h as undertak en and execu ted m an y g ian t ta sk s d urin g its 25 years, and h as rig h tfu lly gained its place am on gst its older estab lish ed and larger sister ch ap ters o f th e U N W L A . T h e follow in g quotation p erhaps b est ty p ifies th e effo rts o f our w om en: “W h at a w om an does fo r h erse lf d ies w ith her, w h a t sh e does fo r h er com m u nity liv es fo r e v e r !” Anastasia Volker Wisdom is sometimes neare r when we stoop then when we soar.
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