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Teodozia Sawycka teaches the art of pysanka making to Ukrainian girls in Utica. 1964. varied topics. Her files are packed with published articles, and reflect the thinking of a woman of very wide-ranging interests. My mother was best known within the UNWLA and the Ukrainian-American community for her prodigious work with the UNWLA's Scholarship Program in Brazil, a program she developed over a period of some 13 years through thousands of personal letters, scores of articles, and many brochures, exhibits, and slide presentations. Much has been written about this program and her role in it. What should be added here is the pride and happiness she felt about the program after it was turned over to her successor, Anna Krawczuk, now president of the UNWLA, and subsequently to Luba Bilowchtchuk. She was delighted with the blossoming, streamlining, computerization and expansion of the program. My mother's interest in education included the network of the UNWLA's pre-schools across the U.S., which she regarded as veiy important. She was involved, at various times, in promoting the existence of the pre-school at the Utica parish, often seeking out teachers for the school, and then helping them when they sought her guidance and advice. She also believed in the valuable role the UNWLA could play in the personal growth and leadership development of UNWLA members of all ages. She tried to involve teen-aged girls in our parish in the UNWLA with activities they would find of most interest. She taught them to make pysanky and brought a young woman along with her when it Teodozia Sawycka, 1980. was time to go to the TV studio for a taping of the pre-Easter or pre-Christmas Ukrainian segment. She believed young women needed to build their confidence and experience, not only to be good Ukrainian representatives before the American media, but also for their own self worth. To this day, many of these women still remember those experiences. She played the role of mentor to women in her branch who had leadership potential and wished to serve. Over the years, she encouraged and trained a number of them in the duties of various posts, including presidency, and was always waiting in the wings, ready to help them when they needed her. My mother felt an obligation to nurture other women because she was extremely mindful of the role model UNWLA leaders had been for her. It is hard for me to remember a time when she wasn't a good public speaker or confident of her organizational skills, but she assured me that indeed there had been such a time. A quick study, she learned by trial and error, but also by analyzing the activities of older women in the UNWLA. She admired and observed in action many top leaders of the UNWLA. Highly sensitive to personal, social and organizational nuances, she was aware of their contributions to the growth of the UNWLA, but she never let her admiration of their organizational skills cloud her personal judgment about people or situations. To the end, she remained an individual, a gracious and intelligent lady who was no one else's person. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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