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President UNWLA greets Victor Yuschenko at the Ukrainian Institute of America. • October 15, 2001. The Ukrainian Museum in New York City held its 25th anniversary celebration at the New York Palace Hotel. The UNWLA President greeted the gathering. Attending this event were First Vice-president Maria Tomorug, Social Welfare Chair Nadia Shmigel, President of the New York Regional Council Nadia Savchuk, President of the New Jersey Regional Council Jaroslava Mulyk, editor-in-chief of Our Life Irena Chaban, and many other UNWLA members. The proceeds are to be nefit the Ukrainian Museum Building Fund. • October 15, 2001. The Ukrainian Museum held its Executive Meeting. The UNWLA President at tended. • October 19, 2001. The UNWLA President attended a reception at the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C. The reception was held in conjunction with The Washington Group’s two day Conference. • October 20, 2001. Iryna Kurowyckyj participated in one of The Washington Group’s panels on women. Her topic was “Ukrainian Women in Parliament”. • October 20, 2001. Vice-president Sofia Hewryk re presented the UNWLA at the meeting of the Central New York Regional Council. She read greetings from the UNWLA President and presented some thoughts on organizational matters. At this meeting, Marianna Zajac was elected President of the Central New York Regional Council. We would like to wish the newly elected President much success in her endeavors and we thank outgoing President Theo dosia Kushnir for her many years of work as Pre sident of the Central New'York Regional Council. • On the same day at Soyuzivka, Sofia Hewryk attended a banquet held in conjunction with the Plast Triannual Meeting. She delivered a congratulatory message from the UNWLA President and addressed the audience on other issues of concern. • October 26-27, 2001. Sofia Hewryk Vice-president and Membership Chair, and Oxana Farion, Vice- president for Cultural Affairs, attended the Annual Board Meeting of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations in Toronto, Canada. • October 29, 2001. Memorial services were held at St. George Church for the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11. Leading the services were Archbishop Anthony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Bishop Basil Losten of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. In attendance were Ukraine’s Prime Minister Anatolij Kinakh, Ambas sador of Ukraine to the U.S. Kostyantyn Grysh- chenko, Permanent Representative to the UN Va leriy Kuchinsky, Consul General Serhiy Pohoreltsev, and many other representatives from Ukraine. Iryna Kurowyckyj, Nadia Shmigiel, Irena Chaban, Natalia Duma and many local UNWLA members attended the service. • November 2, 2001. The UNWLA President and many members of the National Board attended the opening of a craft exhibit held by Branch 113 at the Ukrainian Institute of America. The UNWLA Executive Committee would like to congratulate the President of Branch 113, Luba Firchuk, Chair of the Committee, Ilona Sochynsky, and all the branch members for putting this elegant craft show together. All the proceeds have been earmarked for the new building of Ukrainian Museum in N.Y. • November 6, 2001. Ukraine’s former prime minister, Viktor Yuschenko, visited the Ukrainian Institute of America. Iryna Kurowyckyj formally welcomed the Prime Minister on behalf of the UNWLA.
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