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given to make the world a better place. I would like to read for you a passage written by an unknown author that describes members of our organization: “A wise woman who was traveling in the mountains found a precious stone in a stream. The next day she met another traveler who was hungry, and the wise woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked the woman to give it to him. She did so without hesitation. The traveler left, rejoicing in his good fortune. He knew the stone was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But, a few days later, he came back to return the stone to the wise woman. 'I’ve been thinking,' he said. 'I know how valuable this stone is, but I gave it back in the hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within you that enabled you to give me this stone without hesitation.' Sometimes it's not the wealth you have, but what’s inside you that others need. In my estimation it’s a perfect description of our membership." Thank you! XXVIth UNWLA Convention: A Comprehensive Report (Part II) by Tamara Stadnychenko The XXVIth UNWLA Convention Banquet was held on Saturday, May 25, 2002. At the banquet, guests were warmly greeted by Tetiana Silecka, president of the Convention Committee. Mistress of Ceremonies for the program was Roxolana Yarymowych who entertained everyone with a short history of Florida, including the story of Ponce de Leon, the Spanish explorer who came to Florida to seek the Fountain of Youth. According to Ms. Yarymowych, the Fountain of Youth was not discovered until Ukrainians came and settled in La Calabana - North Port. Honorary President Anna Krawczuk was then called upon to recognize the new National Board and lead them in taking their oath of office. Newly re elected President Iryna Kurowyckyj thanked delegates for giving her the opportunity of serving the organization for another term and shared with everyone her joy that the UNWLA had become a family tradition. Three of the newly elected National Board members are children or grandchildren of UNWLA leaders. The president then spoke about continuing the important work begun under her previous tenure. She also introduced to banquet guests the author of Lysty Tak Dovho Ydut' and the winner of the Kovaliv Prize for Literature — Dr. Valentyna Borysenko. At the request of the president, Honorary President Anna Krawczuk led those assembled in toasting the 75th anniversary of the UNWLA and the XXVIth UNWLA Convention. During the banquet, congratulatory letters from dignitaries across the country and around the world were read. Letters were received from Patriarch Lubomyr, Patriarch Filaret, Archbishop Antoniy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolital Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Philadelphia, Archbishop Robert Moskal of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Parma, President George W. Bush, President Leonid Kuchma, the World Congress of Ukrainians, the Ukrainian American Co ordinating Committee, the Ukrainian Congress Com mittee, the National Council of Women, Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, Mayor of Sarasota Caroline Mason, UNA President Ulana Diachuk, President of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of Ukraine Lilia Hryhorovich, Honorary President Atena Pashko, President of the Ukrainian Museum in New York City Olha Hnateyko, the Ukrainian American Veterans, and many other organizations too numerous to mention here. A congratulatory statement from the WFUWO was delivered by Oksana Sokolyk, who invited everyone to the WFUWO's 8th conference, to be hosted in Toronto this year. President Sokolyk presented President Kurowyckyj with Zi Skhodu Na Zakhid (From East to West - Memoirs of an Ostarbeiter), a book by Antonina Demchyna, recently published by the WFUWO. Author Svitlana Kocherha read a warm message from Ukraine's former Prime Minister Viktor Yuschenko and presented President Kurowyckyj with a gift from the Verkhovna Rada - a medal commemorating ten years of Ukrainian independence. Next came the formal presentation of the Petro and Lesia Kovaliv Prize for Literature to author Dr. Valentyna Borysenko for her book Traditsii I Zhyttyedialnist' Etnosu. The award recipient, a professor at Kyiv University, commented on the students she works with, "They have a cultural vacuum ... it is frightening ... My book is something that I hope will fill that vacuum and help them know who they are." A musical program followed. The featured artists of the evening were mezzo-soprano Kalyna Cholhan-Boychuk, accompanied by Lubow Dobro- volska-Ingram, and the UNWLA Branch 56 Choir of “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ 2002 17
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