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Marianna Zajac, and a congratulatory message from President Viktor Yushchenko was read by Lilia Hryhorovych, who also presented greetings from Atena Pashko and First Lady Kateryna Yushchenko. Following a speech by President Iryna Kurowyckyj, brief comments were offered by representatives from various organizations: Anna Krawczuk, National Commander of the Ukrainian American Veterans; Michael Sawkiw, president of UCCA; Maria Shkambara, president of WFUWO; Ihor Gawdiak, president of the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council; Roma Lisovich, who represented the UNA; and Olha Hnateyko, who represented the Ukrainian Museum of New York. Consul General Serhiy Pohoreltsev spoke briefly as a representative of the Ukrainian government. The banquet continued with the presentation of the Young Woman Achievers Awards, which were presented to Orysia Woloszyn Dmytrenko, Christine M. Duzyj, Vera Farmiga, Roksolana Luchkan, Lusia Strus, and Nadia Tarnawsky. Three additional award recipients, Larysa Halyna Pevny, Olenka Z. Pevny, and Christina Zinycz, were unable to attend. Ms. Zinycz's father accepted the award on her behalf. Because these are exceptional young women whose accomplishments are worth sharing in full, this issue of Our Life features a separate article with biographical information about each of them. Citations were presented to the Ukrainian Federal Credit Unions of Rochester, NY, and New York City, NY, for their sponsorship of the convention. Special awards were also presented to three individuals who have contributed their skills and talents to the UNWLA's monthly publication. The first was presented to Dr. Ihor Magun, whose column on medical themes is regularly featured in the magazine. The second was presented to Marie Duplak of Computoprint, which prints and dis tributes the magazine. The third was presented to Lidia Bodnar-Balahutrak for her artistic contribution to the Holodomor issue and for creating slides used by our Regional Councils. Closing remarks were of fered by President Iryna Kurowyckyj, who thanked the Convention Committee for their endeavors. On Monday, May 30, 2005, concurrent seminars were presented by Olha Trytyak (Archives) and Neonila Lechman (Public Relations). A seminar on Education was opened by Kateryna Iwasyshyn and conducted by newly elected Education Chair Christine Shwed and Vera Bej, recipient a Pennsylvanian's prestigious Teacher of the Year award. The combined Power Point presentation underscored the need for adopting an eclectic approach to teaching young children, one that incorporates auditory, visual, kinesthetic, and other methodologies. A morning plenary session focused on adoption of Resolutions, which will be shared with readers in a future issue of Our Life. Many delegates, including the author of this article, had traveled to the convention from distant locations and were unable to remain for the lunch eon or the afternoon plenary sessions, which focused on miscellaneous questions and sug gestions. The XXVII UNWLA Convention was officially adjourned by Convention Committee Chair Marianna Zajac. A special word of thanks must be extended to institutions and individuals that provided generous financial support for the conventions as sponsors, patrons and benefactors. Among these were the Rochester Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, Self-Reliance (NY) Federal Credit Union, the Ukrainian National Federal Credit Union of New York, Ventana DSM Corporation, the Ukrainian Self Reliance New England Federal Credit Union, Dr. Andrew W. Danyluk, MD, Eugenia Makuch, Luba Kushnir Dryansky, UNWLA Branch 95, and UNWLA Branch 99. 38 “Н А Ш Е Ж ИТТЯ”, ЧЕРВЕНЬ 2005 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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