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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 2011 19 ledges the “Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Inc., Regional Council of New Jersey” and lists the names of the donors. Today, the Ellis Island m useum is visited by millions of Americans searching for their roots as well as tourists from all over the world, and all of them have the opportunity to learn something about Ukrainians. On May 15, 1986, Olga was a delegate to the New Jersey State Convent ion of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), which was held not long after the world was shaken by the news of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. As news about the tragedy unfolded, the world began to learn that Chornobyl was in Ukraine. At the GFWC convention, Olga distributed information about the Chornobyl disaster and proposed a resolution that the GFWC support humanitarian aid to Chornobyl’s victims . The resolution was passed, most likely the very first such resolution in America! During her tenure as UNWLA Education Standing Committee Chairwoman (1987 – 1993), Olga focused her efforts on promoting UNWLA preschools in the United States. She was instrumental in founding the Day Care Preschool at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in N ewark, New Jersey. Twenty years later this school is still in business — as the only Ukrainian - language all - day Montessori preschool in the United States. The news of the breakup of the USSR and Ukraine’s proclamation of independence on August 24, 1991, elat ed Ukrainians throughout the world. The UNWLA was no exception, and Ukraine became the main focus of our activities. The doors to Ukraine were opened, and a veritable odyssey to the ancestral homeland began. One of those taking advantage of this new order was the UNWLA Education Committee Chairwoman. In Ukraine, Olga’s main activity was educating Ukrainian youth through book exhibits and literary contests here in the United States and in Ukraine. As UNWLA First Vice President (1993 – 1999) she continued this pursuit. At the 79th plenary meeting of the United Nations Assembly held on December 8, 1989, resolution 43/135 proclaimed 1994 as the Inter - national Year of the Family. The resolution called for all nations, at regional and national levels, their governm ental and nongovernmental organizations, and the public to create greater awareness of the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. The UNWLA complied. Olga Trytyak and her editorial staff ran a very successful contest for children and youth. Entitled “The Year of the Family 1994” and dedicated to Ukrainian families throughout the world, the contest attracted 426 participants from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland, including 12 from Ukrain e. In 1998, Olga Trytyak initiated a new contest. Titled “Nature and Us” and dedicated to Ukrainian children throughout the world, it drew 693 participants, with over half of the children and youth from Ukraine. The UNWLA published the winning essays and drawings/paintings in two booklets. Olga’s responsibilities on the UNWLA Executive Board included being part of a UNWLA delegation to WFUWO and World Congress of Ukrainians meetings in Toronto, Canada. In 1994 she was delegated, as an observer, to the Soy uz Ukrainok of Ukraine Congress in Ivano - Frankivsk, Ukraine. In November of that year, at the invitation of President Bill Clinton, she and then UNWLA President Anna Krawczuk witnessed a historical event — the very first official State Visit of the President of Ukraine (Leonid Kuchma) to the United States of America. In 1999, for her dedication, perseverance, resolve, and volunteerism, Olga Trytyak was presented with the highest UNWLA award — the title of UNWLA Honorary Member. This title was bestowed on Olga at the XXV UNWLA Convention held in Chicago, Illinois. Arguably, the greatest achievement of this great lady was in a role that was created during this same convention. During her tenure as UNWLA V ice P resident (1993 – 1999) it became evident that UNWLA arc hives were not adequately organized and that there was no systematic listing of what these archives comprised. It also became painfully clear that the UNWLA needed a capable archivist on the National Board. Around this time, the UNWLA learned about the col lection of im mi - gration archives at University of Minnesota, and communications between the university and the UNWLA were initiated. During the 1999 convention, Olga Trytyak was elected to serve as the first official UNWLA Archivist. Her standing committ ee soon attracted a number of devoted helpers. And as the relationship between the IHRC and the UNWLA grew stronger, boxes of UNWLA archives, all systematically organized and catalogued, were shipped to Minnesota. Today, these archival materials are
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