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32 OUR LIFE • November 2022 Members of the Board of UNWLA Branch 56, North Port, FL. Patricia Zalisko , Press Secretary, Branch 56, North Port, FL TogeTher, We Can Do This The UNWLA has been a formida - ble partner in the fight for Ukraine now, extraordinary in its fundrais - ing efforts for humanitarian relief and related dedicated funds. The foundation of the UNWLA’s suc - cess is its incredible women. I am honored to be able to call many of those women, my fellow branch “sisters,” my friends. Since February 2022, immediate - ly after Putin’s horrific attack on Ukraine, members of Branch 56 in North Port, FL, met and strategized their fundraising and a much-need - ed community awareness cam - paign. They have been relentless in their labors ever since. Under the leadership of branch president Bohdana Puzyk, these women have organized edu - cational or related events, like Dance for Ukraine, in collabora - tion with local businesses and associations (Fred Astaire Studios and Sarasota National Golf Club, for example) to raise local con - sciousness about Ukraine’s im - portance in the fight for democ - racy and money for the UNWLA’s designated relief funds. They have also met with members of the southwest Florida community and collected generous donations from non-ethnic Americans in or - der to foster public awareness. They have individually and collec - tively hosted yard sales and sold handmade crafts to benefit the UNWLA’s relief funds. They’ve written countless letters to the editors of local newspapers or au - thored essays about their culture, and they’ve forged relationships with a local Jewish community center and synagogue and other non-Ukrainian organizations to promote greater understanding. They are steadfast in combatting vicious propaganda about Ukrain - ians and their motives, myths that Putin and his sympathizers have propagated. Our members have provided widely publicized
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