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17 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Вересень-Жовтень 2022 food for larger events put on by non-Ukraini - an organizations outside of our area (or state), which we gladly shared even if it meant referring them to a branch closer to them. (UNWLA’s net - work in action!) We also acted as UNWLA representatives at events such as the Concert for Ukraine at the Towne Crier Café in Beacon, NY, where we were asked to speak and thank attendees for their support for the event. We have also been asked to install Ukrainian displays at local libraries to increase awareness of the war in Ukraine and to direct people to the UNWLA donation site. Another of our members, Ulana Salewycz, an ac - complished skier, held a plant sale with a local ski club. Proceeds from the sale, plus additional do - nations through the club, totaled $563. Working with her own ski club, the Hudson Valley Ski Club, and fellow club member Frank Van Zanten, Ulana raised another $532 for the cause! Ulana and Frank, along with a local First Congre - gational Church, have also been instrumental in helping a displaced Ukrainian family: mother Vi - talia Deriabina and her two daughters, Avalina and Adelina, who are here while their father is back in Kyiv fighting. Ulana and Frank helped the family find housing and jobs so that they could be comfortable until they are able to return home safely. Vitalia’s skills as a Petrykivka artist are also being recognized and supported locally. Our branch’s most recent and largest effort so far was initiated by Cathy Gorham, another of our members, who has contacts in the quilting community. She commissioned a beautiful hand - made quilt to be raffled off for Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine on October 1. The quilt’s description on our poster and flyers reads: “Made in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, this handmade quilt features sunflowers, Ukraine’s national flower, and the ancient eight-pointed star design representing life and protection from harm. The hearts represent our compassion for the people of Ukraine. The squares were created by women from all over the USA and were assem - bled by Barbara Hannaburgh of Wallkill, NY.” Thanks to the generosity of Kerhonkson’s Soyuz - ivka Ukrainian Heritage Center, and especially festival organizer Bohdana Puzyk, our branch was fortunate enough to be able to display the quilt at Soyuzivka’s recent Ukrainian cultural fes - tival in order to sell more tickets. (More than $2,750 worth of raffle tickets had already been sold at press time!) This shows how even small efforts can achieve great results. In the meantime, we are planning more activities and contin - uing to pray for Ukraine and her deliverance from evil. We ad - mire the strength and determination of our families and coun - trymen in Ukraine and hope that we will see our homeland emerge from this horror stronger than ever. Slava Ukraini ! The raffle quilt is titled “It Takes a Village,” evoking the world’s compassion for the strife of the Ukrainian people.
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