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ХХХI Конвенція СУА 13 During Luba Bilowchtchuk's term in office, the Scholarship Program was recognized and acknowledged by many individuals and organizations here and abroad. Program leaders received many Certificates of Gratitude in Ukraine. In celebration of the program’s 30th anniversary in 1998, the World Congress of Ukrainians awarded the Medal of St. Volodymyr the Great to all program chairs as well as to individual members for their outstanding contributions: Anna Krawczuk, Maria Chymynec, Dr. Teodozia Sawyckyj, Sophia Andrushkiw, Vera Mycio, and Luba Bilowchtchuk. A WCU citation recognized their 30 continuous years of contributions and leadership in helping Ukrainian students in South America, Eu- rope, and Ukraine. In 2000 Luba Bilowchtchuk, M. Orysia Jacus, and UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj visited the Santa Olga Institute and Boarding School in Prudentopolis and Curitiba, Parana, and other cities in Brazil. They were greeted by Bishop Jeremiah Ferens and Olha Korczagin, who met them at the airport in Curitiba. Bishop Jeremiah, an alumnus of the UNWLA Scholarship Program, became the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church for South America. Maria Polanskyj (2002–2015) "Ukrainian youth — the future of Ukraine" At the UNWLA convention in 2002, Maria Polanskyj was elected to the National Board as Scholarship Chair, a position that included overseeing and implementing the UNWLA Scholar- ship/Student Sponsorship Program. Mrs. Polanskyj directed the Program until her passing on December 4, 2015. All members of the UNWLA Scholarship Program Standing Committee agreed to work as a team to complete her term under the guidance of Honorary President Anna Krawczuk until the next UN- WLA convention in May 2017. Having served in the committees of her predecessors, Maria Polanskyj was very familiar with the scope of the activities of the Scholarship Program and the need for funds for this purpose. Although working full-time, Maria Polanskyj spent evenings on her home computer fundraising and seeking out sponsors and donors. She signed up over 400 benefactors. In 2003 and 2008 Maria Polanskyj was a member of the UNWLA delegation at the World Con- gress of Ukrainians Congresses. This provided her with an opportunity to meet with the leadership of So- yuz Ukrainok of Ukraine (SUU) and with scholarship recipients in Kyiv. Trips to Lviv and meetings with members of SUU and with Iryna Kravchuk, Tamara Melnyk, and Father Stepan Sus in Kyiv, as well as with students recommended by them, reinforced her conviction of the importance of the Scholarship Pro- gram. There was also a trip to Przemysl, Poland, with a UNWLA delegation led by President Marianna Zajac and UNWLA Communications/Media Secretary Zorianna Haftkowycz to the annual meeting of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women's Organizations in 2010. Meetings with former scholarship recipi- ents, including History professor Bohdan Huk, further underscored the importance of our activities aimed at enabling Ukrainian youth in Ukraine and in various countries to obtain an education and a profession. She wholeheartedly believed that the future of Ukraine depends on them, and she was not wrong! Histor- ical events that started in 2014 in Kyiv, the annexation of Crimea, and the war that continues in the east- ern part of Ukraine lay heavily on her heart. Support for the UNWLA Scholarship Program by the broad Ukrainian community was evidenced by generous donations. Maria was very grateful for their understanding and support. From the Author: The organizers of the UNWLA Scholarship Program are immeasurably grateful to all benefactors for their trust in us and in the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, which made possible the support of students of Ukrainian descent in the diaspora and also in Ukraine starting in 1989. Your support and sponsorship led to great successes among Ukrainian population centers outside the borders of Ukraine, particularly among the clergy in Brazil where today's spiritual leaders, metropoli- tans, and bishops are former scholarship students. Many priests from Brazil now serve in churches in the Ukrainian diaspora, including the United States.
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