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XXXIІI Конвенція СУА 119 As a result of russia’s full-scale escalation of a brutal war against Ukraine, the position of UNWLA Fundraising Chair was established and approved by the National Board in 2022, in order for UNWLA to raise urgently needed funds swiftly to aid Ukraine. I was asked to assume this post in addition to my role as UNWLA Officer-at-Large. The position of Fundraising Chair at the National level was new for the UNWLA; previously, no such position had existed. A description of the responsibilities of the new position was developed. The responsibilities of the new position were focused specifically on securing donations in support of UNWLA initiatives to aid immediately to Ukraine. Donations were accepted as direct financial contributions, from grants, or through monies generated through fundraisers. In the early months of the war’s escalation in 2022, I received, responded, and redirected hundreds of emails from those who sought to help Ukraine. I met with bank managers, organizational representatives, artists, authors, others, in the effort to raise the necessary funds. UNWLA raised more than 3.5 million dollars at the National level. This amount does not include the monies raised by Branches and Regional Councils. The combined funds, as well as in-kind donations, enabled us to send the equivalent of more than 23 million dollars of lifesaving medical equipment to frontline hospitals in Ukraine, as well as more than $700,000 for other humanitarian assistance such as generators, wood stoves, emergency medical kits, food, clothing, and protective gear. I participated in developing various UNWLA initiatives to aid Ukraine, working closely on many of them with UNWLA President Natalia Pawlenko. Fundraising, the asking of others to give you their money, requires accuracy and scrupulous attention to detail, regardless of the type or amount of a donation. During these past two years, I met and spoke with numerous individuals in order to brainstorm ideas for a variety of fundraising events. Besides events, proposals were sent to foundations to receive grant money, while other efforts targeted individual donors. UNWLA had good success with all of these approaches. In particular, grant applications and the subsequent filing of reports often required several meetings with the grantor, the completion and submission of often lengthy online forms that required detailed information about our organization, such as balance sheets, invoices, a narrative of funds spent, documentation with videos, photos, and other post grant documentation regarding use of and distribution of allotted funds. Examples of grants received include TD Charitable Foundation for $50,000; a $25,000 grant from Citizens Bank: Grant plus additional matching funds of nearly $4,000 for a total of $29,000; Turkish Philanthropy Fund grant for $2,988, and Japan Foundation grant for $2,000. Citizens Bank commissioned a mural by a Ukrainian artist to be painted on an outside wall of their East Village location and invited the community to add their creative touch by painting some part of the mural. Donations received the day of the unveiling were matched by the bank. OKSANA LODZIUK KRYWULYCH, CHAIR UNWLA FUNDRAISING SPECIAL COMMITTEE Mural commissioned by Citizens Bank adorns a wall at the East Village location
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