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XXXIІI Конвенція СУА 180 Cultural Affairs Committee Chair Ksenia Rakowsky presented a program about women in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Funds from the Karnaval were allocated to support women serving in Ukraine’s AFU. Bohdana Puzyk volunteered to research which organizations support Ukraine’s women soldiers. Branch 56 began its campaign to support women in Ukraine’s AFU and Branch 56 involvement with the organization Zemliachka . In April, our Branch participated in St. Mary’s Easter Bazaar, chaired by Ksenia Rakowsky. Even though our Branch members are also mostly retired seniors, we make sure to remember to take care of our very elderly, those who are ill, living in nursing homes or house bound, with holiday baskets prepared by Halya Lisnyczy and members of the Social Welfare Committee. Together with the Ukrainian American Club, the Branch hosted Professor Lubomyr Luciuk, as guest speaker. Professor Luciuk’s topic was how the Soviets were able to provoke tensions between the Jewish and Ukrainian diasporas. In May, we hosted UNWLA National President Natalie Pawlenko at a luncheon, co-chaired by Lida Bilous and Ksenia Rakowsky. President Pawlenko shared with us how to explain the mission of the UNWLA – Advocate, Cultivate, Educate, Care (ACE-C). She stressed the importance of advocacy at this time in the history of Ukraine. Bohdana Puzyk was invited to speak about UNWLA and Ukraine at the Democratic Club of Venice meeting, where we received a $500 donation. No meetings were held during July and August, but Branch members Roxolana Saciuk, Slava Stefanyshyn, and Lesia Popel did not rest. They set up a pysanka presentation at the Port Charlotte Library, and a Ukrainian artifacts exhibit at the Jacaranda Library in Venice, Florida. In September, we resumed our work with our first fall meeting at which we made plans for the fall season. Beginning in October, we started to hold Saturday workshops to make Christmas decorations that we would sell and gift to those in our community who receive a Christmas basket filled with baked goods and gifts from the Social Welfare Committee. Inia Tunstall took the initiative to have our Branch take on the project “Christmas in Venice.” A Committee was formed, and work began immediately in full force. In November, UNWLA Branch 56 was invited to a luncheon with the Jewish Sisterhood in Venice. Halya Lisnyczyj coordinated the food members would share, Christyna Sheldon prepared songs, Ksenia Kuzmycz gifted three books about Ukrainian-Jewish relations, and Bohdana Puzyk gave a brief and interesting history of the UNWLA and its mission. We held our fun and fundraising annual picnic. The craft group continued meeting on Saturdays to make Christmas ornaments for our gift baskets as fundraiser sales. Our bi-annual elections were to take place in November, but the Nominating Committee had difficulty finding a candidate to agree to be Branch President for the next two-year term. We have aging members and the new members are not ready to lead. Since there was no President in November, we postponed the elections to December. On December 2, 2023, “Christmas in Venice” took place at the gazebo in Centennial Park of Venice, Florida. All organizations and local Ukrainian-speaking churches were invited to participate. The entertainment was provided by church choirs, various singing groups, soloists, instrumentalists, and dancers. They prepared a three-hour extravaganza. Viewers sang along, whistled with pleasure, clapped loudly, cheered, and waved Ukrainian flags. Our Branch participated in St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church Christmas bazaar, chaired by Katya Steciuk-Shevchuk. The proceeds of approximately $4,000 were designated for women serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In December, elections were held once again. A wonderful individual agreed to serve as Branch 56 President: in the person of Inia Tunstall.
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