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XXXIІI Конвенція СУА 232 The years of the COVID pandemic did not prevent our Branch members from meeting, although the format did change as we learned to navigate Zoom to connect with each other. While we could not meet in person, we made a point to remain in touch virtually. However, with mandatory distancing, masks, and risks of contagion, no activities our organization held no activities during this time. Cautiously, as the COVID pandemic was ending, we took the step of beginning to meet in person. The invasion of Ukraine by russia created a new focus for our organization and we united with members from our local Ukrainian Catholic parish to deliver humanitarian aid to Ukraine. This major undertaking brought not only our members, but also the non-Ukrainian community, to our parish hall that became a facility for collecting desperately needed supplies for Ukraine. Medical supplies, men’s and women’s toiletries, children’s activity sets with coloring books and crayons, items for sanitation, backpacks, and numerous other necessities were collected and packed for shipment to Ukraine. As the war continued, our Branch was asked to work with the Open World program of the U.S. Congressional Office for International Leadership to aid a Ukrainian team of doctors, therapists, and delegates who arrived to receive specialized training in the treatment of trauma at the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida. The team spent two weeks in January 2023 and one week in January 2024 learning about the most recent methods of treating soldiers while in combat. Dr. Chrystyna Rakoczy and Olya Czerkas worked together to plan a successful visit and training for the guests from Ukraine. This included providing host families for our Ukrainian guests, coordinating social and community events and sightseeing in the Tampa area. Our members made our Ukrainian guests feel welcome and Branch members thanked them for all they are doing to save those who fight to save Ukraine from destruction and annihilation. Our members continue to promote knowledge of Ukraine, its history, and its culture. This includes workshops on how to make pysanky , displays of pysanky in local libraries, and education of the American public about the Holodomor. Some of our members participated in a fundraiser dinner hosted by Refugee and Migrant Women’s Initiative. This organization provides mental health support for refugees who resettle in the Tampa Bay area and strives to empower women by focusing on their personal growth and healing as they adjust to their new surroundings. Our Soyuzanka, Snizhana Korobchenko, modeled a Poltavskij ensemble while ten other women displayed native attire from such diverse countries as Afghanistan, the Congo, Iraq, Haiti, Myanmar, and Eritrea. Refugees, who had left their war-torn countries, presented stories of courage in their search for a safer life for themselves and their children in America. Annually, our Branch members have helped the Ukrainian American Association at the St. Petersburg International Folk Festival, a four-day event held in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Children from local middle schools and high schools attend this event during the mid-week and the public is invited to attend on Saturday and Sunday. This event draws more than 30,000 attendees; our members have an opportunity to display beautiful Ukrainian embroidery, pysanky , woodworking skills, and sell our delicious food. In November each year, Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church holds a two-day “Autumnfest” that gives people from near and far an opportunity to enjoy the culture of our native Ukraine including song and dance, folk art, and traditional food. Besides helping with the preparation of borshch, pyrohy, and holubtsi, our Branch members staff a table that provides information about UNWLA that includes visual
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