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BRAMA, Mar. 25, 2000, 10:00am EST


Update on USUF Toy Drive

Related link: Mar 14 00 - Aid the Krasnodon (Ukraine) Mining Disaster Victims

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to building peace and prosperity through shared democratic values for both nations, has a special relationship with Krasnodon since a community partnership was established between Krasnodon and Birmingham, Alabama in 1998 through the Foundation's Community Partnerships Project, a program funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is collecting new or used (in good good and usable condition) toys for the children of Krasnodon with the cooperation of the Taras Shevchenko School for Ukrainian Studies, and local Ukrainian Churches. All usable toys can be placed in the containers provided at all four sites.

Dates for collections have been extended:

Photo by Gail Gastfield

Saturdays, March 25 and April 1 at the Ukrainian School

Westland Middle School
5511 Massachusettes Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20816

Sundays, March 26 and April 2 at the local Ukrainian churches

Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family
4250 Harewood Rd., NE
Washington, DC 20017

Holy Trinity Particular Ukrainian Catholic Church
16631 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD, 20905-3919

St. Andrews's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
15100 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20904

Contact people for more information:

Ukrainian School, John Kun and Olenka Dobczanska at 202-347-4264
Ukrainian Catholic Shrine of the Holy Family, John Kun and Olenka Dobczanska at 202-347-4264
Holy Trinity Particular Ukrainian Catholic Church, Daria Villhauer at 703-758-7113
St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Lidia Benson at 202-686-6975

Please make sure that toys are in good condition and require no translation skills. Toys that will survive transport, such as stuffed animals, are preferable to fragile ones, with many small plastic parts. The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation will make every effort to deliver and distribute toys directly and in person to family members of miners who perished and those who were injured through contacts established at the Community Partnership Project's Regional Training Center in Donetsk and the Birmingham-Krasnodon Partnership.

In lieu of a toy, you may make a financial gift to assist families affected by the Krasnodon mining disaster through the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 1026, Washington, DC 20005. Make checks payable to U.S.-Ukraine Foundation/Mining Disaster.

Once again, your help is greatly appreciated!
 
 


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