What was accomplished in 2004-2005?

Supported "soup kitchens" and "food banks" in Ukraine, in our twinned branches of Nikopol and Dnipropetrovsk, with a financial contribution of $5,000.

 

Assembled and dispatched 62 parcels of clothing and shoes to orphanages, single parent families, invalids and association of former political prisoners at a cost of over $5,000.

 

Established scholarships for nine students of colleges and universities in Luhansk. This incurred a cost of $2,684.

 

Contributed $1,000 to a cancer treatment clinic in Kherson.

 

Financially supported summer camps for youth in the Poltava region in the amount of $500.

 

Donated $2,300 to the Majdan operation in Kyiv during the Orange Revolution.

 

Sent $400 to four schools in Ukraine for presents from St. Nicholas.

 

Dispatched funds and humanitarian need to those requiring medical intervention. We made a substantial donation ($6,000) for specialized surgery of a young girl from Kyiv - Olenka Cherniak, in order to correct her spinal deformity.

 

Locally, we were involved in helping new immigrants in providing assistance and information, as well as, financial support ($2,296), visiting the sick and shut-ins and the elderly.

Altogether our expenditures for 2004-2005 amounted to $20,090.

We were able to help those in need only as a result of your support and generous donations.

Your contributions during our luncheons and SONIASHNYK collections amounted to $14,444 for that year.

We thank each and every one of you most sincerely.
By helping those in need we affirm our humanity.