Shipment to Kyiv
We sent off our fourth shipment of items to help near or in Ukraine during this difficult time. Today we sent 117 boxes of personal care items, sleeping bags, blankets, towels and mats. (That breaks down to: 333 Personal Care Kits for Children, 160 for Women, 93 for Men, 191 Towels, 95 Sleeping Bags, 68 Blankets and 17 Sleeping Mats). This by far was the largest load to date for us. We have one more personal care shipment going out next week. When the load was completed we found out that it is headed to Kyiv.
Our personal care campaign ends today, but our work has just begun. Next week, after the last shipment we will release the final count of all the items that have been sent out this past month.
We are overwhelmed with all our donors’ and volunteers’ kindness. Never did we imagine turning around so much in so little time.
We have begun to respond to local Ukrainian Refugee needs. We are supporting several facilities that are temporarily housing refugees through clothing, suitcases, personal care items, food, volunteer assistance at the hospital, helping to make connections for the deaf community and doing whatever else we can within the scope of our work. We have helped direct individual support through various groups, we have dropped off toys to a bunker that has been converted into a facility and much more.
We are creatively and collectively brainstorming ways we can help locally and hope to share more in the future. We have been approached by many with wonderful ideas, some we can help, some we cannot due to our own capacity. Our goal is to provide long term help and assistance.
In the next few weeks we will be sharing stories of some donors and volunteers and thanking everyone. Over the next few weeks, as we have a bit more space in our storage room we will be looking at supporting our nearly 40 local agencies. They not only support Ukrainian refugees, but all different members of our community that need our support. So, please stay connected to us through our various social media channels - we will be doing callouts for donations soon.
We want to thank everyone for their donations, their time and their energy.
