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Illinois Helps Ukraine: From Chicago to the suburbs, residents step up

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CHICAGO (WLS) — When the conflict in Ukraine started in February 2022, Illinois residents instantly stepped as much as assist.

In an unique digital particular, ABC7’s Cheryl Burton and Rob Elgas share a few of these native tales.

Tips on how to assist Ukraine amid Russian assaults

Younger and outdated, from Chicago to the suburbs and Northwest Indiana, folks got here ahead to assist.

It began with folks within the metropolis’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood helping family members of their dwelling nation.

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Then there have been docs and nurses who flew to the border of Poland and Ukraine to offer medical companies and provides for refugees.

Quickly extra folks have been moved to assist, together with a bunch of “Giving Women” who creatively made yellow and blue bracelets to be able to elevate cash for UNICEF.

UNICEF is among the many organizations with boots on the bottom in Ukraine.

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Illinois Broadcasters have partnered with the humanitarian group with a purpose of elevating $1 million. They may maintain an all-day fundraiser on Wednesday, April 13.

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