Portage Park boy helps organize pop-up thrift shop to help Ukrainians

Aiden Oesch is the little boy who got here up with an enormous thought to have a neighborhood rummage sale to assist out these in want in war-stricken Ukraine.

“Within the unique thought, it was to take stuff and convey it,” he mentioned.

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After simply 5-weeks of planning, Saturday’s pop-up thrift store opened at Cornerstone Anglican Church, the place Aiden’s dad is pastor.

“We did acknowledge that there are neighbors of ours which are feeling the results of this straight,” mentioned the boy’s father, Rev. Kyle Oesch.

His mom, Natalie, helped manage the trouble and mentioned her son was impressed to do one thing after making prayer playing cards in school for folks impacted by Russia’s invasion of the European nation.

He even made a donation field donning the colours of the nation’s flag with these prayer playing cards connected.

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“We actually did really feel like this was an concept that God had positioned on his coronary heart and that’s the reason we felt we simply needed to act on it,” his mom added.
Neighborhood residents donated lots of of things to be offered and church members had been volunteers.

Toys, garments, and even some furnishings had been on sale and costs started at $.25 and up to a couple {dollars}.

“I am unable to think about what is going on on over there, so even only a small strategy to present up — purchase some cookies,’ mentioned rummage sale shopper Emi Kanda.

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Organizers mentioned they hope to lift wherever from $5,000 to $10,000, which they may donate to UNICEF and the Anglican Reduction and Growth Fund for the reduction effort.

They mentioned past the donations, they’re hoping that their occasion will encourage others to become involved and to know they’ll make a distinction.