Jenkintown church community raises funds for Ukrainian armed forces

“It is nice,” stated Yana Hayda of Fishtown. “It reveals how highly effective we’re as a neighborhood and that we are able to beat every thing that is happening.”

Organizers stated they had been compelled to make and promote meals to boost cash for these abroad in Ukraine battling for his or her freedom.

“We’re shopping for medical provides, helmets, bulletproof vests, and rather more humanitarian support,” stated Danylo Pidkova, treasurer for Saint Michael Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church. “We already despatched like 500 first support kits to assist their armed forces.”

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Natalya Hummer, proprietor of Crumbl Cookies in Jenkintown, is each Russian and Ukrainian and says the struggle is deeply painful.

She immigrated to the U.S. after the united states collapsed and has household and mates in each international locations.

“I get up, I take a look at the information, I am going to mattress and take a look at the information,” stated Hummer. “I’ve this sick feeling in my abdomen when I attempt to open the information, simply fearful that struggle goes to occur. So this has been the fact for the final two weeks for me and what I actually need is decision, for the struggle to finish.”

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