Colorado restaurant and bar partners with “Fight Back for Ukraine” for war fundraiser

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – The Ivywild Faculty in Colorado Springs, Colo. held a fundraiser in the direction of the efforts in Ukraine as we speak in its bar and restaurant by the identify of Principal’s Workplace. Two new drinks had been launched as a part of the fundraiser: an alcoholic drink referred to as the “Trident” (a part of the Ukrainian coat of arms) and a non-alcoholic drink referred to as “Slava Ukraini” (”Glory to Ukraine”). The proceeds from the drinks and 10 % of all web gross sales for the day on the restaurant and bar will go to Combat Again for Ukraine.

Combat Again for Ukraine is a Colorado Springs and Geneva, Switzerland primarily based non-profit that provides tools to Ukrainian forces. Since March of 2022, Combat Again for Ukraine has efficiently carried out six deliveries of meals, medical provides, surveillance drones, metallic detectors and thermal imaging tools to State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

Provides are supplied to each the Ukrainian military and troopers, as effectively to citizen troopers. Gomez says the latter is their major focus, as these territory protection forces are sometimes uncared for.

“Different international locations’ army {hardware} goes towards the military and the troopers, and we truly provide a few of that as effectively. The ninety fifth airborne assault group, the 72nd mechanized brigade, so these common military items in Ukraine,” says Gomez. “And we’re on this area of interest the place most of it’s going towards territory protection forces, that are the citizen troopers now…. these territory protection forces are sometimes left on the backside of the totem pole and don’t have what they want, the mandatory tools.”

Gomez additionally cites the significance of preserving consideration on the continued battle in Ukraine.

“Sadly there are such a lot of different information objects on the market proper now with mass killings and inflation and no matter, [such as] January 6. So our stress is drawn someplace else and but the preventing has continued,” Gomez states.

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