Port Washington Portview Church Ukraine donations shipped in June

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. – Members of a Port Washington church are doing their half to assist these in Ukraine.

All month, the Portview Church has been accumulating tangible items. They’re simply a few weeks away from transport abroad, hoping to make a distinction.

“We’re lacking the town that we spent a lot of our lives in,” mentioned Paul Pierquet. 

Pierquet and his spouse, Christine, referred to as the town of Kyiv house for 15 years. 

“We left six months in the past, not realizing it was going to build up into one thing like this,” mentioned Pierquet. 

Again in Port Washington, just one factor is on their thoughts: Serving to their mates and people displaced after Russia invaded Ukraine

“They’ve been internally displaced from their houses, and they’re simply making an attempt to reside day-to-day, making an attempt to outlive,” mentioned Mitch Lueck, government pastor.

Portview Church jumped into survival mode, accumulating lifeline objects – issues like diapers, canned items and hygiene merchandise.

“It is neat we’re capable of assist somebody midway the world over in a tangible means,” mentioned Lueck.

“We really feel like this is a chance of an area church in a small city to simply step up and say, ‘Hey, we are able to play our half,’” mentioned Pierquet.

“To suppose there is a mother, there is a baby who wants the diapers, who wants that gear to have the ability to do the traditional issues of life,” mentioned Lueck. 

Folks from all walks of life have stepped as much as help. 

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“So many individuals have gotten concerned,” mentioned Pierquet. “Some folks we don’t even understand how they heard about us are simply stepping up.”

Because the Pierquets gear up for the primary cargo, they’re staying in contact with these abroad.

“We’re in fixed contact with our mates in Ukraine, so in fact, they’re excited for the cargo to get there as quickly as potential,” mentioned Christine Pierquet. 

“My objective is, on the different facet, for them to take photos of this stuff right here and say, ‘Sure. These are the objects which have come right here,’ and to offer tales of the place it is going,” mentioned Paul Pierquet. 

The primary cargo is predicted to exit the primary week of June. The journey will begin in Chicago and finish in Poland.