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Ukraine Support raises over $5,000
East Kootenay Ukraine Support held its usual vigil Sunday, March 27, but this week added a perogies and borscht sale.
What can we say Cranbrook? It was a smashing success, with over $5,000 raised to be distributed to local families needing to be reunited with family from the Ukraine.
We were able to already hand over enough to two of the families to support for flights, gas and hotel, and now we have two more here that have a total of six family members wanting to come.
We also walked away with over 200 dozen perogies and soup orders!
This week we will be back at Auntie Barb’s Bakery cooking and pinching!
Tamara and Kimberly would like to thank all the citizens that came out and supported, but even bigger thank you to the volunteers that stepped up to help and to Barb Smythe for the use of her commercial kitchen and bakery.
We will be back in the park at 7 p.m. Sunday night for our usual vigil, sorry folks no food but we will be taking orders.
Lead image: A long line of hungry helpers gathered at Rotary Park Sunday evening. Photos courtesy of Brian Clarkson and Tamara Cartwright
Tamara Cartwright, Founder and Organizer,
East Kootenay Ukraine Support
