Fundraiser for Ukrainian Children in Refugee Camps

You are invited!

Please join us for a Musical Event to Help Ukrainian Children

Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023 Time: 6pm
Refreshments: Marionberry cobbler & ice cream
Place: Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy, Sisters, OR 97759
Suggested Donation: $25/person
Entertainment: “Show Tunes” with Dick & Randy
Presentation: Ukrainian Children Need Us Now

If you can’t attend the event, please give to help these children!

Mission: to provide basic needs for Ukrainian children in refugee camps

In Their Own Words – Displaced Children in Ukrainian Refugee Camps

Karina is 16. She writes: “We were forced to leave the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region because the war had started. Our house is destroyed. We arrived in Transcarpathia in May 2022. Twenty-four animals came with us. Dad works as a rescuer in the fire department. Dad stayed there to save people. I am very proud of my dad! In 2014, Dad was the first to go to save people in the city of Debaltsevo under shelling.

Dad is my hero. I played sports. In February 22, there was shelling and I was injured. I was in a cast on my leg for more than 2 months, the other leg was cut. The war destroyed all our plans and desires. My dream is to return home when the war ends. And now I plan to study to become a border guard. I also want to defend my country! I am finishing the 11th grade with flying colors.”—Karina

What the Children Need

Children aged 3 to 5

4 mothers need baby food
34 children need hygiene kits (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, towel, etc.)
55 mothers want toys for their children

Children aged 6 to 10

93 children need school supplies (pencils, notebooks, drawing pads, etc.)
45 kids need school book bags (backpacks)
20 kids asked for educational games such as chess and checkers
11 children need hygiene kits

Children aged 11 to 18

111 kids need a portable power bank charger
17 kids need hygiene kits
47 kids need school supplies
16 kids need book bags

Thank you for donating to help these children who have suffered so much!

Read more true stories below:
The story of Myroslava K.: We moved from the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region on May 3, 2022. It took 30 minutes to collect all the things, and you could take only the most necessary. My daughter is almost five years old and I didn’t want to explain to her at that moment what exactly happened and why we had to leave urgently with a small amount of things. Therefore, I decided to say that we are going on a trip and she took only two toys with her. We’ve been here for more than a year now and of course some toys have appeared, but she still remembers the table for “beauties” (hairdresser) that was left at home. She doesn’t know yet that our apartment burned to the ground but she firmly believes that we will definitely return and she will beautify her room.

Another woman’s story: My daughter Valeriya is 11 years old. She is very energetic, interested in various types of activities. In particular, she has been doing choreography since she was five years old. She studies different languages – now at school it is English and German, in addition to Slovak. She loves making various crafts and drawing. It so happened that we were forced to leave the city of Kharkiv due to constant shelling. Many homes near us were damaged and people killed. We arrived in Uzhhorod in March 2022 from Zaporizhzhia. My son is 14 years old. He misses his home and friends very much.

Bohdan’s story: He is 12 years old. He left with his mother from the occupied city of Balaklia in Kharkiv Oblast. During the war the boy lost his father, who died while in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, defending the Motherland. The child is going through this very hard, but he is trying to live a full life with his mother in the displaced people camp.

Dovga Victoria O.: I am a mother with two children who had to leave for a safe place due to the war. I raise them myself. We have the status of IDPs. My son is five months old. My daughter is seven years old.

Another story: Our family was forced to leave Kharkiv on April 5, 2022, after a month of living in a bomb shelter and shelling. Gathering our thoughts, we left: mother, daughter and dog Athena. My daughter likes to draw, sing, dance and find positive moments, despite difficult times. It is her positivity that inspires us for the best future! In Kharkiv, she went to dance clubs, attended various master classes, studied English and now continues to study English. Her dream is to return to Kharkiv and live in Peace!