Self Reliance Association expands its services (05/23/99)

Self Reliance Association expands its services

by Irena D'Allessio

NEW YORK - The Self Reliance Association of American Ukrainians (New York Branch) has been expanding its social and recreational services to members of the community.

Every Thursday members gather at 98 Second Ave., the Self Reliance Association's headquarters, to socialize.

As part of ongoing efforts to increase recreational services, the Self Reliance Association sponsored a bus trip to the New York Botanical Garden on May 6. Thirty-five members of the Self Reliance Association boarded a bus in the Ukrainian Village section of the Lower East Side and one hour later entered a world of spectacular flowers and trees at the Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

This bus trip was the second in a series of several trips scheduled for 1999 for senior members of the Self Reliance Association. It afforded the members an opportunity to spend a day relaxing in one of the most beautiful nature settings in the metropolitan area.

It was a glorious spring day; the garden was alive with a myriad colors and scents of flowering trees, flowers and other plants. In the conservatory, visitors strolled through the misty tropical rain forests and enjoyed the exotic spring flower displays. In the gardens, many delighted in identifying flowers native to Ukraine, such as poppies and lilacs.

Participants enjoyed a delightful day communing with nature in the companionship of their friends. At the end of the day, refreshments were provided at the Self Reliance center, served by Oleh Lopatynsky.

The trip was organized by Oksana Lopatynsky and Irena D'Alessio, and was funded in part by the New York City Department for the Aging.

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