FOR THE RECORD: The UNA is committed to keeping Soyuzivka (09/08/02)

FOR THE RECORD: The UNA is committed to keeping Soyuzivka

In this, the 50th year of Soyuzivka, the Ukrainian National Association would like to thank everybody for their ongoing support of our wonderful resort. Soyuzivka has been essential to sustaining our community - providing opportunities for our youth to meet, for families to reunite, for couples to celebrate, for our community to grow closer.

We have been touched by the overwhelming support from our community to help resolve the various problems associated with Soyuzivka. Our blue ribbon panel of experts, all volunteers, has been working throughout the summer, analyzing the situation and examining ways to redevelop our beloved resort.

All of this is happening because the UNA is committed to keeping Soyuzivka. We are perturbed by the number of rumors that say that the sale is eminent, or even concluded. This is simply not true.

As we have mentioned throughout the summer - both in the reports from the 35th UNA Convention as well as the UNA president's statement in this paper of August 18 - the UNA will present a Soyuzivka redevelopment plan this fall, one that will rely in large part on continued community commitment for success.

I have been personally overwhelmed and encouraged by the community's response and expression of affection for our beautiful resort. The future of Soyuzivka is of great personal and professional importance to me and to all members of the UNA Generaly Assembly. Each weekend, this summer one member of the Executive Committee has traveled to Soyuzivka in order to implement basic changes and improvements. Roma Lisovich, as the treasurer of the UNA and a former summer worker at closed the season with the traditional Soyuzivka Labor Day festivities. She reported that it was heartwarming to receive so many offers of support. For those to whom Soyuzivka is important, we need your advice and ideas. I encourage you to contact me at Ukrainian National Association Inc., 2200 Route 10, Parsippany NJ 07054, or by e-mail at [email protected].

Stefan Kaczaraj
President
Ukrainian National Association

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