UKELODEON: For The Next Generation (12/12/04)

UKELODEON

For The Next Generation

Zozulky do a good deed for the New Jersey community

by Christopher Rizzo

WHIPPANY, N.J. - Our youngest "sumivtsi," the Zozulky (ages 3-5), wanted to do something for their community. They were thinking about other children their age and families that will be hungry this Thanksgiving Day.

One Monday night during their meeting in Whippany, they decided - with the help of their counselors, Chrystya Woch and Katia Kleban - to conduct a food drive. The Community FoodBank was collecting non-perishable foods for the holiday season. The food collected would help provide a holiday meal for the less fortunate.

The little Zozulky enlisted the Puhachi (ages 6-8) for their help and asked that all the parents of Whippany SUM (Ukrainian American Youth Association) to donate some perishable foods, asking especially for canned vegetables, cranberry sauce, gravy and fruit juices.

On Monday, November 15, many bags and cans of food were brought to the SUM meeting place, where the little Zozulky, with the help of the Puhachi, helped fill the boxes and bags with all the canned goods.

These goods were delivered to the Community FoodBank on November 20. The goods were distributed among the less fortunate, ensuring that everyone would have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

This good deed proved that even the youngest children can make a difference in this world.

Mishanyna

To solve this month's Mishanyna, find the words capitalized in the following text in the Mishanyna grid.

Surely by now everyone's heard of the "ORANGE REVOLUTION" that is taking place in Ukraine, as the country of our parents, grandparents and even more distant ancestors seeks a fair and free vote for president.

The candidates in the election, which has now been moved to a repeat RUN-OFF on December 26 because of large-scale falsifications of the voting on November 21, are the leader of the Our Ukraine political bloc, VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO, and the current prime minister of Ukraine, Viktor YANUKOVYCH. They are running for the presidential seat now held by Leonid KUCHMA.

In the past three weeks, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and others who live in Ukraine have taken to the streets.

The largest pro-DEMOCRACY rallies were held in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. People came out wearing the color of the Yushchenko campaign, orange. They wore orange SCARVES, HATS, BANDANNAS, RIBBONS, etc. They also carried orange PLACARDS, BANNERS, FLAGS and BALLOONS.

Even here, in the DIASPORA (which is what we call our communities of Ukrainians beyond the borders of Ukraine), we have experienced an Orange WAVE. Many cities throughout North America have held their own rallies and demonstrations in support of democracy and a free and fair presidential ELECTION in Ukraine.

People of all ages, including many of your neighbors and friends, came out to express their belief that Ukraine must have a free election, and that Russia, Ukraine's neighbor, cannot be allowed to influence the result.

Their goal: VICTORY for democracy! And, a brighter future for Ukraine.

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