Pennsylvania groups deliver packages to orphanages in Ukraine

by Andrea Porytko-Zharovsky

JENKINTOWN, Pa. - The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (UECC) and the United Orphaned Children's Fund of Pennsylvania (UOCFP) have teamed up to gather and distribute toys, quilts and rosary beads to orphanages in Odesa and Makiivka in Ukraine.

The 16 packages were sent to two HIV/AIDS orphanages on Saturday, May 13. The toys were donated by the Philadelphia Ukrainian community and dropped off at the UECC during various concerts and programs.

The quilts were hand made and donated by the organization Quilts for Kids Inc. Quilts for Kids transforms discontinued designer fabrics into quilts that comfort children with cancer, AIDS and other life-threatening illness, as well as battered and abused children. The UECC and the UOCFP thanked Anna Yaworsky of Universal Travel in Philadelphia who through Meest Corp. offered a special humanitarian rate for the delivery of the 16 packages to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, founded in 1980, is a non-profit organization whose objective is to preserve and promote awareness of Ukrainian heritage throughout the Philadelphia community. The UECC is located at 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 and can be reached at 215-663-1166 or [email protected].

The UOCFP, founded in 2002, is a small non-profit, regional, grassroots and volunteer only charity that is not affiliated with any religious or political group. The UOCFP is an advocate for Ukrainian disadvantaged children. The UOCFP is located at 614 Treaty Road, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 and can be reached at 610-828-8957 or [email protected].

Quilts for Kids Inc., a charitable organization founded in 2000, has its Pennsylvania headquarters at 11 Effingham Road, Yardley, PA 19067 and can be reached at 215-295-5484 or [email protected].

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 28, 2006, No. 22, Vol. LXXIV

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