Plast counselors from Ukraine help lead youth camps in U.S. (09/03/06)

Plast counselors from Ukraine help lead youth camps in U.S.

NEW YORK - For the third consecutive summer, Plast Ukrainian Scouting Organization U.S.A. sponsored counselors from Ukraine who took part in leading Plast camps at three campgrounds. This year there were nine counselors from various regions of Ukraine. Pictured above at Times Square are six of the Plast counselors from Ukraine along with Laryssa Czebiniak (center), who helped take them around New York City before they flew back to Ukraine from New York's JFK International Airport. From left are: Dmytro Konesnyk of Kramatorsk, Mykhailo Lemak of Lviv, Stas Andriichuk of Kyiv, Ms. Czebiniak, Olenka Mischuk of Ternopil, Serhii Shkaran of Lviv and Ira Ostapiiovska of Lutsk. Others who participated in the exchange program were Marta Fedkiv, Andrii Vakhnii and Anna Muzala, all from Lviv. According to Plast U.S.A., this exchange is beneficial for all involved, creating a much-needed link between Plast youths in the diaspora and Ukraine.

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