OSPREY, Fla. – The observance of Earth Day at Oscar Scherer State Park here on April 19, included a special exhibit about the Chornobyl nuclear disaster that occurred 29 years ago.
It was organized by the public relations co-chairs Nellie Lechman and Vira Bodnaruk of Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Branch 56 with the help of Dr. Bohdan Bodnaruk of the Sierra Club.
On exhibit were a fact sheet about the Chornobyl disaster of 1986, a fact sheet about Ukraine, a commemorative envelope of the Ukrainian Philatelic Society, and books on Ukraine and Chornobyl. Visitors were informed in detail about the Chornobyl disaster by Mmes. Lechman and Bodnaruk, Lesia Popel, Ann-Marie Susla and other members of UNWLA Branch 56.
On Sunday, April 26, there were memorial services for the victims of Chornobyl at both Ukrainian churches in North Port, Fla.