PHILADELPHIA – Due to the compassion and generosity of its members, in April and May, the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) packed and sent to Ukraine three 40-foot containers of humanitarian aid.
The UUARC expressed thanks to the Rev. Roman Mirchuk and parishioners of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Whippany, N.J., for organizing and collecting items for the container that was sent in April. Dr. Roksolana Vaskul-Leshchuk and Michael Koziupa directed this project.
The container was received by the director of the UUARC in Kyiv, Vera Prinko, and its contents were distributed to families of deceased and wounded soldiers and refugees from the combat zone in Ukraine. The container included: new thermal underwear, gloves, blankets, medical emergency blankets, medical supplies, clothing for women, men and children, toys, towels and bedding. Its total weight was 22,016 pounds, and its value was $40,044.
A second container was sent on April 27 and its contents were distributed to Ukraine’s border units. It weighed 12,173 pounds and was valued at $86,477. The container included two used ambulances that were in excellent condition and fully equipped, plus 146 packs of new medical equipment and clothing. It also included Quick Clot, eye wash stations, heating pads, medical blankets, adult diapers and mattresses.
Volunteers pack exercise/rehabilitation equipment into a container sent to Ukraine.
On May 2, the UUARC sent medical assistance to the main Military Clinical Hospital in Kyiv. The container, which weighed 12,943.339 pounds and had a total value of $133,088, included medical equipment, therapy simulators, therapeutic devices, exercise equipment, stationary bicycles, examination and treatment tables, electric gurneys and wheel chairs. Also in the container were shower chairs, chairs with arm support for drawing blood, a Stryker endoscopy electronic center, storage cabinets, file cabinets, medical gloves, medical consumables, thermal blankets and men’s clothing.
All three containers were cleared, received by their addressees and distributed in accordance with the prearranged plan.