URGENT… $1500.00 STILL NEEDED to fly the last 2 members of the Ukrainian refugee family to Canada
You may remember our last notice…
To all the residents who contributed to the fund for Ukrainian refugees a bigTHANK YOU! With $3,795 we are well on our way to paying for almost four flights from Warsaw to Toronto One Visa has been issued and the group is awaiting the rest.
Since issuing that notice we ended up raising $5000.00.
The cost for three flights was $4000.
3 of the 5 members of the Ukrainian family (2 adults and 1 child) are now safely living in Canada.
However, 2 members of the family, a mother and her 5-year-old daughter, are still in Poland awaiting their visas.
Expectations are they will be issued soon, this week even. As soon as that happens flights will be booked. This is where we need more funds.
There is enough money left over from the last fundraiser to pay for the child’s flight, $1000.00 BUT we need an additional $1500.00 for the mother’s flight.
If you can help, please write a cheque to
William H. Wright
and put it in an envelope addressed to me
I regret I can’t give you a receipt for income tax purposes, but you will have our heartiest thanks.
For those of you who may not have seen the sign in the mailroom, here’s the original fundraising request from William Wright:
Dear Friends in Kensington
I have a friend whose wife is Ukrainian. They are trying to bring five of her blood relatives who are fleeing the bombing in their land to Canada.
Her sister, her sister’s daughter and a child.
Her niece and her child.
The men must remain behind to fight.
They have managed by a series of hair-raising experiences to get as far as Warsaw and have managed to get their papers stamped.
Now they are waiting for the Canadian government to issue proper Visas.
I and two of my friends have contributed to help pay for airfare for five to Canada but I need to gather a little more money.
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