Thursday, March 10 at 5:00pm St Basils Cultural Centre 10819 71 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB Get your Easter Basket ready at this fundraiser for Home of Hope. There will be Easter baking, and other Ukrainian & Easter items for purchase. Ready-made paska for sale as well as pysanky demonstrations. Various vendors will be set up for…
UCWLC Vechirka: A Home of Hope Fundraiser
Thursday, October 9at 6:30pm St Basils 7007 – 109 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3B9 This Vechirka (night) promises to be a wonderful evening filled with Ukrainian food, music and art. Young, Ukrainian, up and coming artists and musicians will be highlighted at this event. Throughout the evening, guests will wander from artist to artist…
St. Martin School donates Shoeboxes for Ukraine
The St. Martin School community concluded its annual Shoebox for Ukraine campaign on March 17. Students filled up their shoeboxes with all kind of school supplies, toys and clothing items for the children living in Ukraine’s orphanges, as well as a personal letter introducing themselves. The coordination of the event is done through the Bridge…
Volunteer Appreciation, Meet & Greet Night
On March 20, 2014 we were treated to a delightful and unexpected surprise. Sr. Bonifatia the provincial superior of the Sister Servants of Mary Immaculate in Ukraine, Sr. Patricia Lacey, provincial superior from Toronto,Canada and Sr. Theresa Slota Superior General from Rome were in Edmonton on business and we were so pleased that they were…
A twist on Mother’s Day as woman reaches out to motherless kids in Ukraine
Danielle Kowalchyk, a kindergarten teacher at St. Francis of Assisi School, poses with items she is taking with her for kids in orpanages in Ukraine for Mother’s Day. She was photographed in Edmonton on May 7, 2013. Photograph by: John Lucas , Edmonton Journal As published in the Edmonton Journal on May 10, 2013 by Andrea…