Come stand together as we show support for neighbors across the world.
This vigil will be our community's opportunity to gather, pray for the situation and people in Ukraine, learn about ways we can support victims, and show support for our local Ukrainian community.
Please park at Tariffville School or St. Bernard's parking lot if you are able to make the short walk.
Event is planned for outdoors, rain location is inside the church building.
Bathrooms will be available.
Please park at Tariffville School or St. Bernard's parking lot if you are able to make the short walk.
Event is planned for outdoors, rain location is inside the church building.
Bathrooms will be available.
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Resources for supporting Ukraine - organizations needing financial donations NOW.
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Maidan United This Connecticut non-profit is providing much-needed medical equipment and supplies to Ukraine. Right now, they are fielding requests from hospitals and other organizations that are expressing urgent needs for tourniquets, blood clotting powder and blood donation bags.Every dollar raised goes directly to support wounded Ukrainians.
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Ukrainian Catholic University Foundation Ukraine Emergency Fund: Ukrainian Catholic University is located in the heart of Lviv, Ukraine. They have set up dormitories to welcome refugees and are a collection and distribution site for medical supplies to support the humanitarian effort. Donate here.
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AIRbnb: Help house refugees fleeing Ukraine. Offer stays for free or at a discount through Airbnb.org, or donate to help the funding stretch further.
CARE: Families in Ukraine are fleeing violence and urgently need emergency aid. CARE is responding to the crisis by providing Ukrainians in need with food, hygiene kits, psychosocial support services, water and access to cash.
Episcopal Relief and Development Support Episcopal Relief & Development in providing humanitarian aid in response to the crisis in Ukraine. By donating to the Ukraine Crisis Response Fund, you will help meet critical needs for people fleeing the violence including food, cash, blankets and hygiene supplies. Visit episcopalrelief.org/ukraine-crisis.
Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders: Experienced MSF emergency and specialist medical staff are currently entering Ukraine. More will continue to arrive to support teams already working in the country. Teams are preparing for a range of scenarios, including providing surgical care, emergency medicine, and mental health support for displaced people.
Save the Children: Two million refugees have now fled Ukraine, including at least one million children. Children on the move are at risk of hunger, illness, trafficking and abuse. Donations to the Children's Emergency Fund can help provide children and families at risk in Ukraine and around the world with immediate aid, such as food, water, hygiene kits, psychosocial support and cash assistance.
Sunflower of Peace: Providing first aide medical tactical backpacks for paramedics and doctors on the front lines of the conflict.
Ukraine Ministry of Health: Every day the Ukraine Ministry of Health receives dozens of appeals from those who want to help our medical institutions where hundreds of lives are heroically saved every day. Anyone wishing to join the provision of hospitals with medicines and necessary materials can complete the form on this site.
UNICEF Key emergency interventions include prepositioning health, hygiene and emergency education supplies as close as possible to communities near the line of contact, trucking safe water to conflict-affected areas, supporting mobile child protection teams providing psychosocial care to children traumatized by chronic insecurity, responding to cases of violence and abuse against children and assisting children separated from family, working with municipalities to ensure there is immediate help for children and families in need.
Voices of Children: A Ukrainian Charitable Foundation working with children traumatized by armed conflict.
World Central Kitchen Working at a 24-hour pedestrian border crossing in southern Poland, WCK began serving hot, nourishing meals within hours of the initial invasion and are now set up at eight border crossings across the country. Additionally, we are supporting local restaurants preparing meals in eight Ukrainian cities including in Odessa, Lviv, and Kyiv. WCK teams are also on the ground in Romania, Moldova, and Hungary.
The Episcopal Church in Connecticut (ECCT) has identified a number of charities that are providing immediate support to the people of Ukraine.
See the full list here.
If your employer offers matching donations, please work through that process to increase the impact of your gift.
See the full list here.
If your employer offers matching donations, please work through that process to increase the impact of your gift.
Want more options?
Here's an article called 27 Meaningful Ways You Can Help Ukraine, with additional ideas on how you can help.
Here's an article called 27 Meaningful Ways You Can Help Ukraine, with additional ideas on how you can help.