September 28, 2024
Great news! Back in January we raised $21,975 to deliver medical supplies and automatic electronic defibrillators (AEDs) to frontline ambulances in Ukraine. It has taken several months, but finally we can report the delivery from Poland to Ukraine of 11 BeneHeart C1A AEDs and a BeneHeart D30 AED. These AEDs have been installed in frontline ambulances operated by the rescue service of the Red Cross of Ukraine.
We would like to again thank our many donors, and especially our Platinum Sponsors Wegmans and aTonalHits, our Silver Sponsors The Rochester Academy of Medicine, and our Bronze Sponsors Allison L. Giordano, MD and The Ukrainian Federal Credit Union for their incredible support in making this important delivery possible.
This weekend’s shipment was modest, but important! Back in April/May we sent prescription anti-allergy medications to the 1st Children’s Polyclinic in Kharkiv, Ukraine – and those drugs were so effective our colleagues there requested more. Once again, the medications were generously donated by Dr. Manisha Relan, pediatric allergist in Albany, NY.
This weekend’s shipment of prescription anti-allergy medications.
Neuromed clinic in Vynnitsia, Ukraine, hit in Russian terror attack on July 14, 2022.
Yesterday three cruise missiles fired by a Russian submarine in the Black Sea hit the town of Vynnitsia, Ukraine, located about 125 miles southwest of Kyiv. At least 24 people were killed, including three children, and many are still missing.
In that terrorist attack, the neurology clinic Neuromed was hit.
Save the date! August 6, 2022.
We all know Three Heads Brewing has some of the most delicious beer around. But did you know they are hosting a fundraising benefit event for the Ukraine Medical Relief Fund?
Join us on August 6, 2022 from 4-10 PM. A portion of the proceeds from every pint sold will go to support our work delivering medications and supplies to hospitals in Ukraine.
On July 12, 2022 our shipment of $9172.10 in prescription medications and other hospital supplies arrived to our friends and colleagues at the Children’s Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. This shipment included anti-seizure meds, antibiotics, blood pressure meds, epinephrine, children’s vitamins, iron supplements, as well as surgical gloves and a number of first aid kits. All of these life-giving supplies were provided by you, our donors!
We are now approaching 130 days since Russia launched its full scale war to try to wipe Ukraine off the map. But after 130 days, Ukraine still stands. The losses have been terrible, but Ukraine still stands. We are now in a time where the rest of the world might start looking the other way, or be lulled into thinking this is a new normal, that “wars happen” and indiscriminate rocket and artillery attacks on civilian homes, apartment blocks, hospitals, and shopping malls is somehow acceptable. It’s not. These are war crimes, and Russia thinks that the rest of the world isn’t serious, won’t really care enough, and will soon get bored and tired with this war, and that we will learn to accept it. That terrorism is somehow “normal.”
This week the Ukraine Medical Relief Fund’s efforts reached across the U.S. The world has shown that when it comes to helping Ukraine win this war, the best efforts are cooperative efforts, and that’s what we are doing here. This week we shipped (72 lbs / 32.5 kg) in prescription antibiotics, antifungals, anti-nausea medications, as well as over-the-counter medicines, medical protective equipment, and other hospital supplies. Some of the hospital supplies were donated by members of Child Neurology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, as well as other donors in the Rochester NY area. This shipment was put together in cooperation with our friends at RocMaidan. And new friends at the Ukrainian-American Cultural Association of OR & SW WA, a group that has amazing shipping logistics into Ukraine, is covering the cost of shipping.