Off to a Strong Start

When healthcare workers, particularly those who take care of children, put their minds to something – it makes a difference. Ukraine Med Relief raised over $17,000 in our first week not only from doctors and nurses and other hospital workers, but also from people from all walks of life who like us were tired of feeling helpless about the news from Ukraine. Hospitals bombed, humanitarian corridors attacked, even a theater marked “Children” where civilians were seeking shelter was bombed last week. But good people can make a difference, and even though we may feel small in the face of such a crisis, we are not alone. All around the world helping hands are reaching out to Ukraine. Our work will save lives, because we are all working together.

Over this past week through generous donations in the Rochester area we also collected many needed hospital supplies. This weekend we sent the first shipment of these supplies to Ukraine, thanks to your help. We will detail the contents of this shipment in a separate post shortly. This is only the first of what we hope will be many waves of aid!

The next phase of our work will be purchasing non-controlled substance medications for delivery to Ukraine, and we look forward to sharing the details of these shipments. We are working with neurologists at other US hospitals doing the same thing. In addition, the Ukrainian government has just set up a website to assist with the delivery of international aid.

We have set up this blog to update you about our activities, and so our donors can see how funds are being spent. And so we can inspire others to join us in helping our Ukrainian medical colleagues. We also look forward to sharing information here of a personal nature, about our colleagues and friends who are affected by this war.

We are still accepting donations!

We are collecting monetary donations to support the purchase of medical supplies and non-controlled substance medications now for Ukrainian hospitals. Go to our fundraising page to contribute.

We are a non-profit organized under the Rochester Regional Health Foundations.

Original artwork by Polina Kolomoiets