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Everyone, the fighting hasn't ended and neither have our efforts. For 8 days, we've waited for GoFundMe to unfreeze our campaign to allow donations to help ALL of our Ukrainian children who are currently taking refuge in Dnipro get the best Easter holiday we can possibly bring them. Now, it looks like it's time to roll up our sleeves and do it ourselves.
Since the invasion started, we've been resolute in our determination to take care of the children who've been forced to flee from the fighting in Ukraine and they have not had it easy. Explosions are still rocking the city, and our children have weathered through three years of nearly non-stop attacks. I don't think a single day has gone by without a strike on their infrastructure, and as a result they're living without electricity for 10 to 12 hours every day (and it was COLD this winter!!). This is our 9th run on the city, our third Easter delivery, and we've run a dozen more cross border excursions. We are doing this!
With your help and incredible generosity, we've recently crowd funded two 4x4 vehicles for our friends in the Ukrainian Army. Normally GoFundMe does now allow us to combine our humanitarian efforts with our military assistance, but since they've left us literally "frozen", why not take advantage of the situation and fill those vehicles with chocolates and Easter sweets to bring to our children along the way???
Going this route is going to allow us to do twice the good with half the money and efforts, so let's get MOOVIN! We'll get these 4x4's prepped for our defenders, and you fill them to the brim with something to brighten our children's holiday! With us working together on both halves of this endeavor we'll make sure EVERYONE under our umbrella gets something special this Easter.
We'll keep this donation box open until Sunday 06 April, 2025. At that time we'll close the donations and spend every last penny received on chocolates and Easter gifts for our Ukrainian refugee children (63 in total at the time of this writing!). As always, we take ZERO for ourselves or for things like food, fuel, or tolls. These are our contributions to the effort and one we're very proud to make.
In the event we receive more than what can be spent on our primary effort, we will take any remaining funds and donate them to an orphanage in the city that focuses on helping developmentally disabled children aged 4 to 40. It's an organization we've helped in the past and one that we'd love to be able to assist again in the future.
If you're new and want to see what a "run" of ours looks like, you can see the results of our December "Christmas" run here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ukrainian-kids-celebrate-christmas
If you missed it and want to see what our 4x4 efforts look like, you can do so here:
https://donorbox.org/get-our-combat-medic-her-new-rescue-vehicle
Also, note that during the collection and after the delivery we will make MANY updates to our efforts so please be sure you check in periodically so you can see the amazing work you are doing. If you'd like to follow along to see these updates on our social media platforms then you can do so here:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dniproexpress/
We have a Facebook page for the truck here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/510575651154518
And now we even have a website at Https://DniproExpress.com It's a bit rough yet, but we're learning.
If you would like to read all of our previous trip reports, then you can do so here: https://dniproexpress.com/trip-reports
And I know we have a lot of repeat donors on here and I want you to take a second to thank you and let you know we appreciate your understanding as we've grown and expanded our efforts and tackled these hurdles in stride. You're presence is felt and appreciated, as is your ability to continually adapt to what has been a VERY dynamic situation.
But most importantly, if you're Ukrainian then please know: The world is still with you. Stay strong. Help IS coming.
#DniproExpress
#DniproStrong
#SlavaUkraini
#Ukraine
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Brittany Trinite | $10.90
May you be well and blessed 💙💛 Love from Texas!
Michael
Rick Lewis | $52.45
We're with you Bill, you're a legend, go Dnipro!