Ladies and Gentlemen, I am proud to report that everything below is currently funded! I'm busy at work as we speak writing a trip report to cover everything we have done on our last run. Stay tuned, and I should have that finished by early next week (May 1). Right now, I'd like to direct you to our current fundraiser (well, four fundraisers in one). We've already funded the first portion (tires for a rescue vehicle) and are now fundraising a 4x4 for use as a Casevac (casualty evacuation) vehicle for our team in the 25th Airborne!
https://donorbox.org/rescue-vehicles-to-ukraine
(Report being written for the below)
Maksim from the 1st Brigade, National Guard, sent us a request asking us for approximately $260 worth of medical devices and supplies and I am INCREDIBLY happy to report that our friend Arctic Raven, from the Kyiv Independent Discord Server, absolutely knocked it out of the PARK with the donations he received from his birthday fundraiser this year!
Happy Birthday, Raven!
Here's the thing, we were all set to open a fundraiser to purchase these items and we're STILL going to do so. Maksim sent a second request asking for tourniquets and our good friend Tori is helping us out with her connection that can get us "Dnipro-2" tourniquets for approximately $15 a pop (purchased in Ukraine). There is no limit to the amount of these that we need, so we're going to hold this open on our donorbox account until we have a worthwhile package to send his way.
Thank you Raven, and thank you Tori! This is our 1-million helping hands in action!
Drone Strike in Dnipro!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to report that $450 has been raised and transferred to Yulia and her daughter to help them in their time of need. Thank you all, and please see the photo below for Yulia's response, and the original post below for details.
Yulie and her daughter Mila, live about an hour south of our city (Dnipro) and their area is under near constant attack. Despite this they refuse to leave and are still running their NGO they named “Melania”. These two women have survived attacks in their town nearly every night for as long as we can remember. Unfortunately, a Shaheed drone just hit near their home and in doing so damaged many buildings in the area (their home included).
There does exist government help for situations exactly like this, but this help tends to be slow and insufficient when it comes to repairing ALL of the damage that their home and base of operations has sustained. With that, we’ve decided we’re going to open a fundraiser to help these women get the building materials and supplies they need to fix their walls, roof, and insulation so they don’t lose a single minute in their efforts.
These two have been long partners with our friend Becca at Spirit of Ukraine, and that makes Yulie and Mariam OUR extended family.
If you would like to donate, we’re going to keep this open until we start fundraising for our Easter Run. Our magician “Vikki in Dnipro” is already hard at work and will get us a list of what our family needs. Everything we raise will go towards purchasing items on that list.
It’s time for us to look to our helpers in Ukraine, because right now they need our help!
The 37th Marines Need a 4x4!
WE'VE DONE IT!!! Savage's money has been transferred, and we are shopping for a 4x4 now!
Ladies and Gentlemen, "Savage" from the 37th Marines called. They need a vehicle.
The 37th Marines are a legend of a unit. A quick google search will pop up more headlines from success than you can possibly read in a lifetime, and they've been having it extra rough lately.
This call came to us at the recommendation of "SixTen" from the 25th Airborne. You remember him, he was the recipient of the L200 we delivered to Kramatorsk last July. This means the units are talking, and our reputation is preceding us (I say "challenge accepted!")
Here is the team that will be receiving the vehicle. They state that they need a 4wd pickup, but are at the point they'll take anything we can send them. Personally, I think this is our chance to knock their socks off.
I'll post updates here regularly as we go. Our plan is to purchase, repair and maintain the vehicle for service, and deliver it directly to our defenders on the front.