10/19/2026
Friday, October 16, 2026 Part 2.
In late spring one of our members told us about St Demetrius church’s (St Demetrius The Great Martyr Ukrainian Catholic Church) shoe boxes project. The project provides orphaned children, and teenagers in Ukraine with a Saint Nicholas gift (December 6). Our immediate and collective response was that we wanted to fill shoeboxes and could you ask if could make a few quilts. The response was that they would be gratefully received. Throughout the summer our members busily worked on quilts. It was not until Friday that we collected and counted the quilts - 120 in total! Sewn onto each quilt is a label in Ukrainian “ Made with love “ 🇨🇦 ♥️ 🇺🇦
Today, Monday, October 19, 2026, the quilts were delivered into the hands of Father John Tataryn at St Demetrius. We were told that the quilts will be flown to Poland, then by land to Ukraine, where they will be distributed by a local church organization who sees that they reach the hand of an orphan. How lucky are we to be able to provide warmth and comfort to 120 children.
