As you all know, on Sunday, the 8th January we have held the Ukrainian Christmas Thankful event. What an amazing day it was! 
For a few hours, we brought a little piece of Ukraine to Northern Ireland to encourage locals to explore our culture, traditions and food, to thank everyone for their help this year, to bring a little joy to children and adults, and to remind that the war in Ukraine is still not over!
Nearly 600 people attended the event and we are overwhelmed with the amount of positive outcomes that we are receiving now.
As part of our Christmas Thankful event, we had a raffle aiming to raise funds to buy an ambulance for Ukraine.
With the help of all of you we have raised a total of £3584 on this event!
We would like to say a special thank you to Hilltown Community Association that donated £1000.00. It is very much appreciated.
We will remind you that we have already held several fund-raising events. The total amount of money raised for the ambulance is already £8750!
Now we need support to purchase an AMBULANCE vehicle in Northern Ireland and deliver it to Ukraine. If you know where we can buy an ambulance in Northern Ireland, please message us!
We would greatly appreciate your help!
We would like to thank the Belfast City Council for their support of our community organisation, for providing the premises and for providing packs of sweets, pencils and teddy bears for children’s gift bags.
We would like to thank Mothers’ Union Derry & Raphoe for supplying us with 50 hand knitted teddies.Thank you Girdwood Community Hub for your hospitality and for having us.We would like to thank Tina Black, Mayor of Belfast, Former Lord Mayor of Armagh city, Banrbidge and Craigavon borough Council Alderman Glenn Barr, Kyle Savage, Geraldine Lawless and Walter Ferris from TADA Rural Support Network for their continued support over the last year.A huge thank you to @Sergiy Balan, Association of Ukrainians in Republic of Ireland for attending our event and for your performance with the button accordion.Thank you to the photographers and videographers Alisa Lymanska Photography, Lyman Sky Videography & @Joe Dalrymple (Video Productions) for the pictures and videos from the event; thank you to the journalists from BBC News NI, UTV Northern Ireland, Belfast Telegraph for the coverage of our event on TV and in the press.Thank you to all the local businesses for providing prizes for the raffle. Thank you to craftspeople for organising the mini-market. Thank you everyone who prepared the food, who organised the workshop with children, and a special thank you to all our artists. We would like to thank everyone who has helped with the preparation and organisation of the event.Thank you all for your contributions to help Ukrainians in Ukraine and let’s move on, to victory!
You are amazing! That day would not have happened without your help and support.
