Fleming College Offers Support to Ukraine By Selling Medical Kits
/Fleming College is selling medical kit packages throughout Peterborough and the Kawarthas in support of Ukraine beginning this Saturday.
Photo courtesy of Fleming College.
The first event is at all Peterborough Shoppers Drug Mart stores where customers can purchase a medical supply kit for $10 (retail value worth $40) to send to Ukraine. The College has a goal of at least 500 packages to send overseas.
The College has issued a statement regarding the situation in Ukraine:
“So many of us are concerned and unnerved by the events currently unfolding in Ukraine. Canada is home to the second-largest Ukrainian population in the world outside of Ukraine itself and there is no doubt that this would include many of our fellow colleagues, friends, neighbours and students. The struggles faced by the Ukrainian community are certainly difficult to comprehend, as people worry for the safety and well-being of their loved ones back home. We join the international community in denouncing this hostile and illegal invasion of a sovereign country.”
Photo courtesy of Fleming College.
Fleming has given a list of places you can donate to online in case you cannot visit a local Shoppers Drug Mart:
Canadian Red Cross: Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal
Canada-Ukraine Foundation: Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
UNICEF: Emergency Response to Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR): Ukraine Emergency
