A campaign to fill shoeboxes with medical supplies and send them over to Ukraine was a huge success. Facilitating Director Sheena Lubitz says they collected 200 boxes with roughly $5,000 in supplies.
Lubitz tells myFM the operations manager for Ukraine Medical Support came from Toronto on his own time and own money to pick up the supplies.
Lubitz says the support from the community was amazing. Lubitz wanted to give a big thank you to everyone who helped out.
Mulvihill Drug Mart made a huge donation of medical supplies, the Grind in Pembroke donated a big box of tupperware, the dental office of Dr. Bruce Harle dropped off 300 toothbrushes and 300 tubes of toothpaste, Fresco’s Tap and Grill fed the volunteers, Moncion Metro provided drinks, Tim Horton’s supplied coffee, doughnuts and muffins, Staples offered up office supplies and Zion Lutheran Church was used as the space to collect the items.
Lubitz encourages local residents to support other initiatives in the community whenever possible.
(written by: Rudy Kadlec)
Photo (from left to right): Dr. Jeremiah Suralvo, Sheena Lubitz and Dr. Christy Natsis. These were the 300 toothbrushes and toothpastes, that were donated.
Photo (from left to right): Maksym Prystupa, Operations Manager for Ukraine Medical Support and Sheena Lubitz
Photo: Packages arrived at the Ukraine Medical Support Warehouse in Toronto to get ready for shipment to Ukraine.
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Shoeboxes with medical supplies for Ukraine being collected in Pembroke