Ukraine Refugee Assistance

Bill maybe you can help me?

My colleague is in Budapest now(she and two her daughters are refugees), she's a psychologist and she works with children-refugees.

She needs stationery(office supplies) for activities for children

Maybe you or anyone else who you know can help her with it 

Oh, borsh-guide will be ready this week 

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Is there anyone from Chicago? you can taste something food

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bmw88rider said:

Reading those individual stories is a little heart breaking. I am hoping these families can find peace in their world as soon as possible. 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes it's suddenly very dusty in here and I can't read them to my wife for some reason. Thanks for sharing. 

VikkiDp said:

Hi, guys! How are you?

Bill, how is your truck? 

i'm so so, since last weekends the situation became harder 

A lot of refugees from Kharkov, Mariupol and Donetsk region arrive in our city

We are  very close to the front line

Vikki, we pray for you often. Stay safe. 

Woody (Forum Supportum) said:

In reply to Hungary Bill (Forum Supporter) :

I'm seeing a lot of orange diamonds on those pallets of support...

Yeah.  I wish they weren't needed, but glad they were sent.

In reply to tuna55 and bmw88rider :

It's tough. 

I was at a park with my kids a week after all this started and I got to wondering how many people were doing the same thing just one week prior, and where they might be at that very moment.  Luckily, I had a dog with me that needed to be "walked elsewhere" (seasonal allergies, and all that).  All these people had careers, hobbies, and normal lives one month ago...

VikkiDp said:

Bill maybe you can help me?

My colleague is in Budapest now(she and two her daughters are refugees), she's a psychologist and she works with children-refugees.

She needs stationery(office supplies) for activities for children

Maybe you or anyone else who you know can help her with it 

I 100% can  help and would be happy to do so.  I've sent you an e-mail so you can share the details of what's needed and where I can drop them off.

I'll be driving to Lviv on Saturday, so stopping in Budapest to drop off supplies will be no problem at all.

The truck?  Well, I got the oil changed but not much else.  I still have a few days before the big drive, so hopefully I'll take care of the few remaining items on the list.  Don't worry though, she's as reliable as the sunrise, so we can defer the maintenance a bit.  It reminds me though that you're just a short drive away and I have a poor sense of self preservation.  There's always room in the truck so don't wait until it's too late to call me if you need to get out of there. 

The mayor got his magazine!!!

Ok guys, sorry for the long weekend.  Here's the delivery for last Thursday's event.  Katie was in attendance as I had to work, but the magazine made it just in time for delivery (side note:  One more stuffie, two soccer balls, one basketball, and lots of chocolate were delivered from their respective GRM sponsors as well)

Here's the photo dump:

Happy Easter everyone.

Mrs. Hungary got the rest of our medical supplies in late last week.  Tourniquets, Israelis bandages, pulse ox meters, catheter kits, trache kits, suture kits... a whole bunch of stuff normal people don't buy. 

This is in addition to the previous boxes I posted and I'm currently working on getting batteries in anything that needs it and getting everything inventoried and translated for the border crossing (so I may not be on here much this week).  We've got about $150 left in the budget to spend and are going to use it to purchase drinking water and some more canned food.  On Saturday, first thing in the morning, we are "East bound and down!"

If this delivery goes well, we've got a fundraiser planned to help us make a bigger one in June (I am beyond excited, but dont want to jinx it).

Fingers crossed.

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This is all way too awesome.  More proof that there are MANY great people out there, more great people than loud bad people. 
 

Bill, if you need or can use some more money in the "refugee" piggy bank, just let us know. Im in for more $. You will do far more impressive things with the $$ than i will! 
 

also can we do a amazon wishlist for you and the refugees or will that not work? 

Thanks for all you are doing air.  I'm so happy the kids were able to have Easter and do normal things like coloring eggs.  This has got to be a huge relief for the parents to have the moments of normal in such a turbulent time.

Stay safe on your roadtrip sir.  Thinking of you and your family.

TJL (Forum Supporter) said:

This is all way too awesome.  More proof that there are MANY great people out there, more great people than loud bad people. 
 

Bill, if you need or can use some more money in the "refugee" piggy bank, just let us know. Im in for more $. You will do far more impressive things with the $$ than i will! 
 

also can we do a amazon wishlist for you and the refugees or will that not work? 

Thank you and will do, sir!  Unfortunately I do not have an amazon account, but Katie does.  I'll ask her if she minds us commandeering her account for such a thing.

84FSP said:

Thanks for all you are doing air.  I'm so happy the kids were able to have Easter and do normal things like coloring eggs.  This has got to be a huge relief for the parents to have the moments of normal in such a turbulent time.

Stay safe on your roadtrip sir.  Thinking of you and your family.

100%.  I really do like that Mayor Kozma and the Kisgorbo shelter are doing continuous small things for these families. It's just....  awesome.  And exactly what I would hope to do if I were in his shoes.

Unfortunately I've got a bit of an update on the road trip as things continue to develop:  Now it looks like I'm being re-routed through Bratislava to cross into Ukraine at the Slovakian border due to some local political developments here in Hungary.  This doesn't mean much more to us than one extra hour of drive time but, unfortunately what that means for Vikki is I may no longer be driving through Budapest to deliver donations to her friend who does art therapy there. 

To fix that, I'm reaching out locally and think we can gather supplies and still have them delivered within about a week.  Here's an idea of what we'll be purchasing:



(Screen clipping shamelessly cut from our e-mails)

I'm still working out the details, but something like the below may also be an option:

Either way, I've had a look at our GRM paypal account and we have enough donated this month to send 50-100k (huf) worth of supplies to support Vikki's friend and still have enough to donate half-a-mil again to Mayor Kozma on the 25th.  We'll keep you all posted as we progress.

Cheers guys.

Run was a success!  I'm in Poland now pointed west and chasin' the sun.  

Lots of good stuff happened, lots of updates from the weekend.  It'll probably take me a  bit to type everything up, but I didn't want to leave y'all hangin'.

Cheers guys.

Hungary Bill:

In reply to Hungary Bill (Forum Supporter) :

Fair winds and following seas. Let us know when you've reached home port!

TJL (Forum Supporter) said:

 there are MANY great people out there, more great people than loud bad people. 

it's really true!!!

Hungary Bill (Forum Supporter) said:

Run was a success!  I'm in Poland now pointed west and chasin' the sun.  

Lots of good stuff happened, lots of updates from the weekend.  It'll probably take me a  bit to type everything up, but I didn't want to leave y'all hangin'.

 

Cheers guys.

fingers crossed

pray for you that road trip will be successful!!!

 

 

supplies to support Vikki's friend 

Bill, you didi it!

i and my friend are very thankful!!!

you and your friend and GRM's guys - you all are incredibly amazing people!!!

Supplies were delivered  

Feedback from my friends Ira

She was really shocked about such help that Bill organized

She didn't expect such great help at all

Her daughter too and doesn't understand at all how people can do such things

they're very cool!!!

Ira want to invite Carrie to some event that she'll hold for kids

Thank all so much!!!

In reply to VikkiDp :

First I wanted to say please stay safe. Second I have questions about your danger level. Is it quiet where you are?  It's evacuation possible?  Hoping the best for you and your country.

In reply to VikkiDp :

Thanks for sharing!  Seeing that happen is a great way to start a Sunday.  Do you mind if I post those pictures with the text translated to English so everybody here can read along?

In reply to VikkiDp :

Awesome!!!!

I saw Ira's whatsapp messages around midnight when I got back to my hotel (and finally got data service).  I was so glad that worked out!!!

I'm sure Carrie would love to attend an event held by Ira.  Carrie is an art/music teacher at the local English school and has been a huge supporter for everything that's happened so far.  When I couldn't work out a route that got me through Budapest, I immediately thought of her.

Let us know when those supplies run low, we're always here and happy to help

In reply to AngryCorvair and Javelin:

Thanks guys!  Done, docked, and headed down the pier for a beer (film at eleven).