APPEAL: Support CCAU project to restore holiday traditions

The chain of passing on Ukrainian holiday traditions from generation to generation was broken in many parts of Ukraine during the Soviet era. How can we help restore them?

For the seventh year, the Coordinating Committee to Aid Ukraine - U.S.A. (CCAU), through donations from Ukrainian Americans, is sponsoring trips for children from southern and eastern regions of Ukraine to celebrate Christmas and Easter in western Ukraine.

The objective of these trips is to instill national pride and to provide an opportunity for these children to acquaint themselves with Ukrainian holiday traditions. Such projects in the past six years were most successful.

The CCAU requests that you, Ukrainian American families, take part in this endeavor of raising the consciousness of Ukraine's new generation. Therefore, instead of sending Christmas cards and buying presents, consider donating some of the saved funds to support this worthy project. All those who contribute by November 30 will be included in one general season's greeting.

Please make your donation payable to the Coordinating Committee to Aid Ukraine and send it to: CCAU Children's Holiday Fund, 16 Manger Road, West Orange, NJ 07052. All donations are tax-deductible.

For the CCAU Executive Committee: Wolodymyr Wolowodiuk, president; Oksana Trytjak, vice-president for fund raising; Bohdan Hajduczok, treasurer.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 29, 2000, No. 44, Vol. LXVIII

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