Ukrainian Gift of Life sponsors Ukrainian Film Festival on TV (07/04/04)

Ukrainian Gift of Life sponsors Ukrainian Film Festival on TV

GLEN ROCK, N.J. - Ukrainian Gift of Life Inc. (UGoL) is co-sponsoring a Ukrainian Film Festival with the Ministry of Culture and Art in Ukraine to promote awareness of UGoL's outreach and International Telemedical's programs while promoting Ukrainian art forms. Channel 78 (68 in certain areas) will broadcast a different Ukrainian film each week on Mondays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. starting June 21 and ending in August.

Ukrainian classic films by Alexander Dovzhenko and other films currently popular in Ukraine, including the award-winning films "Mamai" and "Famine-33" will be aired in Morris, Essex, Passaic and Bergen Counties in New Jersey. The films are subtitled in English.

Since Ukraine's independence, UGoL has established several programs to advance its mission to save as many children's lives as possible, while facilitating the self-sufficiency of the medical profession in Ukraine in the area of pediatric cardiology. UGoL's Operation Child Cardi-Care incorporates two programs to identify children requiring surgery and to determine whether the surgery is best performed in Ukraine or in the United States. Individuals, churches or organizations identified by UGoL sponsor surgeries that are performed in Ukraine.

In the United States, UGoL provides support to the Rotary Gift of Life program of District No. 7490 in New Jersey as well as other Rotary districts. According to UGoL Trustee Ann Kowal, the district's program is truly an ambassadorship alliance, nurturing outreach to the mother and child coming from a foreign land while arranging for a child's life-saving surgery.

Other UGoL programs foster enhancement of skills and technology for medical professionals, and provide diagnostic equipment, medication and consumables required in pediatric cardiology.

UGoL is currently undertaking a $250,000 project to refurbish and equip a post-operative intensive care unit (PICU) at a hospital in Ukraine. According to VP Stefania Bryant, "the PICU, together with the training opportunities provided, will increase the number of pediatric cardiac surgeries that can be performed at the hospital in Ukraine." UGoL Treasurer Kathy Kuzma explained that, "any contributions received will be used for these UGoL programs, except if specified for the International Tele-Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit which provides medical information and related equipment to countries around the world."

UGoL is a non-profit organization located at 233 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ 07452. Contributions are tax-deductible. For additional information, readers can visit the organization's website at www.UkrainianGiftofLife.com or simply www.UgoLinc.com.

Ukrainian Gift of Life is a member -organization of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America.

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