UHRF Accomplishments & Ukrainian Aid Provided
Co-Ordination with IOCC
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Follow-Up from IOCC Ukrainian Relief
Dinner and Prayer Service Held at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA Sunday, September 25, 2022 Dear Friends of IOCC, Thank you for your tremendous support of the Ukrainian Relief Dinner and Prayer Service that was held on September 25 at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Pittsburgh. It is truly a blessing to be able to gather as an Orthodox community and accomplish such meaningful acts of mercy1. As in the past, our Pittsburgh Committee is pleased to report the financial results of this event to the community. The following is a summary of our financial results: · Estimated Attendees: 450 People (Including approximately 75 volunteers) · Gross Revenues: $61,300 · Expenses: $4,517 · Net Money Sent to IOCC for Ukrainian Relief: $56,783 (Note: Our expenses were very low because many people and organizations donated their time, facilities, and resources (many people helped to make food, and purchase supplies). This allowed us to send the maximum amount of funds through to IOCC. These numbers only include reimbursed expenses.) It is also important to remember that IOCC has been able to historically leverage each dollar that we raise as a community into seven dollars of aid that reaches beneficiaries (by qualifying for government and private grants). When we do the math, it means that this small gathering of Orthodox Christians in Pittsburgh will have enabled IOCC to deliver approximately $380,000 worth of aid to Ukraine!! Glory to God!! We thank God for a loving community, and for your generosity in helping our Ukrainian Brothers and Sisters in Christ. In Christ, Nicholas Terezis, IOCC Pittsburgh Committee Chairman Zelfa Khalil, Ukrainian Event Co-Chairman 1 Christ commanded his disciples to give alms. To "give alms" means literally "to do" or "to make merciful deeds" or "acts of mercy." Acts of mercy are an "imitation of God" who ceaselessly executes mercy for all, without exception, condition or qualification. He is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. To "do mercy" means to do good to others in concrete acts of charity. (Source: Fr. Thomas Hopko) |
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 IOCC Van purchased with grant funds from UCHI Humanitarian Fund
Ukrainian Crisis Response
Report to The Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund UCHI received the following update from our partner IOCC on the funds provided for assistance in Ukraine. Thank you to all those who donated to help make this possible! Much work and aid are still required but we are making a difference! Thank you! Please click on pdf to read report. 
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 Thank you Sts. Peter & Paul UOC
We thank you! - Дякуємо! Thank you to all those who donated to help make the van possible! Much work and aid are still required but we are making a difference! Thank you! | ||
Ukrainian Independence Day Event: Thank you!
UCHI hosted a solemn commemoration of Ukraine’s 31st anniversary of independence on Sunday, August 21, 2022, at the Municipal Building in Carnegie, PA. Over 170 people were in attendance, which featured a Moleben for peace concelebrated by clergy from Pittsburgh-area Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic churches: Fathers John Charest, Jason Charron, John Chirovsky, John Haluszczak, Yaroslav Koval, Bob Popichak, Ivan Smereka, and Tim Tomson.
UCHI expresses its sincere thanks to members of the Ukrainian Festival Committee, Ukrainian Technological Society, UCOWPA, and other friends for their hard work on this event. All proceeds totaling $1,039 were donated to the Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund (UHRF), through which UCHI delivers humanitarian aid to those suffering the effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine including funding vans to rescue people from the war zones, delivery of firefighter equipment, and funding of art therapy camps for orphans from war zones.
Concert for Ukraine: Thank You!
UCHI expresses its sincere gratitude to the Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and its partner organizations for the donation of one half of the proceeds from its “Concert for Ukraine” held June 26, 2022, at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library in Carnegie.
The concert featured a stellar program of music, song, dance, and reflection. Performers included: The Pittsburgh Symphony violinist Marta Krechkovska; pianist Roman Rudnytsky; cultural anthropologist and pianist Dr. Taras Filenko; Juriy Fedynsky; singers and bandurysts Nick and Maria Smereka; the Pittsburgh Flute Academy; the Pittsburgh Recorder Society; Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and School; Ridna Shkola School of Ukrainian Studies; and Slava Dance Company.
The concert featured a stellar program of music, song, dance, and reflection. Performers included: The Pittsburgh Symphony violinist Marta Krechkovska; pianist Roman Rudnytsky; cultural anthropologist and pianist Dr. Taras Filenko; Juriy Fedynsky; singers and bandurysts Nick and Maria Smereka; the Pittsburgh Flute Academy; the Pittsburgh Recorder Society; Kyiv Ukrainian Dance Ensemble and School; Ridna Shkola School of Ukrainian Studies; and Slava Dance Company.
We thank you! - Дякуємо!
We thank you! - Дякуємо!
Thank you and we express our deep gratitude for your help and support of Ukraine during this difficult time. UCHI and our friends continue to educate, raise awareness, and direct funding for supplies for Ukrainians on the ground humanitarian efforts.
HELPED RAISE OVER $64K FOR THE UKRAINIAN HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FUND!
We thank you! - Дякуємо!
We wish to say thank you to these performers from the Pittsburgh Symphony who performed during a series of fundraisers from March through May and helped raise over $64K for the Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief Fund! Events were held at Epiphany Church/Divine Mercy in the Hill, Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Carnegie, Sts. John & Paul in Wexford, St. Louise in Bethel Park, and St. Bernadette in Monroeville. We express our deep gratitude for your help and support of Ukraine during this difficult time. UCHI and friends will continue to educate, raise awareness, and direct funding for supplies for Ukrainians on the ground humanitarian efforts.