A teacher at Fleming College in Peterborough is leading an effort to send hundreds of first aid kits to Ukraine, and is asking members of the community to donate $10 at local Shoppers Drug Marts to help cover the cost of the kits.
Victor Waselenko, who has ties to Ukraine, enlisted the help of his family to assemble the kits, each of which contains $40 worth of bandages, gauze, and off-the-shelf painkillers.
Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Peterborough are covering three-quarters of the cost of each kit. Waselenko is asking people to visit a Shoppers Drug Mart location on Saturday (March 12) to make a donation of $10 towards the cost of a kit.
Waselenko’s initial goal is to send at least 500 of the kits to Ukraine.
People can visit any of the five Shoppers Drug Mart locations in Peterborough on Saturday to make a $10 donation for a kit: 741 Lansdowne Street West, 250 Charlotte Street, 1875 Lansdowne Street West, and 971 Chemong Road.
For those who are unable to visit Shoppers Drug Mart on Saturday, donations can be made to the following reputable organizations to support the people of Ukraine
- Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal (Canadian Red Cross)
- Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal (Canada-Ukraine Foundation)
- Emergency Response to Conflict in Eastern Ukraine (UNICEF Canada)
- Ukraine Emergency (United Nations Refugee Agency – UNHCR Canada)
For more information on ways you can help, you can email Waselenko at victor.waselenko@flemingcollege.ca.
