Ukraine Needs Your Help
If you are able to help contribute to our mission, please donate today!
Ukraine Needs Your Help
If you are able to help contribute to our mission, please donate today!
Pysanky Workshop for Ukraine
Our workshop was a great success!
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to all the beautiful "Pysanky artists" who joined Toledo Helps Ukraine on April 5.
Pysanky are more than just decorated Easter eggs. They are tiny vessels of hope, each one lovingly hand-crafted with ancient symbols and heartfelt intentions. The Ukrainian word pysaty means "to write," and each pysanka is a story—written not in ink, but in beeswax, patience, and love.
There is a cherished legend in Ukrainian folklore: an evil monster is kept in chains, and with every pysanka created, those chains tighten. But if too few are made, the chains weaken, and darkness threatens to spread.
Your presence, your creativity, your support—whether by making a pysanka or standing with Toledo Helps Ukraine—tightens those chains. You help keep the darkness at bay. You remind the Ukrainian people that they are not alone.
Thank you for shining your light and for being part of something so deeply meaningful. Your kindness is felt more than you know.
Jennifer Sader shows her nearly completed pysanky.
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Palettes FOR A PURPOSE INITIATIVE SUCCESSFUL!
24 Palettes of Food, Medical Supplies, and Aid Shipped
Approaching nearly three years since Russia invaded Ukraine, some in the Toledo area have been stepping up to assist in Ukraine’s fight against the Kremlin. Since the start of the War, Alona Matchenko and her organization have been there every step of the way.
4UA Continues to Advocate VIA '24 Summit
Representatives from 47 states have gathered in Washington D.C. for the American Coalition for Ukraine Summit, April 12 through 16. The theme for the Summit is “People’s Lives are not Politics.”
Our Mission
Toledo Helps Ukraine / 4UA
The mission of Toledo Helps Ukraine is to help
Ukrainian citizens impacted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Our goal is to raise awareness and funds, and to distribute in a manner that will make the most significant impact on the lives of displaced or besieged Ukrainians.
War forces Ukrainians in Toledo area to think longterm
Story and photo by Stephen Zenner / The Blade
As if remembering parts of themselves left behind in the rubble of their home country, Ukrainians fleeing the horrors of war sat together in silence in Sylvania thinking about what one year since the beginning of the war meant.
Ohio/Ukraine Summit
Ohio/Ukraine Summit
Ohio/Ukraine Summit
Met with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on March 17, 2022, for the Ohio Summit on Ukrainian Refugees.
Community Rally
Ohio/Ukraine Summit
Ohio/Ukraine Summit
Donation Sites
Speaking Engagements
Speaking Engagements
Coordinated 10 donation sites throughout NW Ohio to collect items to ship to Ukraine. To date, THU has collected an estimated $100,000 in donated goods.
Speaking Engagements
Speaking Engagements
Speaking Engagements
Attended and spoke to over 45 community groups, schools, and media outlets regarding the plight of Ukrainian refugees.
» Nonprofit talks refugee sponsorship
Ukraine Trip
Delivering Aid
Delivering Aid
In May 2022, took a three-week mission trip to Ukraine and surrounding countries, purchasing supplies in Poland and delivering them to Ukraine.
Delivering Aid
Delivering Aid
Delivering Aid
Weighed, inventoried, packaged, and shipped over 26,000 pounds of essential aid destined for Ukraine.
Painting With Purpose
Painting With Purpose
Painting With Purpose
Toledo Helps Ukraine hosts painting event to aid international war efforts with the Wine and Canvas company in Bowling Green.
Cookie Walk
Painting With Purpose
Painting With Purpose
Attended and spoke to over 45 community groups, schools, and media outlets regarding the plight of Ukrainian refugees.
Life Saving Relocations
Life Saving Relocations
Life Saving Relocations
Borys Dzhanaiev arrived with his wife and 8-year-old daughter in tow. The family was living in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city, before relocating to Germany once the war broke out. Now the Ukrainian refugee family arrives in Toledo and now living with local family.
Ballroom company
Life Saving Relocations
Life Saving Relocations
Ukrainian natives enlist dancers & musicians to raise funds for their embattled homeland.
Impact
Impact
Impact
Toledo Helps Ukraine is partnering with the healthcare provider to ship medical supplies to the country at war for nearly one year.
Inspire
Impact
Impact
Attended and spoke to over 45 community groups, schools, and media outlets regarding the plight of Ukrainian refugees.
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