Art For Peace: The Results Are In!
Art for Peace Fundraiser is in the books!!!
My friends and co-hosts (Kat Beregovaia, Natasha Karpenko, and Yelena Galitskaya) and I are overwhelmed with gratitude for the support, care, positive energy, and help we have received this past Saturday and the weeks leading up to the event.
Art For Peace by the numbers:
~500 items for sale - possibly more, we lost count
~100 people came out on a very rainy day
~$15,000 raised in total (with more donations still coming in).
That is incredible, and we are so humbled by everyone’s generosity.
It took a village to make this happen, and we would like to thank everyone who played a role.
A HUGE Thank You to:
Venue:
Randevu Restaurant
Food & Drinks:
Manhattan Bagel
Two Ladies Bakery
Holland Produce & Deli
Desserts by Design LLC
Roma Hamersky-Dale
Lilia Beregovaia
Yelena Galitskaya
Ganna Luchynska
Fresh Flower Bouquets:
Svetlana Bespalov
Bags:
Tanner Brothers Dairy
Logan’s Flowers and Produce
Arts and crafts did not make themselves - over 35 local artists and donors generously shared their work to be sold at the event:
Alexei Breslin
Anastasia Larcova
Beata Dubowska
Daniel Codina
Deb Camble
Doug Hatch
Eileen Johnson
Heather McManus
Igor Kupriianov
Jennifer Hatch
Jenny Hiyama
Kate Viola
Kyle Boich
Le Chat Gris Bijoux
Valeria Manilova
Lola Mananova
Luda Makarova
Matt Sutter
Max Krueger
Megan Smith
Nata Morozova
Natasha Karpenko
Nina Bobrovnikova
Norka Zumaeta
Olga Shorokhova
Rita Bondarev
Rona Loomis
Sophia Guzman
Steph Weidner
Susana Abdulayev
Tatiana Ronzhina
Tim Kin
Valerian Fedoriak
Yelena Galitskaya
Plus a few anonymous donors.
We would like to thank the community, each and every single one of you, who has made a donation, purchased something at the market, and came to support the cause. 💙💛
Without all of you, this simply would not be possible.
An important thank you for inspiring us to organize this event goes out to Elena Barlow of Stella's House and Alina Tourkova.
Stella’s House - https://www.ukrainemoldova.com - has been focusing on helping Ukrainian refugees in Moldova who live with hosts and in small refugee centers - by paying for utility bills, buying groceries, basic hygiene products, medications, and necessary supplies for families.
Additionally, Stella's House is supporting volunteers in Kharkhiv and Kyiv with finances to deliver groceries and medication to those most in need including elderly and disabled.
You can continue to support this charity by donating directly on their website https://www.ukrainemoldova.com.
We stand with Ukraine.
Thank you!
