It is a very SPECIAL MOMENT for me and Eva Maureau from Abel Tasman Canyons to be able to say that the total of the raised funds of NZD$20,300 from 5 fundraisers held in Motueka and Nelson in April and May 2022 reached the largest Children's Hospital in Ukraine Ohmatdyt - НДСЛ Охматдит!
In the photo you can see Vladimir Zhovnir - Director (on the right) and Наталия Мирута (Natalia Miruta) - Deputy Director of Ohmatdyt Hospital (on the left) with the donation certificate for NZD$20,300. It’s absolutely incredible how many adults and children have received much needed medical help at НДСЛ Охматдит since the end of February 2022 thanks to its incredible staff and leadership team working around the clock!!! On the 27/04/22, a few days before our first fundraiser, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited "Ohmatdit" and awarded doctors with state awards, including the Director Vladimir Zhovnir and Pavlo Plavskyi, who you saw on the main picture for our Give a Little Page.
A quick reminder of the 5 events:
1) The first event that kicked off our fundraisers was a Torrent River CANYONING TRIP organised by Abel Tasman Canyons on Saturday the 30th of April. A huge thank you to Abel Tasman Canyons and their partners Abel Tasman AquaTaxi, and Patisserie Royale for providing their service for free, so that all the proceeds could go to the Children’s Hospital. Thank you also to the wonderful participants that booked the trip! This day we RAISED $3030! 🏊♀️🧗♂️🏞🌻
2 On the 5th of May, Lola Cook ran the QUIZ NIGHT at Sprig and Fern Tavern Motueka. It was a great success. Thanks to the wonderfully generous quiz participants (including EJ ZUMBA Motueka, Motueka Steiner School and Farm, and Motueka Toastmasters teams) who bought our raffle tickets, we RAISED $930 🌟💖
3) On the 6th of May, Greenwood Kindergarten organised a Blue and Yellow day. They did a wonderful job in sharing age appropriate information with the kids about the war in Ukraine. Whilst also listening to Ukrainian music and learning about the colours of the Ukrainian flag. With their gold coin donations they RAISED $79.70🌻☀️💛
4) On the 7th of May, there was a BAKE SALE at The Nelson Market. Here a TOTAL of $5940 was raised. This includes the incredible effort of Bear's Bakery that donated $940. Thank you so much to everyone who baked and helped on the day!!!🧁🍰💙
5 Another BAKE SALE at the Motueka Sunday Market on the 8th of May RAISED $5,788. This amount includes a $650 donation from Beacon Coffee Cart (Sam Leith) whose coffee cart was next to our stall on the market and 2 x loads of dry firewood donated by Philip Leith worth $800. Thank you so much to everyone who baked and helped on the day!!!🎂🍪💛
A HUGE THANK YOU again to all the businesses and people supporting those fundraisers: Abel Tasman Canyons, Abel Tasman AquaTaxi, Patisserie Royale; Sprig and Fern Tavern Motueka, EJ ZUMBA Motueka, Motueka Steiner School and Farm, Motueka Toastmasters, Antonius Bakery, Simply Indian, New World Motueka, Green World Health & Lifestyle, Trade Aid New Zealand (Nelson), Jester House, Beacon Coffee Cart, The Nelson Market, Motueka Sunday Market, Liquorland Motueka, Trents Wholesale, Thrive Osteopathic, Super Liquor Motueka, Valley Bloom Floral Design, Linda Hannan Gallery, Bear's Bakery; Toine, Larissa, Anton, Kathy, Bryony Richardson, Philip Leith, Jorge, Lyubov, Maria, Shiny Smile, Iryna, Victoria, Dmitry, Yuliya, Peter Canton, Claire, Sarah, Rita, Valeriya Horyayeva, Victoria and Yvonne and many others 💛💝
Eva Maureau, Sam Leith, Larissa Balkhausen, Rosey Duncan, Judy van den Yssel-Richards, Kathy Lloyd, Anna Li thank you so much for all your fundraising ideas, time, support, generous donations and energy you put into it!!! We are also very grateful for the wonderful help from Emily (The Guardian newspaper) and Matt Lawrey for supporting and sharing those fundraising events with the wider community, and even getting people to donate from other parts of New Zealand!💙🌻✨
And then of course YOU, the SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY, who baked, came to buy the baking, our raffle tickets, the firewood, the coffee, or made donations. Together YOU helped to raise a total of $20,300 over those 5 fundraisers. Money that now is at the hospital in Ukraine making a difference for the people in need!!! 💞💝
Ohmatdyt facebook page and website have plenty of information in English and direct bank details to donate:
https://www.facebook.com/ndslohmatdyt
http://ohmatdyt.com.ua/
The Give a Little page will be open until the 31st of July 2022 to receive further donations, with the last donations received throughout June and July 2022 being paid to the hospital at the end of August.
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/please-help-ukrainian-childrens-hospital
THANK YOU, ЩИРО ДЯКУЄМО!
Nataliya and Eva 💞💙💛
