What a wonderful fundraiser it was! Hundreds of people came to support the Kasiyan family in their time of need. The money raised will help them pay medical bills for their mother and grandmother, Mrs. Jaroslava Kasian, who came from Ukraine to visit and was sricken by a serious illness and is in the hospital awaiting surgery.

Everyone that came had a great time. For $15 admission they enjoyed a delicious dinner with borshch, cabbage rolls (holubtsi), pyrohy, salad with condiments and home-made cakes with coffee. Many people did not leave empty handed.

Some took home winning raffle baskets, some Ukrainian souvenirs, some cakes, and one woman won a brand new microwave.

Rev. Kasiyan and his family thanked everyone that made this fundraiser possible: O. Melenchuk, I. Sypniak, and O. Shutka for cooking delicious Ukrainian food; H. Nazarevych, H. Serediuk, O. Bandriwsky, O. Olenych, S. Kenn and N. Savka for organization, advertising, selling tickets and everyone who helped before and during the dinner. Special thanks to those people who donated homemade cakes, baskets and other items for raffle, and all those who gave special monetary donations!

For a lot of Ukrainians it was a great time to meet old friends and share news of the Ukrainian community (hromada) in Buffalo and Western New York. Everybody wished Mrs. Jaroslava Kasiyan to get well soon and God\'s blessings of health and happiness.

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