This is Piper VanOrd, owner of an outdoor shop here in Warren, the go to location for canoe and kayak trips on the Allegheny River, as well as a source of all kinds of outdoor gear and clothing used here in the national forest. Without any previous connection to Ukraine, she has traveled to the region several times since April of 2022, where she has helped set up a shelter for refugees in Poland while also buying and transporting supplies into Ukraine-everything from food to personal hygiene items to generators. Over the past ten months she has established many contacts in the region, and has become friends with some of the people there; "It is not about me" she says; her motivation for her hard work and dedication has been her selfless compassion and moral clarity to do what is right in an unjust war.
I am not on Facebook although I know Piper has a page where she keeps everyone updated about the people she has helped overseas as well as information about how to donate money to her efforts. If anyone is interested in learning more please search her name or Allegheny Outfitters; I can assure you that rather than some anonymous charity she will make sure the money goes to where it is desperately needed. Thanks "Senseless barbarism. These are the only words that come to mind seeing Russia launch another missile barrage at peaceful Ukrainian cities ahead of New Year," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted in a reaction to the Russian attacks. "There can be no 'neutrality' in the face of such mass war crimes. Pretending to be 'neutral' equals taking Russia's side."
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