Edmonton-area restaurants, entrepreneurs, and cooks have been coming up with tasty fundraisers to help raise money for humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Taste of Ukraine saw a huge turnout for its perogy fundraiser on March 20, with the lineup to purchase a plate of perogies and kubasa running around the restaurant and down the block. Meanwhile, volunteers with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Anthony ran a sold-out fundraising dinner. "It's a hard thing to describe, but it's painful, it's very painful to watch what we're seeing on television," outreach coordinator Donna Reed told CTV News.
Other fundraisers include:
- A Dinner for Ukraine, hosted by Brad Smoliak, Jimmy Shewchuk, and Steve Buzak, which raised close to $40,000 for the Red Cross Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal;
- Confetti Sweets, which has raised over $30,000 selling yellow and blue cookies and has launched Cookie Mix for Ukraine;
- Stawnichy's Mundare Sausage, which has donated more than $10,000 to the Canada-Ukraine Foundation;
- Roasti Coffee, which has raised over $10,000 with its new coffee bean called "We Stand with Ukraine";
- Yo Baba!, which has raised over $5,000 with its #borschtforukraine campaign.
Photo: The blue and yellow sugar cookies from Confetti Sweets have contributed to fundraising efforts for Ukraine. (Confetti Sweets/Instagram)