Off-topic: Cardinal share available and Ukraine message
James Carlson
carlsonj at workingcode.com
Mon Apr 18 16:52:58 EDT 2022
Here are two messages that club members have asked me to forward along.
They're not directly related to IMC flight, so they're off-topic, and
I'll try to limit the number of these sorts of postings that you see so
they're very rare indeed, but if this one bothers anyone, I apologize,
and please do let me know and I'll find a way to avoid it completely in
the future.
First, from Jeff Sipek, he has a Cardinal share that he'd like to sell.
https://www.josefsipek.net/N18738-for-sale/
Detailed information about the (very nice looking!) plane is on that
page along with Jeff's contact information. Contact him directly for more.
And second, a message from Robert Zacharski about his effort to help
Ukrainian refugees in Poland. Contact rzacharski at gmail.com if you need
more information or would like to help out.
> Dear Friends and Neighbors:
>
> Three weeks have passed since our last update and here is a short
> overview of what happened since then:
>
> *
>
> We have received a donation of over a thousand business-class
> computers to be handed out to the houses and the Ukrainian
> refugees hosted there.
>
> *
>
> We have paired up with a 20,000+ member strong ZHR
> <https://www.zhr.pl/>scout organization in Poland to help with the
> distribution of the donated computers to the qualified houses and
> refugees living there. We are working on finding the best
> placement for the donated computers and have already learned that
> there is an enormous need for creating additional remote learning
> and activity centers for the Ukrainian refugee kids.
>
> *
>
> We are forming a Massachusetts charitable foundation to support
> the efforts and meet the challenge of scale. We started with one
> house, but there is a need to support not one, or five, or even
> 10, but 100,000 houses like that now, and 200,000 houses like that
> by the end of the year.
>
> *
>
> We are working with a crowdfunding software vendor to set up a
> platform where individual houses would be able to run their own
> fundraising campaigns.
>
> *
>
> We are working on making your help and your giving easier; an
> update on this will come next month. The governance process over
> your donations is handled by a third-party, voluntary, non-owner
> committee that oversees the house budget.
>
> *We are asking for your continued support of the houses that host the
> refugees and the volunteers that stand behind them.* We have attached
> the step-by-step walkthrough to help you with the donation process.
>
> House:Dom Druha Wladka
> <https://www.facebook.com/Dom-Druha-W%C5%82adka-dla-Ukrainy-105517782098264>
> Bank account is held in: Poland
> Account currency: PLN (Polish Zloty)
> Name on the account: Marta Dzidek
> Alias (optional): Dom Druha Wladka
> SWIFT/BIC: CITIPLPX
> IBAN: PL81103000190109850101734695
> Note: The bank name and address will auto-fill once you provide the
> SWIFT and IBAN numbers.
> Recipient details (for bank compliance purposes):
> Country: Poland
> Recipient address: ul. Karmelicka 46/63
> City: Krakow
> State: Malopolskie
> Postcode/ZIP: 31-128
> Email (optional): martuska.dk at gmail.com
> <mailto:martuska.dk at gmail.com>Telephone (required by some services and
> this number works):1-800-555-1212
>
> We are also calling upon you and your employers to consider donating
> their used computers to the Ukrainian Learning and Activity Centers
> being created in Poland for the Ukrainian kids to stay busy learning
> and out of trouble.
>
> We have now the logistics to process any number of the donations with
> this respect.The distribution of the equipment throughout all Poland
> is being performed by the ZHR <https://www.zhr.pl/>scouts with the
> help of a commercial fright operator who has offered their services to
> help this cause FREE of charge. Likewise with your money donations -
> the governance process of the computer donations is verifiable all the
> way to a single machine.
>
> Please forward this information to your friends and neighbors and
> suggest they become what we call the “Dom Druha” supporters as well.
>
> They can respond to this email (rzacharski at gmail.com
> <mailto:rzacharski at gmail.com>) and we’ll be glad to add their email
> address to the distribution list.
>
> Thank you for opening your hearts and for your support,
>
> Magda & Robert
>
> ____________________________
>
> The Enormity of The Challenge:
>
> Does supporting Ukrainian refugees in Poland require a sustained
> effort? Yes, we have all opened our hearts and homes to accept
> Ukrainian refugees in Poland, but the scale of the undertaking is hard
> to comprehend.
>
> Let’s try to visualize the scale:
>
> Imagine that you have a summer house, a “camp”, and you use it for a
> couple of weeks a year, and the weekends when you’re there. Now,
> imagine that you host 15 refugees in that house day-in and day-out,
> and you need to pay for the heat, water, electrical and gas, and you
> must fix-up the house, too. You also need to buy some appliances as
> one set of the washer and dryer combo and a single fridge simply can’t
> do it. The “to do” list only gets longer and you’re not a professional
> landlord.
>
> Now, to help us realize the sheer enormity of the Ukrainian refugee
> humanitarian crisis in Poland let’s run some numbers. There were:
>
> *
>
> 2.2 million refugees in the first month of the conflict
>
> *
>
> 4.5 millionrefugees are predicted by the analyses by the end of
> this year
>
> *
>
> 8 million refugees over the next three years, depending on how the
> conflict unfolds
>
> *
>
> All in a country of 38 million.
>
>
> Let’s transpose these numbers to something we can visualize better.
> The US is a country of 330 million people. These numbers translate to:
>
> *
>
> 20 million refugees in the first month of the conflict and
> absorbed into the existing social and housing framework
>
> *
>
> 40 million expected in the first year of the conflict
>
> *
>
> 70 million expected in the next three years.
>
> Adopting or helping to adopt a Ukrainian refugee family, even if only
> virtually, will be invaluable in addressing this crisis. Let's help
> them heat those houses, provide water and electricity, have access to
> the internet, social services and training. In doing so those
> Ukrainian refugees can get back on their feet, get trained, get jobs,
> and restart their lives anew. Help these young mothers with children
> speak up for their freedom, while their men are fighting the Russian
> regime aggression defending their country's sovereignty and independence.
>
> _____________________________________
>
> News From The “Green Corridor” Region:
>
> The "Green Corridor" cities help delivering supplies across the border
> with Ukraine:
>
> *
>
> Rzeszów; city website: https://erzeszow.pl <https://erzeszow.pl/>
>
> Highlighted:
>
> *
>
> Information for Ukrainian citizens who want to travel to the USA
> from
> Poland:https://erzeszow.pl/pl/2327-rzeszow-dla-ukrainy/49929-informacja-dla-obywateli-ukrainy-chcacych-dostac-sie-do-usa-z-polski.html#tresc
> <https://erzeszow.pl/pl/2327-rzeszow-dla-ukrainy/49929-informacja-dla-obywateli-ukrainy-chcacych-dostac-sie-do-usa-z-polski.html#tresc>
>
> *
>
> Notice specific list of needs:
> https://erzeszow.pl/pl/2327-rzeszow-dla-ukrainy/49865-zbiorka-darow.html
> <https://erzeszow.pl/pl/2327-rzeszow-dla-ukrainy/49865-zbiorka-darow.html>
>
> *
>
> Volunteer application form:
> https://erzeszow.pl/pl/2327-rzeszow-dla-ukrainy/49856-poszukujemy-wolontariuszy.html#tresc
> <https://erzeszow.pl/pl/2327-rzeszow-dla-ukrainy/49856-poszukujemy-wolontariuszy.html#tresc>
>
>
>
> *
>
> Przemyśl; city website: https://przemysl.pl <https://przemysl.pl/>
>
> Highlighted: https://przemysl.pl/64135/pomagamy-ukrainie.html
> <https://przemysl.pl/64135/pomagamy-ukrainie.html>
>
>
>
> *
>
> Kraków - Our (Magda & Robert's) home city.
>
> City website: https://www.krakow.pl <https://www.krakow.pl/>
>
>
> Highlighted
>
> *
>
> Particularly reliable source of information on local and
> international effort, including the US in helping
> Ukraine:https://www.krakow.pl/krakow_open_city
> <https://www.krakow.pl/krakow_open_city>
>
>
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