What a remarkable month for cards for Ukraine’s Defenders!

Altogether, just over 2,000 postcards have been sent to Ukraine’s Defenders this month through Postcards to the Front, Australia and Canada branches.

And guest what?

We – you, dear reader! – have achieved a remarkable overall total of a little more than 25,000 postcard messages of support for Ukraine’s Defenders over the past two years through this project.

This is a remarkable accomplishment for which all postcard warriors deserve a pat on the back. Well done all!

Among our many contributors, we’ve had a few new writers this month: Jessica in California; Faye, in Massachusetts; Pam in Virginia; a writer from Taiwan; Tyson in British Columbia; Sasha and friends in support of Ukraine in Kamloops, British Columbia; the Women’s Institute in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, and Leona in Haliburton, Ontario.

Among our many regular contributors, we’re celebrating postcard warriors in the Oshawa, Ontario area: Baba Carol & family & friends & knitting group; Circle of Friends at St. Matthews Anglican Church; Sunday support Ukraine rally participants. In Quebec, Brigitte has started to make her own homemade cards. Lovely! And, Renee from Illinois sends beautiful dog and cat cards; ever popular amongst Defenders. Finally, it’s always a lovely surprise to open a package filled with the creative card designs from the Russia embassy protesters in Ottawa who meet daily to protest outside the embassy. They sometimes then gather after flogging the pavement to write postcards featuring the creative designs of their members. New this month is their beaver card. Ooooh-la-la! So far, they’ve written over 350 cards!

On their way to Ukraine this month: nearly 1,000 postcards written by students who attend Greater Toronto Area Shkilna Rada Ukrainian heritage schools: Ivan Franko, St. Demetrius, Josyf Cardinal Slipyj, St. Nicholas, St. Volodymyr, and Paul Yuzyk Academy of Toronto. Grateful to BCU Financial for postage funding!

Some of the students are Ukrainians, sheltering in Canada at present. Side-by-side, with their Canadian classmates, they write to Defenders mostly in Ukrainian, pouring out their hearts, expressing deep love for country and culture.

The Ukrainian children often sign their name, then write:

… from Toronto, lived in Dnipro

… from Toronto, lived in Fastive

… from Toronto, lived in Ivano-Frankivsk

… from Toronto, lived in Kyiv

… from Toronto, lived in Lviv

… living in Toronto, born in Odessa

… from Toronto, lived in Stryi

… from Toronto, lived in Ternopil

So many children away from home now for over three years.

The children of the Ukrainian diaspora in Canada that is made up of Ukrainian settler communities from more than a century ago, as well as 20^th Century migrations to Canada, support their “cousins” presently sheltering in Canada. Helping them adapt.

Messages from all of the children communicate a pride and confidence in the heroic battle for freedom. And, they’re personal.

“We stand for Peace and hope! We are always there for you.”

“Thank you for saving our country!”

“Thank you for being so brave!”

“I’m from Dnipropetrovska region. We believe in you!”

“I hope you come home to your families soon.”

“I know your family loves you but I also know that being so far from home is hard.”

“Most of my family is in Ukraine and you are the reason they are still alive. Know that I am praying for you every day. You are my hero.”

“My godfather is at the front. I hope he is safe.”

“I am from Toronto, Canada. Yes, I am far away but I believe in you. You are making a big difference. I will keep on praying.”

Need cards? Write to us at postcardstothefront.canada@gmail.com, and we’ll send you postcards to write to Defenders. FREE!

If you have some written cards ready for us to ship to Ukraine, here’s our address:

Postcards to the Front

P. O. Box 184

Millbrook, ON   L0A 1G0 * Canada

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