The Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy has donated $5,000 to the Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund today. In addition to the money, the pharmacy also donated 12 first-aid kits to the Fund.
According to Jim Perchaluk, president of the Ukrainian Folk Arts Centre, there are currently eight families in Dauphin, with another four committed to come. Perchaluk feels that the Fund is a big success and said
When we first started out with Reit-Syd's donation of $25,000, we didn't have any idea of where this would end up... It's not over yet, nor is the war in Ukraine, so [these are] very unfortunate circumstances to be working in to [say] "oh, this is very successful," but we're doing what we can to help those Ukrainian families here and it's just a tremendous support from Dauphin, the Parkland, all over the province.
He also said that even though they had to commit themselves to settling twelve Ukrainian families in Dauphin, they would settle more if the funds allow.
