The Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund celebrated a significant milestone over the weekend.
Don Tarrant says a young couple from Ukraine arrived in Dauphin by train on Sunday, marking the 60th family to settle in the region with assistance from the PUFF Fund.
Tarrant says when they launched the fund, they never expected to be able to support this many families.
"We initially thought 2-3 families, but when the money started coming in very quickly and strong, we thought we would go to 10 families. And then the demand from the families coming from Ukraine that wanted to come to Canada just spiked with things going from bad to worse (in Ukraine)."
He says local residents deserve the credit for the success of the PUFF fund.
"It is all to do with the people of Dau0phin and the Parkland that has contributed to the fund. Through monetary and furniture and vehicles and reasonable rent and stuff like that. So it is basically been driven by the donations that have come forward."
We will have a further update on the Parkland Ukrainian Family Fund and its success to date early next week on CKDM News Now.
