Regina business sends donation packages to Ukraine
Global News
People in Regina have come together to donate items for care packages for Ukraine as the conflict with Russia continues.
A Ukrainian business owner in Regina, along with many other volunteers, is pitching in to help the war-stricken country.
Loreli Palandri, owner of From Seed to Sprout, is putting together humanitarian packages for those who have been affected by the war in Ukraine.
The company mainly caters to mothers and babies but is also looking to provide help to anyone in need.
Palandri says the fact Ukrainians are hiding in underground subway tunnels pulls on your heartstrings. Some have even given birth in the underground.
Seeing the devastation on social media and watching nurses care for babies in makeshift hospital units spurred Paladri into action.
“When we heard about those things happening, it really got at our ‘nurse heart’ and we wanted to do something — anything,” Palandri says.
Canadian shipping company Meest has offered to ship all packages donated to Ukraine from its Toronto headquarters to Poland for free.
The Regina branch of Meest is run by a Ukrainian man, Bogdan Okhrymenko, who has many family and friends back in his home country.
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