Our Friends in Chyhyryn and Cherkasy – Safe but Still Impacted
Patty Levenberg and Val Churma from Sebastopol at the opening of Dnipro River port facility near Chyhyryn in 2011 We have had some news from our friends in Chyhyryn and the nearby Cherkasy (Santa Rosa’s Sister City). From Chyhyryn (visited Sebastopol in 2014): Thank...
How to Donate – Stand with Ukraine
There are many worthy organizations that you can find online doing good work in Ukraine. SWF will continue to update this page with information as we learn it. Listed below are the organizations which currently seem to be positioned to receive U.S. donations and get...
Special Movie Screening in Support of Ukraine
Please join Sebastopol World Friends and Sonoma Sister Cities Association for a special movie screening of Everything is Illuminated, based on Johnathan Safran Foer’s novel, about a young man’s journey in searching his family’s past in Ukraine. A...
Stand by Ukraine Donations
Sebastopol World Friends would like to express our sincere gratitude to the outpouring of support from the community since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine. From inquiries about how to help to simple expressions of sympathy and compassion, all of them have meant...
SWF’s Response to Crisis in Ukraine
Sebastopol World Friends has spent over $800 printing flags and banner to show our support for Ukraine these are displayed by our sister city signs on the east, west, and south entrances to the City. In addition, we have distributed over 100 paper flags to businesses...
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