Five Towns Residents Fill Building With Items For Ukraine

HEWLETT HARBOR, NY — One village on Long Island spent the weekend organizing a relief drive for the suffering people of Ukraine. Residents from the Village of Hewlett Harbor and nearby dropped off needed items at Village Hall that will be transported to refugees in Poland in coordination with St. Josaphat Ukrainian Basilian Monastery in Glen Cove.

Village officials posted a video showing the donated items reaching six feet high, wall to wall in the village hall garage.

"We are incredibly humbled by the show of support and outpouring of donations for the relief effort and support of the Ukrainian refugees. In addition to pre-owned items many new items were purchased and donated. While the village may have organized the effort, it was a success because of the amazing and generous people of the community who showed up and contributed their items one bag or more at a time to make this happen."

One resident knit an American flag blanket. A woman from Woodmere hand wrote a note of support that she put into the pockets of each item of donated clothing.

"More then one person arrived with articles of clothes that were family keepsakes that felt it would better honor their mom/dads memory by giving comfort to a refugee in need. It was a stunning show of support and the kind of care that happens when a community of people come together to help make a difference. We thank you for your contributions, for making a difference, and hope that this senseless war splitting up families and taking lives comes to a quick end," the Hewlett Harbor Residents' Party wrote on Facebook.