In just a month, Westporters will enjoy one of our biggest bashes ever.
On Sunday, July 9 (1 p.m. to dusk), we’ll celebrate our sister city of Lyman, Ukraine. The site is the Ukrainian-American Club on the Post Road in Southport, at Exit 19.
Sure, it’s a few yards over the town line. But it’s a chance to thank all who donated to help Lyman last winter, and to introduce the still-under-siege town to those who don’t know it.
And though the cause is serious, the (free!) family-friendly day will be filled with food, fun and music.
The event is called Lyman AID (pronounced LEE-mon-aid, almost like the drink).
There is no admission. You don’t have to pay anything for snacks, drinks and entertainment.
But there will be plenty of opportunities to help Lyman too — including raffles, treasure sale, Yankee auction, coffee table book pull, plant sale, “LymanADE” stand and more.
There are two tiers of VIP tickets, too. $350 include reserved seating, a commemorative gift, open bar, homemade Ukrainian-inspired meal and more.
VIP Plus tickets ($1,000) receive all those benefits , plus signage with your family name or company logo, a message for the Ukrainian people, and a Ukraine flag signed by Mayor Alexander Zhuravlov.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available. For information, email connievonzwehl@gmail.com.
To RSVP, purchase VIP tickets and for more information, click here. To make a direction directly now, click here; under “”Designation,” click on “Westport-Lyman Sister City” in the dropdown menu.
NOTE: The entire event has been privately underwritten. No Ukrainian Aid International funds will be used. All money raised will go directly to Westport’s sister city.
PS: Want to help promote Lyman AID with a yard sign? Text 203-216-1608 with an address; one will magically appear.
If you see these jars around town, toss in some change. It’s one more way to help Westport’s sister city of Lyman.
This is really wonderful. But we have 635K homeless in this country, mostly VETS who fought wars for this country as are the Ukranian’s theirs. Plus, we have over 300K+ Vietnam VETS dying from Agent Orange exposure to this day. My money goes to my boys and gals.
What a poignant post Jo Ann. Thank you.
I’ve begun to wonder why a month is not dedicated to the men and women who fought, died, all the veteran’s who sacrificed for our frredom, so that today these ‘marginalized’ groups can celebrate their own months.
The month of May is Veterans Month.
Sorry, November is National Veterans Month!
By act of Congress and the Joint Chiefs in 1999, May is Veteran Appreciation Month. Veterans Day is in November.
And, thinking of Lyman or anyone IN or NEAR Lyman, it sure seems silly to bitch about some smoke in our air.
Wow….is there a bit of hostility to the idea of a fundraiser for Lymon?
Obviously there are causes, concerns, and crises that call out to each of us in our daily lives.
This fundraiser is simply another conscious outreach for our attention to a cause that has emerged.
I don’t see the need to view this fundraiser as “competition to deprive” other worthy causes and concerns. It has become a justifiable world concern about the future of Ukraine, and locally we actively share in that concern.
Not hostility, competition for the dollar bill of charity. And guess what, Carolanne, our VETS are losing out while rich folks put blue/yellow flags in their front lawns We need to start taking care of our own citizens before we perfect the world (sic).