Winterton Lions Fundraiser – May 2023
Mike & Karl at a Lions Club Fundraiser in Winterton:
Run 14, or run 13 from the UK!, is now well underway and the team have safely arrived in Brovary after a non stop drive all the way from Weeze in Germany”! This run includes for the first time, aid collected in the Sussex area under the banner of “Brass Band Aid for Ukraine”, together…
No sooner are we back from run 15, it’s non stop now preparing for run 16! The team were busy at Ukraine Fundraiser 2022 HQ over the weekend making sure the van was good to go and adding the first part of the load. Mainly medical items, our huge thanks to Anna Pukas James, Kristina…
On the 10th April, we received an urgent special request. James Kaprini, our contact in Zaphorhizia, found himself in need of a 4×4 vehicle due to a catastrophic failure of the vehicle which, for the last 18months or so, has served him well delivering aid to frontline areas. The lack of a vehicle seriously impacted…
Run 34 sees the return of Karl plus another great aid runner, Steve Lelow! The van was full to the brim as you can see below! First port of call was Harwich – Mike likes this route as it gives him a chance to sleep! The first stop on this run was to be at…
Hot on the heels of Andy’s run, Run 27 was another run out to Zaporizhzhia! Accompanying Mike this time were Guy, one of our founders from Weeze and Anna Pukas James who is a key fundraiser for us in the North East! Once again, the Ladies of the Brigg Inner Wheel had been busy knitting…
Easter Monday and back in Weeze after delivering run #3 to the Ukrainian border at Budomeirz a very rural crossing north of Przemysl with a 3.5t limit to and on the border it seemed an effective way to get targeted aid across. I have to say the border seemed disconcertingly quiet but we arrived on…