SEPTEMBER 22, 2022:
A registered nurse from Pierre has been in Ukraine for about two weeks volunteering any way she can to help the citizens of her home country.
Nataliya Rezek says air raid sirens can be heard every day in her hometown of Chernivtsi.
For months now, Rezek has been collecting and shipping some desperately needed medications to her 80 year old father, Mikhail, who takes them to get distributed where they’re needed. She also brought some over the counter medications with her to distribute.
Rezek is scheduled to leave Ukraine to come back to Pierre in mid-October.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022:
A registered nurse from Pierre has made it safely to her hometown in Ukraine.
Nataliya Rezek says some of the people in Chernivtsi she’d like to see, aren’t there.
Rezek says damage to nuclear plants in Ukraine continues to be a very real fear, but she wasn’t going to let it stop her from going there to help however she’s able to.
Rezek knows others are making a sacrifice to allow her to be away from home for about five weeks.
Rezek is scheduled to leave Ukraine to come back to Pierre in mid-October.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022:
A Pierre woman originally from Ukraine leaves today (Sept. 8, 2022) on her first trip back since the country’s war with Russia began earlier this year.
Nataliya Rezek says booking flights to get there was complicated.
She acknowledges travel in that part of the world is dangerous.
Rezek is anxious to see family and friends, especially her father.
Rezek, who is a Registered Nurse, has been collecting and shipping some desperately needed medications to her father, who then takes them to get distributed where they are needed. She is also taking some over the counter medications such as aspirin and ibuprofen. She says military style tourniquets are also in extremely short supply.
Find information about donating medications for Rezek to send to Ukraine or providing financial support for shipping the packages when she gets back by going to her Facebook page.
AUGUST 25, 2022:
As people in Ukraine recognized their Independence Day and also the six month mark of Russia’s invasion this week (Aug. 24, 2022), a woman from Pierre is planning her first trip back to the country since the fighting began.
Nataliya Rezek moved to Pierre about 11 years ago, but still has family and friends in Ukraine. She says people in her hometown (Chernivtsi) in western Ukraine have gotten used to the sounds of war.
Rezek, who is a Registered Nurse, will be traveling to Ukraine in early September and staying for about a month. She’s hoping to have some desperately needed medications to take with her.
Rezek says people in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area are continuously offering ways to help her with her mission.
The war makes travel to and around Ukraine dangerous, but Rezek feels the need to help the country’s soldiers and citizens.
Rezek is also accepting financial donations to help pay for the cost of mailing supplies from Pierre to Ukraine. She says an average box costs about $210 to ship and arrives in 2-3 weeks.
Donations of over the counter medications, prescription medications or military style tourniquets can be dropped off at the Avera Medical Clinic Pierre, just tell them the items are donations for Nataliya Rezek’s mission to Ukraine.
More information can be found on Rezek’s Facebook page or by contacting her at 605-770-5967.
MARCH 18, 2022:
A woman from Ukraine who moved to Pierre about 11 years ago is raising money to help the people in Ukraine continue to fight against the invasion by Russia.
Nataliya Rezek says so far, her hometown (Cherrnivtsi) in Western Ukraine is holding up fairly well.
One way Rezek is raising funds is through a partnership with the Dairy Queen store in Pierre. Manager Jen Uecker says they’re doing a couple different things.
If you’d like to contribute directly to Rezek’s fundraising effort, she says the best way to reach her is through Facebook.
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