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Aiding Ukraine and Ukrainians
A few days ago, I received confirmation: the check I sent months ago to an account of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense at a bank in Kyiv finally got deposited, and debited from my account. Given all the time it took, I’m not sure that I should appeal to others to do likewise.
If anyone wants to help refugees, Ukrainian and otherwise, organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee are involved in that work, and accepting donations. Donations can also be sent to Razom, which means “Together” in Ukrainian. I have mailed them a check; you can also make donations by credit card at their website.
If you have business before the Patent Office, or are a fellow federal employee, or if it would otherwise be improper for me to solicit you to make any donations, this post does not apply to you.
If anyone wants to help refugees, Ukrainian and otherwise, organizations like Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee are involved in that work, and accepting donations. Donations can also be sent to Razom, which means “Together” in Ukrainian. I have mailed them a check; you can also make donations by credit card at their website.
If you have business before the Patent Office, or are a fellow federal employee, or if it would otherwise be improper for me to solicit you to make any donations, this post does not apply to you.
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Until not too long ago, Nate Mook was their CEO and I also followed his updates. He is a cat lover and has one himself,
so he sometimes would post updates on cat rescue 🐾🐾♥️ during his work in Ukraine, which was both heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time.
One of my former colleagues/admin/paralegal is Ukrainian, and one of my best friends from college, same. Both were born in Ukraine. The former was an attorney in Ukraine, but having immigrated to the US could not practice law and became an admin/paralegal. She and I had lunch a number of times and I met her children, they called me “Aunt [Cynthia]”. ☺️♥️ One year for Halloween she and her family came to my neighborhood so I met up with them and that was fun. ☺️ The latter is practicing medicine in Wisconsin, I believe.