Overwhelming Donations to NH Ukraine Relief Fund

>> WELCOME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE’S BUSINESS, MI’ FRED KOCHER. A NEW HAMPSHIRE UKRAIANNI RELIEF FUND WAS FOCUSEDN O EARLY OPEN AND WE’VE RECEIVED DONATIONSOR F INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STATE. 62 PALTSLE OF MEDICAL HEALTH CARE AND HYGIENE AID AND CASH DONATIONS TO DATE AND COUNTING. 750,000 TOTAL ESTIMATED VALUE OF COMBINED DONATIONS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND CHAS DONATIONS. NOW, IN ADDITION THE INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. THERE WEREMAZING A DONATIONS FROM SOME BUSINESSES. ONLINE SERVICES IN NEWPORT. EVER SOURCE, COMMON MAN RESTAURANTS, CATHOCLI MEDICAL CENTER. NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVIC,ES DEKA RESEARCH AND THE ENTERPRISES. WITH ME, TO THE INTERIM REPORT ON WHAT WAS COLCTLEED TO DATE IS THE ADVISOR TO GLOBAL CITIZEN’S CIRCLE AND FORMER COMMISSIONER OF THE RESOURCES IN THE DEVELOPMENTN I NEW HAMPSHIRE, DADVI TILLEY. DIRECTOR OF VETERAN SERVICESND A HARBOR CARE. AND SUSAN HOLLAND FORHE T GRANTED UNITED THRGHOU WHICH THE DONATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. WELCOME. W,NO WE’RE GOING TO SHOW PICTURES OF JUST SOME OF WHAT HAS BEEN COLLECTEDS A WE TALKED. SO WHY DON’T YOU KICK IT OFF. WHAT WAS COLLECTED, GIVE US SEOM IDEA. >> YEAH, THIS TEAM PUT TOGETHER AN INCREDIEBL EFFORT, FRED. AS YOU MENTIONED, 700,000 IN PERSONAL HIYGIENE SLICE. TO FIELD HOSPITAL GENERATOR TO MASKS, PERSONAL HYGIENE, TOILETRY ITEMS, DEODORANTS, ET CETERA . 62 PALLETS COLLEED ANDCT COMMON MAN RESTAURAS,NT DONATED 320,000 DOLLARS OF MATERIALS AND IN ADDITION TO 62 PALTSLE OF SUPPLIES OVER 93 PEOPLE AND COMPANIES DONATED IN EXCESS $60,000 IN CASH DONATIONSO S THIS EFFORT FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE SHA BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND IT’S SO APPRECIATED ANDS IT’ GOINGO T HELP PEOPLE IN UKRAINE. AND WLLE’ NEED A BIGGER PLANE. >> MAYBE TWO. AND SUSAN HOLLAND, UNITED WAY IS A 501 C-3 AND YOU’RE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE DONATION. >> WE WERE THRILLED WHEN YOU CAME TO US AND ASKED WOULD WE BE A PART OF THIS EFFORT. WERE VERY HAPPY TO BE INVOLVED IN GETTING VOLUNTEERS TOGETHER AND COLLECTING THE FUNDS AND IT’SEA RLLY WONDERFUL FOR US TO SEE THE SPIRIT OF GIVING ALIVEND A WELL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR PEOPLE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN UKRAINE. >> AND DAVID TILLEY, YOUR CONNECTION IS TO POLAND AND UKRAINE AND YOU’VE BEEN IN BOTH PLACES AND TO THE FORMER PRESIDEN OFT UKRAINE– OF POLAND, I MEAN, LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT. >> YES, WE’RE EXCITED AND SO PLEASED TO VEHA SUPPORT OF THE WALENSA FOUNDATNIO ON THE GROUND IN POLAND HELPING US LO GISTICALLY WITH THIS NEED AS WELL AS FRIENDS IN BOTH UKRAINE’S GOVERNMENT AND AT HUMANITARIAN SITES HELPING US IN THE PROCESS OF LOGISTICALLY TRANSPORTING THIS AID AND ALSO TH WALENSA FOUNDATION ITSELF HELPING USN I POLAND. >> WE’VE BEEN OVERWHEEDLM WHIT DONATIONS AND THEY’RE WRAEDPP PALLETS AND SEVERAL OF US ARE INVOLVED WITH AID GROUPS WITH HUMANITARIAN FLIGHTSND A WITH IN AUDIENCE WHEN EVERYTHGIN THEY’VE DONATED IS ON ITS WAY WHERE IT’S NEEDED. SO MY THANKS TO SEAN OF GLOBAL CITIZEN’S CIRCLE, DAVID TILLEY OF HOLLAND HEALTH CAREND A SUSAN OF GRANITE UNITED WAY. AND YOUAN C DONATE GOING TO EITHER OF THESE AND YOU SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN. GRANITE UW.ORG OR NEXT NH4 UKRAINE. AND IF YOU MISSED PART OF THIS BRIENGFI UPDATE ON NEW HAMPSHIRE UKRAINE RELIEF FUND AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR UKRAINE, GO

NH’s Business: Overwhelming Donations to NH Ukraine Relief Fund/Medical Aid in April

Updated: 7:27 AM EDT May 1, 2022

Fred Kocher, NH Business host

Fred Kocher sits down with Sean O’Kane, an advisor to Global Citizens Circle, David Tille, the director of veteran’s services for Harbor Care, and Susan Howland, an area director for Granite United Way, to provide an update on the “New Hampshire Ukraine Relief Fund.”You can donate online at graniteuw.org or by texting NH4Ukraine to 41444.More information on the drive is available here: http://www.graniteuw.org/news-events/new-hampshire-ukraine-relief-fund-launches

Fred Kocher sits down with Sean O’Kane, an advisor to Global Citizens Circle, David Tille, the director of veteran’s services for Harbor Care, and Susan Howland, an area director for Granite United Way, to provide an update on the “New Hampshire Ukraine Relief Fund.”

You can donate online at graniteuw.org or by texting NH4Ukraine to 41444.

More information on the drive is available here: http://www.graniteuw.org/news-events/new-hampshire-ukraine-relief-fund-launches