When John Stark Special Educator and Leo Club co-advisor Hana Braga learned a local friend, Brandon St. Onge, had a way to deliver supplies to an organization that would ship donations to Ukraine, she knew the John Stark Community would be on board. The goal? Collect as many medical and hygiene supplies as well as much-needed baby and pet food as they could in just a few days as everything would be sent to Ukraine the following day.
“The support and results were nothing short of amazing,” commented Ms. Braga. “The Leo Club started their donation gathering efforts and they were quickly joined by the school’s chapter of Amnesty International and the National Honor Society. Shortly after that, the Life Skills program at the school decided to donate proceeds from their Coffee Cart business and used their cart money to purchase over $200 in supplies to add to the John Stark Ukraine donation.”