November 11, 2004: Headlines: COS - Ukraine: Orphans: Visat Online: Peace Corps Volunteer Timber Massey is asking that UCO students, faculty and staff donate items for Ukranian orphans

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Peace Corps Volunteer Timber Massey is asking that UCO students, faculty and staff donate items for Ukranian orphans

Peace Corps Volunteer Timber Massey is asking that UCO students, faculty and staff donate items for Ukranian orphans

Peace Corps Volunteer Timber Massey is asking that UCO students, faculty and staff donate items for Ukranian orphans

Peace Corps member seeks to collect donations from UCO for children at orphanage

by Lauren Pulsinelli - Senior Staff Writer

November 11, 2004

Although many charities have begun collecting items for worthy causes in America, Timber Massey is asking that UCO students, faculty and staff donate items for Ukranian orphans. <p>

"The children desperately need new clothes and shoes. Every time that I go to visit them they are wearing the same exact clothes," Massey said. "Their clothes are old and tattered. It is often difficult to tell the boys from the girls because all of the girls have short hair, and the girls often have to wear boy's clothes and vice versa. Most of all them need warm clothes and shoes for the cold Ukrainian winters."<p>

The director of the orphanage also said it would be nice to have film for a Polaroid camera to take pictures of the children. They purchased a Polaroid camera, but they cannot afford any film because it's so expensive, she said. <p>

"They would like to have pictures so that the orphans will have some way to remember their childhood," she said. "And of course, toys would be greatly appreciated because right now they hardly have anything to play with and when the weather is bad they spend all day indoors."<p>

To donate items for the orphans in Ukraine stop by The Vista, Rm. 107 of the Communications Building, and drop them in the 'Timber Massey Christmas Care Box.' Massey will visit her family in Edmond for the holidays and pick up the box of donations to take back to Ukraine.<p>

"I really hope that we get a good response from the students and faculty at UCO. I would love to be able to return to Ukraine this January with loads of presents for all the orphans," she said. <p>

Massey said she hopes people realize how much these children need our help because they are given hardly any assistance by the Ukrainian government and rely solely on private donations.





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By OconnorMary (pool-70-23-17-200.ny325.east.verizon.net - 70.23.17.200) on Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 8:04 am: Edit Post

Thank you, Timber Massey, for the piece about the need for clothing for Ukranian orphan children. What is UCO? The Ukraine may be my assignment (I am at the end of the nomination process, I hope!) and am particularly interested in information from Eastern Europe. I invite letters from anyone wanting to engage in discussion of Peace Corps in that part of the world. Thank you.


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