Rotary Club members send disaster relief funding to Ukraine

Rotary Clubs in South Dakota, including the Madison Rotary Club, are sending disaster relief funding to Ukraine.  The Madison Rotary Club is part of District 5610, which includes all of the Rotary Clubs in the state and portions of Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska.  The District is sending 25-thousand dollars toward emergency supplies to healthcare workers in Ukraine.  The District was awarded the funding from The Rotary Foundation to provide “shipping of emergency and healthcare supplies for front-line emergency workers, hospitals, clinics, and physicians in Ukraine.  The Rotary District is also one of ten working together on a joint project to support the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America, which will provide 250-thousand dollars toward airlifting pallets of supplies into Ukraine.  

The District 5610 Rotarians have also contributed more than 20-thousand dollars to Ukrainian support through Hope Haven, which is an international ministry that provides wheelchairs to those in need.  

Any contributions to the Rotary Foundation Disaster Fund prior to April 30, 2022 will all be allocated to Ukrainian Aid.  Rotarians may donate through their MyRotary account online, designating “Ukrainian Disaster Fund,” and others may give by logging in to https://my.rotary.org/en/donate and choosing “Disaster Response Fund.”