NEWS RELEASE

Contact Brad Brown FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Telephone (409) 600-6460
April 12, 2022
Email bdbrown@fftam.com
Website www.beaumontrotaryclub.org

Rotary Club of Beaumont Stands With Ukraine, Provides Support to Sister Club

BEAUMONT, TX – April 12, 2022 – The Rotary Club of Beaumont recently initiated a two-week fundraising
project, Stand With Ukraine, to provide immediate assistance to the humanitarian effort in that country.
This project arose from the interest of the club’s leadership to quickly provide aid to people in Ukraine
affected by the war initiated by Russia.

Using the Rotary network, Beaumont Rotary reached out to the Rotary Club Lviv International and learned
that their club was actively working on various projects to provide medical supplies to area hospitals, to
support women and children fleeing the fighting in other parts of Ukraine, and to support refugees arriving
in Lviv and hoping to travel to Poland or other countries.

Club President, Brad Brown, invited his fellow Beaumont Rotarians to donate to the effort through a
limited campaign in March, quickly raising over $50,000. Funds were sent by wire to Rotary Club Lviv
International to immediately assist in procurement and transportation of medical equipment and supplies.
On April 7, 2022, members of the Beaumont Rotary Club virtually attended the weekly meeting of the
Rotary Club Lviv International and learned more about the projects being conducted on the ground in
Ukraine.

The Rotary Club of Beaumont continues to collect donations from members as well as from the
community at large. A second transfer of funds is slated for May or June.

At this time, the Rotary Club of Beaumont is turning to Southeast Texans who want to support the effort
in Ukraine and inviting individuals or companies to make a donation to the local club that will be
forwarded to Lviv, Ukraine.

Gifts can be made online at https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3775 (click on the Ukrainian flag), or checks can
be mailed to MCM Elegante Hotel, Suite 213, 2355 IH 10 South, Beaumont, TX 77705. Checks should be
made payable to the Beaumont Rotary Foundation. Please include Stand With Ukraine in the memo line.

For additional information, please contact Brad Brown, President of the Rotary Club of Beaumont, at
bdbrown@fftam.com or (409) 600-6460; Uliana Trylowsky, Vice President of the Rotary Club of
Beaumont, at utrylowsky@lamar.edu or (409) 284-7358.

Rotary Club of Beaumont

2355 Interstate 10 South, Suite 213 | Beaumont, Texas 77705
(409) 842-1913 | www.beaumontrotaryclub.org

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