'Hope, belief and gratitude': Suburban teen ship 8,000 books to Ukrainian refugees
Thousands of books heading to Ukrainian refugee children were given a hopeful send-off Sunday at Kumon Math and Reading Center in Rolling Meadows.
The books will find their way to refugee camps, thanks to Libraries Without Borders, as well as schools founded by Ukrainian educators displaced by the war. Ruby visited some of those educators during a trip to Poland last year. by signing up you agree to our terms of service Among those taking part Sunday were Ukrainians displaced by the war, including Yuliya Matiychyk, who left her home in Chernivci and is now living in Hoffman Estates with her two sons, Yarema and Danylo.
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