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NEW! Sunday, August  22, 2010:  Ukraine’s Independence Picnic

Photos from picnic 2009!!!

Where: Lake Montague, 10305 Penny Rd., Raleigh (the same place as
        last year)
Time: from 2:00 PM till 8:00 PM
We will provide:  barbecue (shashlyk), hot dogs, hamburgers, soft drinks,
                           ice, plates, cups, paper towels, plastic ware, etc.
You provide: other food and deserts to share, alcoholic and non-alcoholic
                     beverages
Program:
                 * 3:30 PM: Official program:
                     - Ukrainian National Anthem
                     - Greeting from the Ukrainian Ambassador in the US
                     - Children’s concert
                     - Association announcements
                  * 4:30 PM: dinner-picnic, grilled meat ready
                  * 5:30 – 7:30 PM:  raffle - singing - dancing - socializing

This is our most popular event and a good chance to meet members of the
Association in the Triangle area and other cities of North and South Carolina.  
Please invite anybody that may be interested

Volunteers are needed.  Please contact the following persons:
Food and drinks:  Vasyl Shymoniak, (919) 868-5659,
shymoniakv@bellsouth.net
Greeting and logistics:  Oleh Wolowyna, (919) 923-1316, olehw@aol.com
Children’s program:     Olena Zintchouk, (919) 844-3925, olena.zintchouk@gmail.com

Please help us to advertise this event by printing this poster and distribute it at
ethnic stores and other venues



NEW! Action Items



Articles about our Association were published in “Svoboda” and in
“The Ukrainian Weekly”.  Click on the links and go to page 12 in each case.



The Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York has created a Center for
Demographic and Socioeconomic Research of Ukrainians in the US.  Web site with
information about the Center and statistics about Ukrainians in the United States:
http://www.inform-decisions.com/ukrstat/.


Also statistics about
Ukrainians in North Carolina
NEW! Raleigh Wide Open Festival, Sunday, July 31, 2010

The city of Raleigh, NC, is organizing a Raleigh Wide Open Festival on Saturday, July
31
, 2010.  As part of the program there will be a parade of ethnic groups, and our
Association will participate with flags and music.  We need to be at 10:30 AM at the
Hillsborough St. block between Morgan and Hargett Streets; the parade will be between
11:00 and 12:00.  Please come in Ukrainian traditional full costumes or embroidered blouse
or shirt and show Raleigh the power of Ukrainians in North Carolina.  Details about the event
can be found at :
http://www.raleighconvention.com/rwo5/raleigh-wide-open-5-schedule.html