A Campbell River man’s family connection to Ukraine is inspiring him to make a contribution to those impacted by the invasion of the country by Russia.
Darren George has a voluminous reddish-brown beard and he says he will shave it off if he can raise $2,500 for the Red Cross’ Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal.
“My ex-wife was from Kyiv,” George said explaining his reason for the fundraiser. “We would take the kids there every couple of years to visit her parents – their grandparents – and see their maternal homeland.
“And just to see it on the news being bombed and shelled, it’s just, it’s so personally heartbreaking. Okay, I know there’s other parts of the world that are being treated equally badly but this one’s personal to me and my family.”
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People can contribute to George’s fundraiser by visiting his Tiltify page: DarrenTheChemist on Tiltify or Shaving for Kyiv on Tiltify. So far, he has raised more than $1,300.
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