Appleton Ukrainians

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Happy Vyshyvanka Day!

It's the 2nd annual Ukraine Day at Chaska Golf Course in Greenville. Chaska will be donating proceeds from today's sales to Chalice of Mercy, Wisconsin's longest serving 501c3 nonprofit to provide aid to people in Ukraine.

Aside from some light showers this morning, it was a beautiful day for golf. If you haven't been to Chaska, you'll love the course. The course was full throughout the day.

A special treat tonight at our third of four Ukrainian Easter egg (pysanka) workshops at the Trout Museum of Art in Appleton.
This popular workshop features an exhibit of the late Betty Piso Christianson's pysanky. The family of this acclaimed pysanka artist joined the workshop and shared stories about Betty's passion for pysanky. Many tonight can relate and got hooked on this beautiful ancient art form. In addition to a lesson on this art, we share the history of the pysanka and of historic Ukraine.

There is one workshop left tomorrow morning from 9am to 12 noon. Drop-ins are welcome. We have 8 seats left.

TMA is donating proceeds from this workshop to a Catholic Monastery in western Ukraine which is providing spiritual and psychological healing to people suffering from war trauma. The donations are funding a repair and expansion project on the monastery grounds in the Carpathian Mountains. Beautiful place to heal. The expansion will allow 18-20 more people to be housed on site and will put in place a common kitchen for them to share meals while they engage in the programs offered.

Thanks to the museum and all participants!

(If anyone would like to donate for this project, we have a Go Fund Me set up called: West Ukraine Catholic Monastery Expansion.)

Large and lively crowd tonight at our second of four Ukrainian Easter egg (pysanka) workshops at the Trout Museum of Art (TMA) in Appleton. Such talent! There's something about pysanka workshops that draw the loviest people.

Still time to register and join in the fun Friday night and Saturday morning. Register on the museum's website. The TMA opened up two rooms for this popular workshop this year to accommodate more people. Bonus feature - an exhibit of the late Betty Piso Christianson's pysanky. Thanks to the family of this acclaimed pysanka artist for sharing Betty's art with us.

TMA is donating proceeds from this workshop to a Catholic Monastery in western Ukraine which is providing spiritual and psychological healing to people suffering from war trauma. The donations are funding a repair and expansion project on the monastery grounds in the Carpathian Mountains. Beautiful place to heal. The expansion will allow 18-20 more people to be housed on site and will put in place a common kitchen for them to share meals while they engage in the programs offered.

Thanks to the museum and all participants!

(If anyone would like to donate for this project, we have a Go Fund Me set up called: West Ukraine Catholic Monastery Expansion.)