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34 The Link Magazine • January 1998
Ukraine orphans say
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udio equrrlent c fm'e estimates Shoeboxes filled with essential items and surprise gifts collected by
two West Swindon primary schools for the charity Hope Now have
30 O UN OA , SWINDON been distributed to orphans and street children in the Ukraine in
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• Family Law • Wills • Probate Vic Jakopson of Hope Now with children at the House of I, ,tics in ;:c),kassy
• Personal Injury Claims who have just been given a shoebox and a new pair of gloves to ward off the cold
• Employment Matters tographs of children at Westlea across Britain were distributed in
The November Link carried pho- reports that some boxes collected
Telephone now for a quote: School and Windmill Hill School, mid-December, but the majority
Freshbrook, with their shoeboxes were given to children in the or-
Tel: (01793) 617617 Fax: (01793) 511249 and last month a photo' showed phanages supported by the char-
boxes being sent to the Hope Now ity towards the end of the month.
warehouse with the help of Swin- He said the children were de-
don courier firm Swift. lighted with the gifts sent from
on't have to wait Hope Now director VicJakopson afar.

Skaters spread message, thanks to local printers
Ail t e January sales The Link has also been publicising Hope Now's sister charity Dentaid
since May last year.
One of Dentaid's projects aims to relieve the plight of children in the
buy a bargain Ukraine born with a cleft palate or cleft lip by organising medical relief
through surgery in the UK and by training surgeons from the Ukraine
at MBROS so that children don't have to be shut away in orphanages.
After reading about Dentaid, British junior champion skaters based
at the Link Centre, Andrew Seabrook and Marsha Polouschenko, who
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In December Envision from the Westmead Estate presented the
BARGAINS ALL THE YEAR ROUND skaters with a full colour leaflet, printed on their E-Print 1000 instant
offset printer. It features a picture of Marsha and Andrew and two
Footwear, kitchenware, household goods, gift sets,
babies from the Ukraine who received surgery last June and explains
exquisite ornaments, picture frames, mirrors, DIY tools, Dentaid's work.
radio cassettes, watches, stationery, electrical appliances, Andrew and Marsha and Cliff Dyer of Envision holding up the colour leaflet
radios, calculators, disposable tableware, which will be given to fans at skating events around Europe.
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