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Radnor Schools Collecting Donations For Ukraine Refugees

As Russia invades Ukraine, Radnor Township School District students and staff are collecting items to support Ukrainian war refugees.

Children pose for a photographer in the bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022.
Children pose for a photographer in the bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

RADNOR TOWNSHIP, PA — The Radnor Township School District is joining the effort to support victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Students and faculty at Radnor High School have partnered with New World Association from Eastern Europe and Holy Myrrh Bearers Ukrainian Catholic Church to support the refugees from Ukraine.

The district is collecting items to be shipped to Romania and Poland or used in refugee centers here in the United States.

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Items sought for donation are:

  • diapers
  • diaper cream
  • baby wipes
  • baby food
  • baby and children’s clothes
  • baby blankets
  • socks for men, women, and children
  • underwear for men, women, and children
  • children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen
  • toothbrushes
  • hairbrushes
  • combs
  • deodorant
  • feminine hygiene products.

Donations can be dropped off at Radnor High School, 130 King of Prussia Road in Radnor, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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Contact Radnor teacher Melisa Civitella at melisa.civitella@rtsd.org for more information.

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