A letter from the heart

To all the great people with whom I have had the privilege and honor to interact in my life:

You have helped shape the person I am today. To all those I have yet to know, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Robert Bohdan Alexander Kramarczuk, I have been a Minnesota resident for decades, but Ukraine is the country of my birth. 

While a bullet in war can pierce a breast and quiet a beating heart, the soul is eternal. After centuries of oppression, Ukraine and its collective souls will never be silenced – our resilience has evolved to become inherent in our DNA. Freedom can never be compromised.

Given the invasion, there is a critical and immediate need to mitigate the humanitarian and military impact on the Ukrainian people. I have included a priority list of medical and non-lethal military supplies with information about expediting help to those in desperate need.

I received the list from my closest friend and Godfather to my youngest daughter. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister in Ukraine and one of the principal architects of the Orange Revolution in 2004. He now has a critical leadership role in coordinating humanitarian and light military supplies to Ukraine. 

We initially met in 1990, before Ukraine's Declaration of Independence. Then, as a professor at St. Thomas University in St. Paul, I worked with him and another associate, both Professors of Economics, to launch a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at the University of Lviv, just 80 kilometers from the small city in which I was born. Together, we worked with business leaders in Lviv, raised adequate funds, and recruited the first cohort of 24 MBA students in Lviv.

He now has a critical leadership role in coordinating humanitarian and light military supplies to Ukraine. He is based in Lviv, the nexus for receiving and immediately distributing to areas of greatest need without bureaucratic layers. Since the invasion began, I have spoken with him daily to help facilitate the relief efforts with our diaspora and beyond. The critical logistics for purchasing items are in Europe and channeled to Ukraine straight away.

I have included a priority list of medical and non-lethal military supplies with information about expediting help to those in desperate need.

Monetary donations are preferable, as partnerships with suppliers have already been secured. Any funds donated go 100% to Lviv, where the humanitarian aid is coordinated.

As an IRS approved 501(c)(3) organization, 100% of donations may be eligible for tax exemption.

I wish no offense, but please share this message broadly whether you choose to donate or not.

With humility I am,

Robert (Bohdan) Kramarczuk, PhD