DC’s Dacha Beer Backyard, owned by Russians and staffed by a lot of Ukrainians, is working to lift cash to help charities working to assist refugees and others within the war-torn nation.
A Northwest D.C. beer backyard with a number of Ukrainian employees members is elevating cash to assist refugees and others within the war-torn nation.
Zoriana Makar, supervisor at Dacha Beer Backyard, mentioned that so long as the conflict continues, “we’re positively going to do one thing right here and we are going to attempt our greatest to lift as a lot cash as we will.”
Makar is from Ternopil in western Ukraine. Her family and friends nonetheless stay there and within the besieged capital metropolis of Kyiv.
“Day-after-day, I get up and I’ve to textual content my mother and my buddies simply to verify they OK, however I even have so many family and friends in Kyiv who’re simply caught there, they usually sleep within the basements and within the bomb shelters,” mentioned Makar.
When the invasion started Thursday, Makar started receiving messages and calls, all checking if her household was OK and whether or not something may very well be carried out to assist.
“I used to be simply actually mad for the previous three days, I couldn’t suppose straight,” mentioned Makar.
“Our homeowners (at Dacha), who’re Russian, mentioned we have to do fundraisers,” continued Makar. “They known as me instantly. They’re like, ‘what does your loved ones want? Let’s increase cash. We now have to do one thing to assist individuals in Ukraine combat this conflict.’”
They hosted a contented hour at their Shaw location Saturday, and raised $3,000.
“It has been actually superb, and at Dacha, we do have a number of regulars, neighbors and buddies who got here in, they usually say, ‘we wish to aid you guys.’”
Dacha Beer Backyard already has two extra fundraising occasions lined up, together with sending a portion of sure beer gross sales on Sunday to Ukrainian Support, in addition to a silent public sale they’ll host on Wednesday, March 2.
Their different location in Navy Yard is presently closed for renovations, however will open March 8 and can probably host occasions too, in line with Makar.
The cash they increase will go to teams like UNICEF’s Ukraine emergency fund and Razom for Ukraine.
“We additionally wish to increase cash for smaller organizations and notably for my area, as a result of it’s very near my coronary heart,” mentioned Makar.
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