As a stream of people are fleeing Ukraine to neighboring Poland, the Polish School in Walnut Creek is finding ways to support those refugees, including a fundraiser this weekend. Here's how you can help.
"We feel helpless being thousands and thousands of miles away," said Patryk Grobelny, a volunteer with the Polish School in Walnut Creek.
"All those coming into the country with nothing but a backpack on their back and needing to start a new life," he said, referring the stream of people fleeing Ukraine to neighboring Poland. Sunday the Polish School is hosting an event at Larkey Park where people can donate and come show support to Ukraine."These people need our help," said Grobelny."So we want to do anything and everything we can in order to raise awareness and help these people out who've been left with nothing at this point."
"These are things that the refugees need - diapers and just basic necessities," said Igor Markov, with Nova Ukraine, a nonprofit based out of Palo Alto.. Markov is also urging people working in tech to take note; a donation might go farther than expected. "Google, Netflix, Apple - there's a number of companies that match donations," said Markov, requesting people hold off on clothing and other physical donations because they have too much coming in.