{"id":5889,"date":"2022-04-27T21:54:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/?p=5889"},"modified":"2022-05-11T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T11:27:14","slug":"soroptimists-support-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/2022\/04\/27\/soroptimists-support-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimists Support Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>A Crosby Soroptimist drove to Poland and Ukraine, delivering aid collected by the Archdiocese of Liverpool.<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5890\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-and-co-driver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5890\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-and-co-driver-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-and-co-driver-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-and-co-driver-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-and-co-driver.jpg 844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jill Boggan (R) with co-driver Nicky Hegarty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jill Boggan swapped her desk and her role as Director of Finance for the archdiocese to get behind the wheel of a van. The journey took five days, and covered 2,800 miles, travelling through six countries.<\/p>\n<p>Jill and her co-driver Nicky Hegarty, a work colleague, left Liverpool as part of a convoy and drove via Eurotunnel to France. Then it was on to Belgium and the Netherlands. After an overnight stop they drove through Germany and finally to Krakow in Poland.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5904\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-Bishop-Gregory-Ukraine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5904\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-Bishop-Gregory-Ukraine-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-Bishop-Gregory-Ukraine-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-Bishop-Gregory-Ukraine-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-Bishop-Gregory-Ukraine.jpg 999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jill Boggan with Bishop Gregory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At their drop off point on the Poland\/Ukraine border they were met by Bishop Gregory Komar, Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian diocese of Sambir-Drohobych. Then it was the long drive home.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Ukraine-trip-April-2022.pdf\">Ukraine trip April 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jill\u2019s trip was part of the archdiocese\u2019s \u2018#liverpool4ukraine\u2019 appeal. More consignments of much needed medical supplies and aid are planned.<\/p>\n<p>Jill is President Elect of SI Crosby. She said: \u201cI volunteered to go on this trip because I wanted to do something direct and useful to help people in Ukraine who urgently need the supplies we\u2019re taking to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to go on this journey and hope that the generous donations from across the archdiocese to Bishop Gregory and the people of Ukraine will provide both practical support and comfort that they are not alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5905\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-drivers-Bishop-and-student-priests-Ukraine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5905\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-drivers-Bishop-and-student-priests-Ukraine-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-drivers-Bishop-and-student-priests-Ukraine-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/files\/2022\/04\/Jill-Boggan-with-drivers-Bishop-and-student-priests-Ukraine.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jill Boggan with drivers, Bishop Gregory and student priests, in Ukraine. Jill is holding a traditional Ukrainian Easter cake, a gift from the Bishop, which they brought back for the staff at the office to share.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crosby\u2019s Soroptimists recently approved a donation of \u00a31,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help Ukraine. \u00a0The UK-based DEC brings together 15 leading aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Crosby Soroptimist drove to Poland and Ukraine, delivering aid collected by the Archdiocese of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":5897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Soroptimists Support Ukraine | News | Blog | Events | SI Crosby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Crosby : Blog &amp; News : Soroptimists Support Ukraine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Crosby . 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