Solidarity and Independence

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸❤️

Today, I’ve been thinking a lot about how our story began.

Four years ago, when I arrived in Poland with my children, I had no idea that one day I would be writing this message to people who would become such an important part of my life.

You welcomed us with open hearts. You believed in me before I fully believed in myself again. You helped my family stand up after everything we had been through.

It will always stay in my heart.

Looking back now, it amazes me how much one act of kindness can grow.

At first, you helped change the life of one family — mine.

Today, together, we are helping change the lives of hundreds of people here in Ukraine.

Every child who passes an exam and now has a chance to go to university.

Every teenager who learns to believe in themselves again.

Every woman who discovers she is stronger than she ever imagined.

Every smile, every new friendship, every story of hope inside our community carries a small piece of your kindness.

When people ask me what makes our Family Space "Shoulder-to-Shoulder" special, I always think about you.

Because our space was never built only with walls, tables, or programs.

It was built with trust, with friendship, with people who chose to care, even from thousands of miles away.

Thank you for believing not only in our organization, but in me personally.

Thank you for standing with Ukraine.

Thank you for proving that friendship has no borders.

We are changing lives together—one person, one family, one story at a time.

Shoulder-to-shoulder.

I feel incredibly blessed that our paths crossed.

With all my love and gratitude,

Lena ❤️