Sophie (Lisowski) Ringrose, a resident of the Pontiac, has heard about the effects of the war as she has family members in Poland who are witnessing it. Many of Ringrose’s family live in the border city of Przemysl, one of the . . .

main border crossings between Ukraine and Poland. Hearing about her family in Poland assisting refugees for the past five months with humanitarian organizations, Ringrose and her friend Marilyn Amyotte along with many of their friends decided to raise money to send more support.

On June 18, they held a bake sale in support of Ukrainian refugees that took place at the Campbell’s Bay Legion, and it brought in people from all over the region.

“We decided to do a fundraiser and to make people aware that this war is raging on and it’s certainly not going to go away anytime soon. And our community could do something then these monies can be sent to the humanitarian refugee center my cousins are working at,” said Ringrose.

The community rallied behind Ringrose and Amyotte and many donated baked goods. Community members came high in numbers to buy and donate to the free will box, said Ringrose. The bake sale amassed over $3,000, and all the proceeds are going directly to the humanitarian group in Przemysl directly supporting Ukrainian Refugees.

“It was a huge outpouring of people helping us and it was very successful,” said Ringrose.

When asked if other events will be organized, Amyotte and Ringrose said they hope the community and other groups will be inspired and host their own events to fundraise for Ukrainian refugees.

“It’s heart-wrenching, watching those people in Ukraine and their country being torn apart, and brothers, fathers, sons not coming home,” said Amyotte.

“Our community has been so generous and it’s been very heartwarming,” said Ringrose.

If you are interested in supporting donations will be accepted until Thursday, June 23 by e-transfer to donnaringrose@hotmail.com.

Some of the baked goods sold at the bake sale. It didn’t take long before they were left with empty tables as people came in big numbers to support them.

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