Couple sponsors Ukrainian refugee family to relocate to Belleville, Ont.
The Halls, along with others in the community, have banded together to rent a full apartment for the family for the next year.
“We put the appeal out, and within three or four hours we had nine other families joining us. So it’s basically a group of 10 families. We just took the rent for the year and divided it by 10 and everybody agreed to kick in a 10th,” said Mark Hall. Local businesses are helping out. Mama Duck’s Diaper Service will be providing free diapers for their 10 month old and Yurii Kupyniak will have a job waiting for him when he arrives as well.
“We have an amazing friend,” said Mark Hall. “His name is Jim Noble, he owns Noble Granite in Stirling. He has already offered the man a job.”campaign has been set up to help the Kupyniak’s and after they’re settled in Belleville, while regular donations will be dropped off at the Albert College parking lot, where a trailer will be set up to accept contributions from the community.
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