This year The Prince Vladimir Youth Association is hosting the 3^rd “School piggy bank” program to help the St. Elizabeth special needs orphanage in Minsk, Belorussia. Most of the children never had a home and do not know parental warmth. Many of them have complex diagnosis but are given loving attention by the sisters of the St. Elizabeth convent.

During Great Lent, this good deed will reach out to children’s and youth of parish schools to collect their assistance to help other children in need. We appeal to help support these poor orphans. Every penny donated by your children will mean a great deal. Collected funds will be of great us and support to these parentless children. They will especially happy to know that children their age provided the needed assistance.

Love is expressed in actions and teaching the importance of sacrifice helping the needy is an important lesson to encourage in our communities. We hope that during Great Lent your children will express their love for God and their neighbor by helping the needy children of Minsk, which will also be a stimulus to the children collecting.

Checks should be written out to The Prince Vladimir Youth Association and sent c/o Archpriest Andrei Sommer 75E 93^rd st, NY, NY 10128 no later than April 20, 2018.

All parish schools will be provided with a report on how their collected donations were used.