>> UKRAINIAN VILLAGE MIGHT BE
THE BASE FOR MANY UKRAINIAN
CHICAGOANS BUT ANOTHER PART OF
THE CITY BOASTS AS SIGNIFICANT
POPULATION AS WELL.
O'HARE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL
SITS EAST OF THE AIRPORT RUNNING
ALONG CUMBERLAND AVENUE BETWEEN
FOSTER AND LAWRENCE ABUTS
NORRIDGE AND IS A CENTER FOR
UKRAINIAN AMERICAN LIFE,
COMMERCE AND CULTURE.
PARIS SCHUTZ SPENT THE DAY IN
O'HARE GETTING A SENSE HOW THE
COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO ASSIST
THE WAR EFFORT BACK HOME.
PARIS JOINS US OUTSIDE OF ONE OF
THE MOST ICONIC CHURCHES IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> WE ARE OUTSIDE ST. JOSEPH
UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH A
MECCA FOR UKRAINIAN CATHOLICS
FROM THE REGION WHO FLOCK FOR
SERVICE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1975 AS PART OF
THE EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION
OF CHURCHES.
A HUB HERE ON CUMBERLAND AVENUE
FOR THE O'HARE COMMUNITY AREA
WHICH IS HOME TO A SIGNIFICANT
POPULATION OF UKRAINIAN
AMERICANS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS CHURCH IS PLAYING
AN OUTSIZED ROLE IN LIVES RIGHT
NOW, HOLDING DAILY PRAYER
SERVICES AROUND THE CLOCK FOR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY BACK HOME.
THE SENIOR PASTOR MYKOLA
BURGADNYK TELLS ME THE CHURCH IS
ARRANGING THINGS AND SENDING
BODY ARMOR AND NEEDED TO
PERSONALLY COUNSEL PARISHIONERS
AND OFTENTIMES RUNS OUT OF WORDS
TO SAY BECAUSE OF THE HORRIFIC
WAKES IN UKRAINE BUT THIS WEEK
OFFERS COMFORT FOR ALL
CATHOLICS.
IT IS THE BEGINNING OF LENT, THE
HOLIEST SEASON IN THE CHRISTIAN
CALENDAR.
HIS PARISHIONERS CAN TAKE SOLIS
THIS WAS THE TIME OF JESUS'
SUFFERING.
>> THERE WAS A CRUCIFIXION GOING
ON, BETRAYAL, LONELINESS THERE
ARE PRAYERS WHY HAVE YOU
FORSAKEN ME AT THE SAME TIME WE
KNOW THERE HAS TO BE A
RESURRECTION THERE HAS TO BE A
NEW DAY.
WE'RE WAITING FOR PEACE AND
VICTORY.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN PRAY
RIGHT NOW.
>> AND RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS THE
FEDERAL CREDIT UNION A LENDER A
LIFELINE FOR UKRAINIAN AMERICANS
IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD AND PLAYS
A ROLE BECAUSE IMMIGRANTS MIGHT
NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AND THEY SPEAK
UKRAINIAN HERE AND THEY MIGHT
HAVE ACCESS TO MORTGAGES AND
LENDING PRODUCTS THAT THEY COULD
NOT GET ACCESS TO.
WALTER TUN SAID THIS CREDIT
UNION HELPED ORGANIZING
FUNDRAISING THAT SENT DIRECT
MONEY FOR WAR AND HUMANITARIAN
EFFORTS IN UKRAINE.
>> WE'VE WAIVED ALL WIRE
TRANSFER FEES FOR ANY WIRE
TRANSFERS TO KRARYN.
WE HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR OUR
MEMBERS WHO CHOOSE TO SEND
MONIES TO HELP THEIR RELATIVES
AND HUMANITARIAN AID IN UKRAINE
TO DO SO.
AND WE'RE ALSO CREATED A
FOUNDATION FUND THAT IS A 501C3
FUND FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE MONIES
TO AND THOSE MONIES WILL BE
DIRECTED THROUGH VETTED
ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP FOR
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE
PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
>> DIFFERENT ASSISTANCE EFFORTS
ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND
EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CREDIT
UNION HAVE FAMILY IN UKRAINE
THEY ARE ON EDGE AS EVERYONE IS.
NOT JUST THE STORIES OF THE
DEFENSE EFFORTS BUT THE BOMBING
AND THE CASUALTIES.
TETYANA NOVIKOVA SAYS SHE DOES
NOT SLEEP AT NIGHT.
HER ELDERLY PARENTS ARE IN
WESTERN UKRAINE AND CANNOT MOVE.
SHE STAYS UP ALL NIGHT
MONITORING THE SITUATION.
>> THEY ARE SICK AND THEY CANNOT
MOVE ANYWHERE WITHOUT HELP.
AND I'M ALWAYS ON THE PHONE.
ALWAYS ON-LINE.
ANY NEWS WHEN WE HAVE A DAY THEY
HAVE A NIGHT.
AND ANY NEWS I'M CALLING THEM IF
IT IS AN AIR ALARM OR SOMETHING,
I WAKE THEM UP.
BECAUSE THEY ARE SLEEPING.
>> AND THIS IS ALL PART OF THE
FABRIC OF THE O'HARE COMMUNITY
AREA AND OFTEN FORGOTTEN
BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL.
IT IS A BLUE-COLLAR POPULATION
MADE UP OF A LOT OF CITY WORKERS
AND MANY, MANY LANGUAGES ARE
SPOKEN IN THIS AREA NOT JUST
UKRAINIAN POLISH, HISPANIC
EVERYTHING AND HOME TO COUNTY
FOREST PRESERVE AREAS LIKE
SCHILLER WORDS AND AS YOU CAN
HEAR CLOSE TO O'HARE AIRPORT.
NICK SPOSATO REPRESENTS THE AREA
SAYS HE BELIEVES CHICAGO SHOULD
LET IN UKRAINIAN RELATIVES AND
REFUGEES.
HE IS SKEPTICAL THE CITY HAS
SHELTER SPACE.
HE SUGGESTS THE CITY ASSIST
FAMILIES FOR TAKING UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE.
>> TAKE THEM IN AND COMPENSATE
THEM.
IF MARY AND JOHN LIVE HERE AND
UKRAINIAN AND THEY SPEAK THE
LANGUAGE THEY COULD TAKE IN A
MOM AND TWO KIDS WE COULD
COMPENSATE THEM.
CASH ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE THAT
WE'RE GIVING AWAY LET'S GIVE
CASH ASSISTANCE TO HELP THE
PEOPLE OUT AND HEM PEOPLE THAT
WANT TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
>> WE WILL HAVE THE LATEST WHAT
IS GOING ON IN THE GROUND FROM
UKRAINE FROM MIKE QUIGLEY WHO
CHAIRS THE CONGRESSIONAL UKRAINE