Multiple local families signing up to house Ukrainian visitors
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Southwestern Ontario residents are signing up to help families coming to Canada from Ukraine.
Southwestern Ontario residents are signing up to help families coming to Canada from Ukraine.
“There is a long list of people who have signed up and left their contact information with London Ukrainian Centre,” says Volodymyr Vorobets, president of the London Ukrainian Centre.
“People who live in London and around the city and are willing to accept families in their homes.”
One of the couples who have expressed interest in helping is Carla and James Rankin of Petrolia, Ont.
With four grown children, the empty nesters have two open bedrooms in the upstairs of their home.
“We have a king-sized bed which folds into two single beds, as well as a queen-sized bed with a crib,” says Carla Rankin.
“If we get a mom that has been displaced, perhaps a couple of small children, we have a safe place for them to sleep. We also have a toy room also that is well equipped with lots of toys.”
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