Benefit for Revived Soldiers Ukraine at the East Falls home of Grace Kelly

3901 Henry Ave,Philadelphia PA 19017

29 October, 2022

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Glory meets glamor at this Benefit for Revived Soldiers Ukraine at the East Falls family home of world-renowned actress Grace Kelly. Join us for cocktails and discussion. Featured guests include a Ukrainian wounded soldier currently in Philadelphia receiving bionic arm and Honorary Consul of Ukraine to Philadelphia. Starting donations $200. Limited space. Ticket includes Drinks, Hors d'oeuvres, Entertainment, Silent Auction, Speakers, and a chance to meet Ukrainian Soldier, Roman Horodnyckyi. Speakers: Iryna Mazur, Honorary Consul of Ukraine to Philadelphia Iryna Mazur was appointed to the post of Honorary Consul of Ukraine to Philadelphia on July 23, 2019. Ms. Mazur practiced law in Ukraine where she held various positions including working at the Antimonopoly Committee of the Lviv Region. A native of Lviv, Ukraine, she moved to the United States 18 years ago and received an LLM degree in 2009 from Temple University Beasley School of Law. She is admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. Together with her husband, Francois-Ihor Mazur, Ms. Mazur is a partner at the Mazur Law Firm, PC, with a primary focus on immigration law. The firm is located in Huntingdon Valley. They are the proud parents of a 23 year old son who currently serves in the US Navy. Ms. Mazur has been very active in the Ukrainian community in the United States, and serves on the board member of two non-profit organizations: Razom for Ukraine and the Ukrainian Federation of America. She was also appointed and previously served as a advisor to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations and the Foreign Relations Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament. Roman Horodnyckyi, Ukrainian Marine Roman Horodnyckyi is a 20 years old Ukrainian Marine from city Odesa, who went to defend Ukraine in 2020 and served in the 36th Brigade of the Marine Corp in Mariupol, Donetsk region. While defending the Donetsk region, his position was surrendered by the Russian Army and Roman, along with his Brigade, had to retreat to the city of Mariupol practically without food and water (which became a symbol of the Ukrainian fight for freedom). During a later combat mission Roman got severely wounded on April 5 th , 2022 during an artillery attack. A 120th mine exploded 5 meters from Roman and he lost his left leg on the spot and completely teared off his right arm via 42 pieces of shrapnel. His friends were lucky enough to get Roman into bunker where all the Ukrainian wounded soldiers were receiving medical help. Without medication and pain killers, Roman pushed through until April 12th . Then Roman and the rest of the wounded soldiers were surrendered and imprisoned by Russian Army. His captors brought Roman to the nearest hospital and due to severe infection had to amputate his arm. Roman had to go through torture while being interrogated by Russian Army officers. Luckily, he freed during a prisoner exchange two weeks later. Roman went through hospitalization at the Kyiv Army Hospital and now is ready to receive a prosthetic arm and leg, right here in Philadelphia. Revived Soldiers Ukraine team plans to raise $35,000 for a bionic arm, he has already received a prosthetic leg. Karl Altau With the Joint Baltic American National Committee (JBANC) since 1997, Karl Altau has helped conduct extensive advocacy on behalf of the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian central organizations in the United States. This includes the period of NATO accession for the three Baltic countries and the campaign for Magnitsky sanctions against human rights violators in Russia. He has addressed the Baltic parliaments and the United States Congress on the work of the Baltic-American communities. A native Virginian with a degree in journalism from Radford University, Altau has lived and studied in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and at Indiana University. Altau has served on the boards of the Maryland-Estonia Exchange Council, which helps promote the Maryland Sister States Program and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation from 2004-2017. He spent three years with the consular section of the Embassy of Estonia in Helsinki, Finland from 1992-1995. Special performance by Ukrainian soprano Marta Zaliznyak Marta Zaliznyak, a Ukrainian-born soprano, is a performer whose career spans opera, concerts, and recitals. Marta holds a Master in Music from Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance in Philadelphia and a Bachelor in Music from Drohobych State University in Ukraine. She received additional training from Bryn Mawr Conservatory in Philadelphia. Her roles include Governess in productions of (The Turn of the Screw) by B. Britten (2020) and Rosalinda (Die Fledermaus) by J. Strauss ( 2021) in Tomlinson Theater of Temple. She was a soloist in Requiem for Those Who Died of Famine by Y. Stankovych with the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra. She was also a soloist in Khustyna, a cantata by L. Revutsky with the Symphony Orchestra of the Opera Studio of Lviv National Academy of Music. Some of her partial roles include Countess Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Nedda (Pagliacci), and Mimi (La Boheme). As a soprano soloist on the concert stage, Marta has performed at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York, N.Y., Institute of Contemporary Art in Chicago IL, Lisner Auditorium in Washington DC, and the National Philharmonic in Lviv, Ukraine. Marta's operatic career began on stage at the Lviv National Opera House in Ukraine as a choir member. She had appeared in more than twenty opera productions and toured Europe extensively with the opera cast during four consecutive seasons. The premieres of Verdi Nabucco and Aida performed with INSO-Lviv Orchestra were a great success at the leading theaters in France, Poland, and Germany. In 2000, Marta received the Best Representative of the Year in the Field of Culture and Arts award by the Mayor of Lviv for her active concert activities and creative achievements. In 2004, she also won the Gold Medal of the all-Ukrainian competition National Grand Prize of Performing Arts in the vocal (opera singing) nomination. The artist was also a winner of the Montserrat Alavedra Music Scholarship at the 2017 Honors Convocation. Most recently - the winner of the Temple University Symphony Orchestra Soloist Award (2019). About the Organization: Revived Soldiers Ukraine is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing aid to the people of Ukraine in support of their fundamental human rights and medical rehabilitation of Ukrainian soldiers. With the help of committed supporters like you, we can continue our work to assist families and soldiers in Ukraine. Revived Soldiers Ukraine is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Gifts are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. Taxpayer Identification Number(TIN): 47-5315018.