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Saint Michael the Archangel Church in Bridgeport is collecting donations for Ukraine.  

For decades, Saint Michael the Archangel Church has been a gathering place for the Polish American community in Bridgeport and beyond.

The church is collecting medicine and medical supplies to ship to the Poland-Ukraine border.

A hundred boxes now fill the Parish Hall.

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Catholic Charities of Fairfield County was among the organizations helping the donation efforts.

A big donation from the retailer Zumiez also helped Catholic Charities to ship 2,000 pounds of clothes to Ukraine.

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Saint Michael the Archangel Church in Bridgeport collects donations for Ukraine

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A Polish parish in Bridgeport's sending critical medical supplies today to Ukrainian refugees. News 12's Lauren Fabrice has that story. It is the long tradition here Franciscans and polish american tradition. 120 years in Bridgeport for decades, ST Michael, the Archangel Church has been a gathering place for the polish american community in Bridgeport's and beyond. Yes, it was very hard for us because Ukraine, these are our neighbors and friends. So I have also parishioners. They have their families members here and they're in Ukrainian. So it is very touching for us. Mhm. So we have our brothers who worked there and lived there and it was the idea to build a Franciscan bridge between Connecticut and Ukraine to help them because they are hosting now many refugees and many people. This is the polish translation than american and the Ukrainian. So the church is collecting medicine and medical supplies to ship to the Poland Ukraine border. 100 boxes now fill the parish hall. So many organizations and volunteers came to help us. Organizations like catholic charities of Fairfield County. We just felt that at this time we had to do something thanks to a big donation from the retailer zoom ease Catholic Charities is shipping £2,000 of clothes to Ukraine. Saint Michael Parish has so many connections of people on the ground in Poland. So, we know that these goods are getting to people who really need them. Mhm. An effort to help others, thousands of miles away for something that hits so close to home. That's that's our calling as members of the catholic church. But I think it's our calling as members of humanity in Bridgeport's Lauren fabrice, News 12 Connecticut and catholic charities is seeking donations for shipping costs. If you'd like to help, we do have information at News 12 dot com and on the News 12 app, just look for this story.

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