Port Dover and Norfolk County have shown compassion and generosity this holiday season.The Karida family from Ukraine have made our area their new home. Zhenya and Liliya together with their 9 and 5 year old daughters, Afina and Yuna escaped unimaginable horror in their home country and by chance are now living in Dover. Befriended by their neighbour Jenn Roger, a Facebook group was organized to assist this family who came here with the clothes on their backs and very little else.
A pressing need was for a vehicle so Zhenya could get to his job as a farm labourer. A chance meeting with Doug Dykstra lead to a deal on a very good used van. Funds for the purchase plus all transfer costs, taxes, insurance, vehicle safety, plates, winter tires and rims and even gas cards all came together within two weeks. Well done all in making this a special and safe Christmas for this very warm, caring and deserving family.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Norfolk Sunrise, Rotary Club of Simcoe, Grace United Church, the Port Dover Lions Club, Dykstra Automotive and Kelly Fulsome of Dover Kia.
This could not have happened without the determination and drive of Jim & Marjorie Dawson, Keith Jones and the Karida family`s guardian angel, Jennifer Roger.
