UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA

CONSISTORY OFFICE OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT MINISTRY

PRESS RELEASE

2015 Summer College Age Mission Trip to Ukrainian Orphanages!

2015 Summer College Age Mission Trip to Ukrainian Orphanages!

With the blessing of our Hierarchs, we are pleased to announce the dates for the College Age Mission Trip to Ukraine 2015. The 2015 trip will take place May 28 - June 13th, which includes a training day in South Bound Brook, NJ.

This ministry aids the orphanages and orphans that our Church has sponsored in Znamyanka (Kirovohrad Region) and Puhachiv (Zhytomyr Region). The children at these orphanages are special needs and are believed to be products of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. You can learn more about the trip visiting the web page of the Consistory Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.

The cost for the trip is $2,500 plus transportation to and from South Bound Brook, NJ and personal expenses. The deadline for applications is January 10, 2015 - however, we encourage you to apply ASAP. If you are interested in the trip, you should begin passport processing immediately in the event you are chosen for the team.

Applicants are not guaranteed a spot on the team until notified of their acceptance. You may apply on-line through our website http://www.uocyouth.org/uoccollegemission.html

or at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ukrainemissiontripapplication

Spiritual Father Reference Forms are downloadable at this site. Spiritual Father Reference Forms must be completed and submitted for the applicant to be considered.

You may contact Natalie Kapeluck Nixon at 412-279-1076 or ucoyouth@aol.com or Protodeacon Ihor Mahlay at imahlay@yahoo.com for answers to any questions.