Support Students with Special Needs in Ukraine

On Transfiguration Sunday, Feb 11, 2024 Lisa Yoder, volunteer teacher and artist for the Hilltop second hour class designed an outline and Laura Stalter, Wendell Anders, David Fox, and volunteers, attached the tissue paper to the poster Lisa created. The "Be Transformed" art from this project has now been printed onto blank notecards and 18x24" posters. 

These cards and posters are for sale, as an initiative of the Justice & Peace and Accessibility Ministry Teams, as a fundraiser for the Prometheus special needs school for children in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. Read more about the Mennonite Central Committee-supported school below. 

- 8 printed notecards (blank inside) are available for $12/pack
- 18"x24" posters available for $20/each

Cards are available to purchase at Salford Mennonite. Contact Joe Landis to purchase. 

To purchase at a distance, please fill out this form with your shipping information, Check can be made out to Joe Landis (Hilltop Art in the memo line), or pay via Venmo or via PayPal. Zelle is also available; text 267.834.5076 with your information if interested. Joe will be in touch to share how much the shipping cost will be, in addition to the cost of the cards. (if paying by credit card, please add 3% fee).

For more of the story, read this article: https://mosaicmennonites.org/2024/06/27/supporting-prometheus-school-for-children-with-special-needs-in-ukraine/ ​

More about the Prometheus Special Needs School:

• Volunteers and parents opened the school 17 years ago and currently 160 students attend
• The school is privately funded, and the teacher's salaries are supported by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
• Many of the children have autism, down syndrome, and other needs. The teachers aim to support those who can to move into public school. Others stay at this school for specialized education. 
• Zaporizhzhia is around 30 miles from the Russian front.