[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 23, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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      UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SALUTED ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                       HON. SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 23, 1994

  Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to honor the 
Ukrainian National Association, Inc., which is celebrating its 100th 
anniversary on the birthday of George Washington. Like the Father of 
our country, the UNA is pledged to freedom. UNA has never forgotten the 
people left behind in the Ukraine, living under the yoke of a 
totalitarian government. The organization's first century was devoted 
to preserving and supporting the ideal of a free Ukraine. With that 
goal accomplished, UNA has embarked on helping the Ukraine build a 
democratic, free market society.
  Here at home, UNA's achievements are equally noteworthy. Over the 
past 100 years it has grown from 13 branches to 370 branches and 66,000 
members in 27 States and 7 Canadian provinces. Along with providing for 
the life insurance needs of the Ukrainian-American community by 
offering low-cost life insurance protection, the UNA provides its 
members with a wide range of educational, cultural, social and 
charitable benefits.
  In addition to publishing Svoboda, the oldest Ukrainian-language 
daily in the world, UNA has been publishing an English language 
newspaper, The Ukrainian Weekly, for more than 60 years, and a monthly 
children's magazine, Veselka [Rainbow]. As part of its fraternal 
benefit work, the UNA annually provides more than $120,000 in 
scholarships to its members. It operates Soyuzivka, a year-round, full-
service resort in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of New York State.
  With its stellar history and record of accomplishments, UNA 
deservedly looks to a second century of service and achievement as rich 
as the first.
  It is a special privilege for me to represent a sizeable Ukrainian 
community in the 23rd District of New York. They are caring, sharing, 
loving neighbors who give unselfishly to so many worthy causes and help 
make a great area even greater.

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