BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A Melbourne mother's special connection to war torn Ukraine drove her to make a difference.
What You Need To Know
- Kathleen Bendiksen and volunteers have been collecting donations at drop off sites around the area
- Those donations are headed to war ravaged Ukraine
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For the past week and a half, Kathleen Bendiksen and volunteers have been collecting donations at drop off sites around the area.
On Friday, they loaded up the donated supplies headed to the war ravaged country.
The community is coming through by giving diapers, food, medical supplies and more.
The truck is headed to Miami for the flight to Poland.
"I can say, not one person we shared this with said no," Bendiksen said. "Everyone was, 'How can we help, how can we get on board.' And that is just a beautiful picture."
Photo by Greg Pallone/Spectrum News 13
The group plans more drop off donation drives.
Kathleen has six children, three of them adopted from Ukraine.