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The Sacramento region is home to one of the largest Slavic and Ukrainian communities in America.
Bay area-based non-profit organization Nova Ukraine is providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine - they are also working towards the goal of raising awareness about the Eastern European country for Americans. Lou Bowzelsni, a local Ukrainian told ABC10 about raising money through her Facebook to help friends and survivors:
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Two truckloads of medical supplies are also headed to California-based humanitarian aid organization, Direct Relief. From there, the supplies are scheduled to take off on a plane for Poland on March 26.