{"id":1365102,"date":"2022-03-08T09:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1365102"},"modified":"2022-03-08T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T19:37:13","slug":"knights-of-columbus-create-mercy-huts-on-ukrainian-border-raise-4-5-million-for-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knights-of-columbus-create-mercy-huts-on-ukrainian-border-raise-4-5-million-for-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights Of Columbus Create \u2018Mercy Huts\u2019 On Ukrainian Border, Raise $4.5 Million For Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fknights-of-columbus-create-mercy-huts-on-ukrainian-border-raise-4-5-million-for-refugees%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1365102&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Catholic fraternal order, the Knights of Columbus, has raised upwards of $4.5 million dollars in relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees, organizers said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Szymon Czyszek, Director of the organization\u2019s\u00a0International Growth in Europe, spoke on a press call with reporters Tuesday from Krakow, Poland, where he shared stories of Knights of Columbus factions working on the ground in Poland and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin days, from the beginning of the war, we were able to send a truck full of supplies, medical supplies, food, clothing and other necessities that thousands of refugees needed as they fled to eastern and central Ukraine towards western Ukraine,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started Ukraine\u2019s Solidarity Fund,\u201d he continued, referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kofc.org\/secure\/en\/donate\/ukraine.html\">Knights of Columbus donation fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage every person who sees what\u2019s happening over there, who\u2019s watching news to to join our movement, our cause to support Ukraine,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cWe have no overheads, 100% of the donations that we receive go to the relief effort. So I encourage anybody who is asking himself, What can I do? Join us and we can do many things in Ukraine, for Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_351834\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-351834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of The Knights of Columbus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since the organization\u2019s leader, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly, announced the organization\u2019s humanitarian efforts on Feb.25, the organization says that it has since raised\u00a0over $4.5 million to provide shelter, food, medical supplies, clothing and other relief for those who are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-only-way-to-stop-murder-is-another-murder-ukrainian-man-tells-cnn-that-putin-is-much-worse-than-hitler\/\">fleeing the violence<\/a> in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Czyszek described how the knights establish \u201cMercy Huts\u201d by the border in Poland, about 100 feet away from the crossing, imitating the example of the order\u2019s \u201cEverybody Welcome, Everything Free\u201d campaign in Europe during World War I.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_351836\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351836\" class=\"wp-image-351836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-864x576-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-1800x1200-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-317_51912528740_o-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-351836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of The Knights of Columbus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhen the people cross the border, they can stop by and they can get some warmth,\u201d he told The Daily Wire. \u201cThey can get some food, some some water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Knights of Columbus are working at the huts \u201call the time,\u201d he said, working in collaboration with other organizations and knights from Poland as well as other countries who \u201care willing to come and assist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese huts will be critical points of information or support that refugees need after waiting for hours, days in line, in freezing temperatures,\u201d Czyszek said.<\/p>\n<p>He also told The Daily Wire that they plan to establish a tent on the other side of the border as <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/fastest-growing-refugee-crisis-in-europe-since-world-war-ii-more-than-1-5-million-have-fled-ukraine-since-russian-invasion\/\">refugees<\/a> wait to cross where the knights can help warm, feed, and shelter the waiting Ukranians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the sites where the knights serve refugees,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey provide a place so they can get warm \u2026 get some food and water and also some instructions, what to do next when they enter this new reality when they had to flee their country at a moment\u2019s notice, very little belongings that they could take with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_351838\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351838\" class=\"wp-image-351838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-300x200-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-864x576-1.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-1800x1200-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/kofc-347_51911929021_o-1200x800-1.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-351838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of The Knights of Columbus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI will tell you that every day I receive messages, from my brother knights who I have worked with for years, and they are asking me if I can take care of their wives and children, if they could come to the border,\u201d Czyszek told reporters. \u201cAnd we do. These are real people with real stories who are facing dramatic choices. And we, the Knights of Columbus, are there to help provide needed help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Czyszek told reporters that he wakes up in the morning to receive text messages begging him to help get their families out of Ukraine. Men cannot leave the country, and women are often afraid to go on their own, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that now the Kiev is being surrounded, there is a path that can go south and then west, but this is, you know, a very risky undertaking to leave Kiev right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s grand knight, Kelly, told followers in a video message that \u201csome of the proudest moments in the Order\u2019s history have come amid the adversity of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are called \u2018Knights\u2019 for a reason,\u201d he added. \u201cThere is a reason we count Patriotism among our guiding principles. The hour is upon us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_351839\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351839\" class=\"wp-image-351839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Polish-Knights-2-revised-cropped-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Polish-Knights-2-revised-cropped-300x140.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Polish-Knights-2-revised-cropped-1024x478-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Polish-Knights-2-revised-cropped-768x359-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Polish-Knights-2-revised-cropped.jpg 1409w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-351839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of The Knights of Columbus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The knights are working in collaboration with both the Latin and Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, according to a Knights of Columbus press release, and Polish knights have established donation collection sites in\u00a0Krak\u00f3w, Radom and Tomasz\u00f3w Lubelski, \u00a0where they gather medical supplies, warm clothing, and necessities.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>The Archdiocese of Lviv has appointed local leaders within the Knights of Columbus in Ukraine as part of an \u201cAnti-Crisis Committee\u201d to coordinate and distribute humanitarian aid, the press release said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic fraternal order, the Knights of Columbus, has raised upwards of $4.5 million dollars in relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees, organizers said Tuesday.Szymon Czyszek, Director of the organization\u2019s\u00a0International Growth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1365102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1365102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1365102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1365102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1365102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1365102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}