Friend of Ukraine Award

Periodically the Society selects a recipient(s) to receive the UTS Friend of Ukraine Award to a non-Ukrainian person or entity in recognition of service to Ukraine or Ukrainians.

​If you know of a worthy individual in the community, consider nominating him or her.

Congratulations to Congressman Tim Murphy - 2016 UTS Friend of Ukraine Award Recipient!

Left to right: Roksana Korchynsky, Ph.D. (President), Eugene Szestak (Board Member), Halyna Mykhailiv Ciarallo (Board Member), George Honchar (Vice-President), Congressman Tim Murphy, Motria Hodowanec (Secretary), Bonnie Lee Reinhart (Board Member), Michele Corba Kapeluck (Board Member)

Year

Friend of Ukraine Award Recipient

Description

​2014


2008



​2006


​​2002


​2000

​E. Maxine Bruns


​Mrs. Marlies Backaus Murphy



Andrew N. Farley, Esquire


​Rotary Club of Norwin


​Ms. Gail Shrott, Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Council of International Visitors

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​For writing the book, A Parents' Guide to International Adoption with a focus on Ukrainian Adoptions, and for facilitating the adoption into the US of more than 50 children from Ukraine

For providing pro bono legal services for Ukrainian organizations and for underwriting Festive Ukrainian Cooking authored by Marta Piestska Farley

For working with the Tri-State (Pittsburgh) Children of Chornobyl Relief Committee to establish a Poison Control Center in Lviv, Ukraine

For hosting delegations from Ukraine​