Interview with Angela King at KUOW on March 6, 2026

Featured in South Whidbey Record on September 23, 2025

A Fidalgo Island nonprofit organization that carries out volunteer work in Ukraine is bringing a documentary to The Clyde Theatre about preserving art and culture in a time of war.

Article from Skagit Valley Herald on September 16, 2025

A mix of somberness for Ukraine's people and hope for the country in its war with Russia filled the room Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Sunflower F.U.N.D.'s A Night of Hope for Ukraine gala at the Art Center at Buxton's in Anacortes.

Article from Skagit Valley Herald on July 30, 2025

The Lincoln Theatre hosted a screening of a Ukrainian documentary on Friday that was bookended by a performance by a Ukrainian choir and an update from the Anacortes nonprofit Sunflower F.U.N.D.

Article from Skagit Valley Herald on April 4, 2025

Sunflower F.U.N.D. continues to help the people of Ukraine

Article from Skagit Valley Herald on March 7, 2025

Two members of the Anacortes nonprofit Sunflower F.U.N.D., who are in Odesa, Ukraine, providing aid to the Ukrainian people, were forced to shelter in place Thursday, March 6, amid drone and missile attacks by the Russian military.

Article from Skagit Valley Herald on February 19, 2025

Island View Elementary students sending letters, poems, art to Ukrainian children

Article from Skagit Valley Herald on December 25, 2024

The Anacortes-based Sunflower F.U.N.D., which provides direct funding from donors to vetted partners and organizations in war-torn Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion, has continued its growth in 2024 in terms of both new volunteers and donations.

Article from MT43 News on November 8, 2024

Photojournalist and nonprofit organizer Marketa Vorel spoke last Wednesday to a group of twenty at the Community Room. She was in Townsend by way of a long route via her trips to investigate war crimes in Ukraine.

Letter to the Editor from Skagit Valley Herald on August 30, 2024

"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed ..."

This week in 1968, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its small western neighbor in order to crush that country's drift toward democracy.

Article from Anacortes American on April 24, 2024

Anacortes resident Michelle Miller has seen firsthand the destruction of combat zones when she contracted as a medical provider in Afghanistan and Iraq, but only from a distance.

Article from Anacortes American on February 20, 2024

My day starts at Blagodatne, a large country farm estate owned by three brothers and their families. I slept so well here that I never heard the Shahed drones flying overhead, aimed by Russia toward some other Ukrainian town or village.

Article from Anacortes American on February 7, 2024

One of the Sunflower F.U.N.D.’s partner organizations is the “Path Home” women and children’s shelter located near Odessa.

Article from Anacortes American on January 23, 2024

Marketa Vorel of the Anacortes-based Sunflower F.U.N.D. nonprofit is currently in Ukraine delivering aid to several organizations that the group helps support. The following column details her experiences.

Article from Anacortes American on January 10, 2024

As of early January, two of the F.U.N.D.’s members are on the ground in Europe with a vehicle they intend to pack to the brim with humanitarian supplies with their sights set on Ukraine.