READING, Pa. – The Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church held a spaghetti dinner to assist Ukraine on Sunday.
For $15.00, guests got a plate of pasta, meatballs, a dinner roll, salad and a drink.
Native restaurant Mimmo’s equipped the spaghetti. Chatty Monks equipped the beer and wine, which allowed the church to donate 100% of the proceeds to Ukraine.
“The group normally has come out. We offered about 300 tickets and Mimmo’s has sufficient meals to feed about 200 mor,e so from what I see, it has been a unbelievable turnout,” mentioned Cindy Koretski of the occasion planning committee.
Organizers say they have been proud to see the individuals locally sharing their Ukrainian roots.