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Sunflower Solidarity with Ukraine

In response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Downtown State College Improvement District is partnering with local artists, downtown merchants and other dedicated community members to support efforts of humanitarian work on the ground in Ukraine and assist families displaced by the war that are living in our area.

Mark your calendar for a local supply drive, in collaboration with Mid-State Literacy Council, supporting local Ukrainian and other refugee families living in Centre County. Find out more about the Sunflower Solidarity Drive on Saturday, August 13 from 10am-12pm at the MLK Plaza on Fraser Street here.
Many thanks to the local artists and downtown merchants who are participating in the Sunflower Solidarity with Ukraine Initiative. If you are able, please consider donating to the World Central Kitchen, serving a million meals a day in Ukraine.

Enjoy local paintings depicting sunflowers in business windows throughout downtown State College in the month of August (sunflower month and the national flower of Ukraine) :

Your Cigar Den – June Ramsay

The Happy Valley Adventure Bureau – Suzanne Bruening

Doggie’s Pub and Pizza Shop – Elyse M Pasquariello

Kissinger & Associates – Sara Rebarchak

The Family Clothesline – Dee Ann Wylie

Connections Clothing – Maeve Flanagan

The Makery – Mandi Gatto and Stephanie Gush

Lion’s Pride – Sarah Zappe

First National Bank – Jackie Gianico

Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon, and Carvel – Preenaa Moyer

Kitchen Kaboodle – Laura Kaeppel

Lion & Cub – Aimee Parmelee