Communities rally to help after Dumbarton couple launch appeal to help fleeing Ukrainians

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A Dumbarton couple who appealed for vital supplies to help desperate Ukrainians fleeing Russian forces have left overwhelmed by the “magnificent” community effort.

Thousands have fled to the border with Poland where camps have been set up - with volunteers pleading for warm clothes, baby essentials and medicine.Putin’s military invasion has seen a number of cities across the country targeted with the UN reporting 1.5 million have fled to neighbouring countries.Gregor and Ewelina Grzegorczyk launched a collection drive an enlisted the help of volunteers to help those displaced and the public answered their call in droves – donating for those forced to flee their homes.Facebook appeal Szkocja pomaga Ukrainie - Scotland Helps Ukraine – now has over 4,600 members with people across the country getting behind the appeal.The big-hearted couple have been juggling the appeal with running their own business and looking after their three children.Their catering firm supplies Polish food to shops and they reached out to their contacts in the transport industry, who agreed to make the journey.The response to their appeal was so huge they had to find storage units after their Castlehill home became packed to the rafters with bags of donations.Gregor, 36, told the Lennox Herald: “Ewelina is behind this as she is originally from Przemysl, which is in Poland and borders Ukraine.“It is where many Ukrainians have gone to and she felt like she had to do something to help.“After the invasion, she set up a Facebook page appealing for supplies and within the first few days we had hundreds of messages.“We made contact with a charity in Poland and asked them what they needed and they said they needed a lot of things, especially bandages and