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Walnut Studiolo Fundraiser for Ukraine

MARCH 9, 2025. Updated and re-formatted with an updated list of Ukrainian charities. 


MAY 3, 2022. Announcing the successful conclusion of our fundraiser for Ukraine, which ran in March and April 2022. We were happy to coincide the fundraiser with our biggest sale of the year, the "AS-IS / Dents & Dings" Sale, which produced a lot of generous "tips for Ukraine." We just issued our second donation to Voices of Children in the amount of $113.01 USD (107.29 EUR), which brings our total donation to $1,171.74 USD (1,026.81 EUR) to help families in Ukraine cope with the psychology of war. Read on for a full report on our fundraiser, learn more about this important organization, and other ways you can help Ukrainians.


APRIL 4, 2022. We are thrilled to announce that we sold out of leather sunflowers in the first 48 hours (!) and have already issued a first donation of $1,058.73 USD (919.52 EUR), well exceeding our initial goal of $500. We are in awe and appreciation of the generosity and swift response of our community. We will continue to accept donations through the order checkout page as "tips" or donations throughout the month of April (not available with ShopPay, please select the standard checkout option to donate). More details about the donation under Transparency.


MARCH 22, 2022. The war in Ukraine has captured our hearts and our attention. What we have heard from President Zelenskyy and from everyday Ukrainians, is to please, keep talking about it, send what you can, do whatever you can. We want to help. In this post we announce a small fundraiser we created with 100% of gross proceeds going to Ukraine, share a list of trusted organizations for donations to Ukraine, and show how to directly support Ukrainian entrepreneurs, crafters, and artists.

A Ukrainian children
Ukrainian child's drawing - fundraiser on Etsy

Donation Reports

May 2022 Response from Voices of Children Ukraine

We were honored to receive responses of gratitude from Voices of Children and reports on their work in the field, which we're sharing with you here. Voices of Children commented on our Instagram posts and sent us a donor report in mid-April -- which you can read here.

A children
A screenshot from Voices of Children Ukraine donation report: 150+ group sessions for 800 children ad their partners, individual psych consultations, volunteers attending first psychological aid training
Screenshot of Instagram message from @voices_of_children saying thank you for the donations

May 2022 Donation Report

On May 3, 2022 we submitted our final donation to Voices of Children, of $100 USD (94.94 EUR), which represents the donations accumulated through voluntary "tip" for Ukraine in our shopping cart checkout screen throughout the month of April. We also donated the cost of processing fees ourselves for a May donation of $113.01 USD (107.29 EUR), which brings our total fundraiser donations to $1,171.74 USD (1,026.81 EUR) -- well exceeding our initial goal of $500! Screenshot below.

Screenshot of Paypal donation receipt to Voices of Ukraine

April 2022 Donation Report

On April 4, 2022 we submitted our first donation to Voices of Children, of $1000 USD (905.38 EUR), which represents the donations accumulated through the sales of Ukraine leather sunflowers. We also donated the cost of processing fees ourselves for a first total donation of $1,058.73 USD (919.52 EUR). Screenshot below.

Screenshot of donation receipt on Paypal from Walnut Studiolo to Voices of Ukraine

Charities and Funds to Help Ukrainians

UPDATED MARCH 9, 2025

There's more than one way to support the people of Ukraine, both inside the country and refugees leaving the country. Whether it's military support, humanitarian, or more specific causes, there are reputable organizations of all kinds so you can help in accordance with your values. 


We do not vet individual charities ourselves but rely on reputable sources. 

Verified charity lists made by and for Ukrainians:

International charities supporting Ukraine

  • World Central Kitchen, started by Chef Jose Andres, is always the first on the scene to feed people affected by disasters. As of this writing, they have already fed over 1,000,000 meals to families across Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Hungary. 
  • MercyCorps, a Portland, Oregon-based international humanitarian aid organization is on the ground in Ukraine, Romania, and Poland, providing funding to local organizations and working to meet the most urgent humanitarian needs in the region, including emergency cash assistance.
  • International Medical Corps is a nonprofit focused on providing health-care services, psychosocial support, and care to citizens of countries dealing with disaster, disease, and conflict

Direct Support for Ukrainian Crafters, Businesses, and Freelancers

In a letter shared with a US alumni group, a Ukrainian businessman shared his thoughts on how Americans can help Ukraine. One way, he said, in addition to writing your representatives to express support for Ukraine aid, is to buy Ukrainian.


Like many of us, many Ukrainians work online, which makes it easy to send our business and funds directly to them. Once there, Ukrainian entrepreneurs and crafters are using the funds in their local communities (like this Redditor who shared the proceeds with a local perinatal clinic). This is distributing the support at all levels of the economy.


As the world has already seen, the Ukrainians are brave and clever craftspeople, whether it's a beer brewer waxing poetic about their "handcrafted Molotov cocktails" or the creative expressions of resistance in the face of enormous odds.

Screenshot from the New York Times of a reporter in Ukraine with the words, On the Scene: "It is just like the craft beer, it is a handmade thing"
We believe in the power of craft! Watch the video on The New York Times. 

In 2022, major marketplaces like Etsy and Upwork waived all fees and commissions to Ukrainian members as an in-kind donation. In Ukraine, these members have set up straight donation listings in addition to products for shipping and digital downloads for sale.

  • Shop crafts and digital downloads from Ukrainian crafters on Etsy. The word is that packages are still arriving from Ukraine regularly, but digital downloads are the easiest way to support Ukrainian crafters without worrying about shipping. Etsy curated a list of beautiful digital designs from Ukraine, but there are many other options (TIP: filter the search by Location / Ukraine to avoid opportunists and scammers):
An Etsy handmade offering from a Ukrainian: a recipe book for dumplings (vareniki)
Instant download PDFs of family recipes from Ukraine - fundraiser on Etsy
  • Donate or purchase directly from Upwork freelancers in Ukraine through their Project Catalog.
  • Keep your eyes open for fundraisers in your communities and professional circles, such as the one below from the graphic design community. This conflict has touched the hearts of so many.

Fundraiser illustration of a bear stepping on a LEGO with the Ukraine flag colors by Pawel Jonca on Behance.
Fundraiser illustration by Paweł Jońca on Behance 

About Our Small Fundraiser for Ukraine

Through March and April, we will be running a fundraiser for Ukraine on our website, in two ways: 

  • order "tips" for Ukraine  
  • the sale of a special limited edition keepsake we made specially for Ukraine. 

All funds will go directly to the charity Voices of Children, a Ukraine-based charity providing evacuation assistance, art therapy, psychological and psychosocial support to children and families affected by the war in Ukraine. We practice transparency in giving: donations will be demonstrated and updated on this blog post and in our social media and newsletter.

Transparency in Giving

We will run our fundraiser similar to the way we ran the No Kid Hungry fundraiser, in a spirit of openness and transparency. The fundraiser will run through March and April and we have a modest-but-achievable fundraising goal of $500 to help Voices of Children. (Let's hope we exceed that goal!)

Follow along here on this blog post and on our social media and email newsletters as we try to reach our goal. We plan to submit donations monthly, around April 1 and May 1, and will provide a report on donations in these updates.

Shopping Cart Tips for Ukraine

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In our shopping cart, you will now see an option during checkout on the payment page to add a "tip" for Ukraine. Round up your order to the next dollar, donate a percentage of your order, or contribute any amount you like. 100% of your donation (we'll donate the payment processing fees) will go to Voices of Children.

Screenshot for the donation box to Ukraine in Walnut Studiolo
Add a "tip" for Ukraine on our checkout page and 100% will go to the Voices of Children fundraiser

Limited Leather Sunflower For Ukraine

SOLD OUT! 

We designed a small, wearable leather keepsake honoring the spirit of Ukraine. The keepsake, inspired by the Ukrainian sunflower, is colorful and beautiful. It has a hanging loop and can be used as a pin/brooch with a safety pin, Christmas ornament, or window decor, all while raising money to help children who are suffering during the war in Ukraine.

A yellow and blue leather sunflower pinned to a gray sweater for Ukraine, further back for scale
A yellow and blue leather sunflower pinned to a gray sweater for Ukraine with a hand for scale
A yellow and blue leather sunflower pinned to a gray sweater for Ukraine

Each leather sunflower is made out of light blue, yellow, and/or white garment leather from our workshop inventory. Garment leather (shoe leather) is unlike our usual vegetable-tanned leather, so this is an unusual piece for Walnut Studiolo.


Dimensions: The sunflower measures approximately 3.75" (95mm) across and 0.75" (19mm) high. 


Limited Quantity: We only have a little bit of this leather available, enough to make less than a dozen sunflowers, so please be generous and swift in your support.


100% of gross proceeds from the sale of this flower will go to Voices of Children. We're donating our time, services, shipping capabilities, and materials to make and ship these. That means every $1 spent on the flower is $1 donated to Voices of Children.


See the Fundraiser Leather Sunflower >>>

Roll of leather, blue, and white garment leather
This garment leather ("shoe leather") in the colors of Ukraine is a special offer at Walnut Studiolo.

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