Our Events
Pop-Up Bake & Art Sale
Swing by New Image Brewing to enjoy baked goods and art from local artists, all while supporting a great cause. Chef Austin Kulachkosky will have beer-infused cakes available for purchase!
Solar Chargers Event
Join us to convert solar panels into solar chargers, help fill critical energy gaps in Ukraine.
SFSU at Boulder Farmers Market
Come by our table at the lively Boulder Farmers Market. Meet volunteers, learn more about our campaigns and initiatives, and check out some beautiful SFSU items including handmade jewelry from a local artist, laser-cut wooden coasters and serving plates, as well as our ever popular sunflower t-shirts. Swing by any time between 8 am and 2 pm. Hope to see you there!
SFSU at Longmont Farmers Market
Come by our table at the Saturday Farmers Market in Longmont. Meet volunteers, learn more about our recent shipments of medical and protective supplies to Ukraine, and check out our merchandise, including t-shirts, jewelry, badges and coasters. Swing by any time between 8 am and 1 pm. Hope to see you there!
88.5 KGNU & Sunflower Seeds Ukraine Present DakhaBrakha
DakhaBrakha is world music quartet from Kyiv, Ukraine. Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul, Ukrainian “ethno-chaos” band DakhaBrakha, create a world of unexpected new music.
The name DakhaBrakha is original, outstanding and authentic at the same time. It means “give/take” in the old Ukrainian language. Accompanied by Indian, Arabic, African, and Ukrainian traditional instrumentation, the quartet’s astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocal range creates a trans-national sound rooted in Ukrainian culture.
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Pallet packing for a container to Ukraine
Please join us to help pack pallets of protective and tactical gear for the next container to Ukraine:
Sign up to volunteer here.
The pallet packing location will be at the MMWarehouse 19631 Montview Blvd, Aurora, CO 80011, unit J-K (front door to the office of the warehouse). The loading dock of the warehouse is at the back side of the building.
Colorado Ukrainian Festival
This Independence Day festival, organized by Ukrainians of Colorado, will feature a variety of Ukrainian, American, Polish food, desserts, activities for kids, beer garden, souvenirs, art and crafts sales.
The concert in the amphitheater will offer different genres of music, talented local artists and dancers. Some of the artists include the famous and talented Ukrainian singer Kozak Siromaha , as well as our local talented The Nadiya Band.
Solar chargers event
Join us to convert solar panels into solar chargers, help fill critical energy gaps in Ukraine.
Dine Out For Ukraine 2024
Join us for our third annual Dine Out for Ukraine event on July 25, 2024. Dozens of restaurants across the Front Range are participating. Each one will donate between 5 and 30 percent of their day's sales to Sunflower Seeds Ukraine – so the more we support them, the more they’ll support the people of Ukraine. Get more information on participating locations.
Nadia Benefit for Ukraine Concert
Join us in Fort Collins for a fundraiser concert to benefit Ukraine at Avogado’s Number - a relaxed live music hot spot and restaurant featuring burgers, sandwiches, veggie options & more. The special feature of the afternoon will be music by NaДія, whose Ukrainian/American rock and roll will keep you dancing.
Beer and Gear
Join us for an afternoon of camaraderie, enjoy a beer, bring new or gently used camping gear to donate! We are looking for backpacks, boots, drones, sleeping bags, headlamps, jackets, tents, and similar gear. The full list of the items is here.
You can also donate and make purchases from our gift registry: https://tinyurl.com/sfsugiftregistry
You can also help us decorate solar panels with messages of support before we ship them to Ukraine, where they will be used by schools and villages to charge phones and computers.
On June 15th, we’ll pack donated gear and solar panels into the shipping container containing other protective, tactical and medical supplies headed to Ukraine by month’s end.
“Defend Ukrainian Defenders” - Breakfast Panel
Join us on April 11, 2024, at historic Chautauqua Dining Hall for “Defend Ukrainian Defenders”—an exclusive opportunity to learn about how drones are changing the landscape of Ukrainian battlefields, affecting Ukrainian Defenders, and what non-profits can do about it.
Fall Donation Drive
We packed 36 pallets of protective gear for Ukraine! It’s all loaded into a shipping container, arriving in Ukraine by the end of November. Big thanks to all donors that gave their gear, volunteers that helped pack it, and team members that organized the drive!
Learn more about the 2023 fall donation drive.
Dine Out for Ukraine
Thank you to the more than Front Range 30 restaurants who participated in the second annual Dine Out for Ukraine event on July 27, 2023. Each of them donated between 5 and 30 percent of the day's sales to Sunflower Seeds Ukraine.
Thank you also to all the diners who enjoyed a meal at one of the participating restaurants on the day of our fundraiser--we enjoyed meeting many of you and appreciate you making the time to make this fundraiser a success. We are still tallying the day's proceeds, but will post the event's results here and on our social media as soon as all the funds have been received.
In the meantime, we hope you all will continue to support the restaurants who support Ukraine! Their information is below.
Donation Drive
Thank you for the incredible response to our Donation Drive! We packed and shipped 10 pallets of new and gently used items including backpacks, stretchers, medical supplies, boots, uniforms and more. They were sent by shipping container from Idaho to Ukraine. Check out more details on the event.
Holiday Giving Campaign
We asked and you answered! Our hugely successful 2022/23 #GiveToUkraine holiday giving campaign raised $64,534.81 from 243 supporters! In addition we got monthly pledges from 24 supporters for a total of 1,848/month, and received 134 gifts from 28 individuals.
Benefit Art Auction for Ukraine
Join us for an afternoon of fun to help Ukraine, and take home some excellent original art of more than 20 artists in Boulder/Denver area!
Beer, wine, punch and non-alcoholic beverages will be served as well as light snacks!
Special feature: a special message will be shared, directly from the front lines in Ukraine.
Delicious Silent Auction for Ukraine
The silent auction will include private at-home dining experiences, reservations at flagship restaurants in the Boulder/Denver area, and other unique donations
The silent auction items are donated by Chef Tajahi Cooke and other community partners, including Chefs Daniel Asher, Biju Thomas, and Tracy Rogers.
The silent auction will kick off on Saturday, August 13, at the Brunch and Bloom event by Slow Food Denver.
NIGHT OUT FOR UKRAINE
Dine out and help save lives in Ukraine!
Each of the venues will make a donation to advance the mission of Sunflower Seeds Ukraine initiative of Ukrainians of Colorado.