Upcoming Events

Ukrainian Easter Market 2025
Join us for a beautiful celebration of Ukrainian culture at our Ukrainian Easter Market!
Ukrainian Easter is a time of renewal, tradition, and joy! Families gather to prepare delicious festive dishes, and celebrate with music and community. Come experience these beautiful traditions and bring a piece of Ukraine into your home!
Support local artisans, enjoy traditional flavors, and celebrate our rich heritage together!

Musical Vanguards at the Dairy presents: YAGÓDY
With primal percussion, hypnotic vocal harmonies and immersive ethno-drama performances, Ukrainian folk group YAGÓDY brings their mesmerizing sound to North America for the first time this spring.
The four women of YAGÓDY are on a mission to preserve their culture by both reviving and reinterpreting folk songs while donning traditional clothing and costumes like the ornately embroidered Vyshyvanka. Sometimes heartbreaking and often rebellious, YAGÓDY’s music is a testament to the land, and spirit of the people of Ukraine. They poetically describe their concerts as, “the songs of wild tribes. This is the voice of your ancestors. This is live energy. It is a dance with voices. This is how our nature smells. This is how our blood sounds.”

Kobzar Performance by Jurij Fedynskyj
Donation-based event co-presented by Sunflower Seeds Ukraine

What's Next for Ukraine – presentation and Q&A
Speaker: Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, CU Boulder
Lafayette Library
Free and Open to the Public

Solar Chargers Event: Boulder
Join us to convert solar panels into USB solar chargers. These panels will be shipped to Ukraine and distributed to help fill critical energy infrastructure needs. We will convert and decorate panels to let the people of Ukraine know they have our support!
Learn more about the project here and let us know if you’d like to host your own solar panel conversion event in the future.

Justice for Ukraine: Denver Rally
After this past week's concerning events, join us at the rally this Sunday hosted by Ukrainians of Colorado to say: We stand with Ukraіne! We demand action!
While Ukraіne continues to defend democracy, the hesitation and lack of urgency from the U.S. government are unacceptable. No justice, no peace. The world cannot afford to turn its back on Ukraіne. Our voices matter. Our presence matters.
· Wear yellow & blue
· Bring Ukraіnian flags
· Invite your community
Let’s stand together and show Ukraіne that we will not abandon them. Peace after Justice!
Please let us know below if you are planning to attend:

Beer and Solar
We hope you’ll join us today for a special evening at Crystal Springs Brewing Company on Monday, March 5th 5 - 7 pm, as we gather to reflect on the recent developments, and show our support for Ukraine.
You will be able to meet our team members and learn more about the work we are doing in Ukraine to strengthen the resolve of Ukrainian Defenders in these uncertain times.
The event will include a unique opportunity to decorate solar panels in support of Ukraine, a fun and creative way to raise awareness for the cause close to our hearts.
Come enjoy a beer or a nonalcoholic beverage, connect with other supporters, contribute to a meaningful cause, relief your stress by doing it!
We look forward to seeing you there!

Stand With Ukraine Rally: Three Years of War Against Ukraine
Stand in solidarity with Ukraine at the Rally for Ukraine hosted by Ukrainians of Colorado.
As the crisis in Ukraine continues to unfold, it is more important than ever that we stand together to raise awareness about the ongoing conflict and its devastating impact on millions of lives.

Solar Chargers Event: Boulder
Join us to convert solar panels into solar chargers, help fill critical energy gaps in Ukraine.

Solar Chargers Event: Highlands Ranch
Join us to convert solar panels into solar chargers, help fill critical energy gaps in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Christmas Fair 2024
Our fair will feature a variety of Ukrainian food, desserts, activities for kids, souvenirs, art and crafts sales. We will also have some classes available, and more information on that is to come!For now, mark your calendars. We will post about vendors needed soon, so keep an eye out! We are looking forward to another wonderful event with our community
Join us on learning how to make Mulled Wine, or Glintwine! Tanya Nikolaenko will be leading a class in how to do so. Mulled wine became popular in Europe and was known as "spiced wine" or "hippocras". The spices used included cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg. The class will be $25, seats limited.

Porcelain War Screening
Join us for a screening of the Porcelain War documentary plus a Q&A session with two of the main characters, Slava and Anya.
Note: An additional show time starting 6:45pm has been added this day, to accommodate the high demand for the 7:!5pm show. Other show times are available through the week from Friday 12/6 to Wednesday 12/11
”Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture their idyllic past, uncertain present, and hope for the future.”

Porcelain War Screening
Join us for a screening of the Porcelain War documentary plus a Q&A session with two of the main characters, Slava and Anya after the 7:15pm show.
Note: An additional show time starting 6:45pm has been added this day, to accommodate the high demand for the 7:!5pm show. Other show times are available through the week from Friday 12/6 to Wednesday 12/11
”Amidst the chaos and destruction of the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, three artists defiantly find inspiration and beauty as they defend their culture and their country. In a war waged by professional soldiers against ordinary civilians, Slava Leontyev, Anya Stasenko, and Andrey Stefanov choose to stay behind, armed with their art, their cameras, and, for the first time in their lives, their guns. Despite daily shelling, Anya finds resistance and purpose in her art, Andrey takes the dangerous journey to get his young family to safety abroad, and Slava becomes a weapons instructor for ordinary people who have become unlikely soldiers. As the war intensifies, Andrey picks up his camera to film their story, and on tiny porcelain figurines, Anya and Slava capture their idyllic past, uncertain present, and hope for the future.”

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.