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(Des Moines, IA) -- Foreign exchange student from Poland Kacper Malinowski is organizing a fundraiser in Des Moines for Ukrainian refugees. The fundraiser will take place at Hoover High School for two days. There is a three-on-three basketball tournament scheduled for Friday and a concert scheduled for Saturday. There will also be a forum with Ukrainian students in the Des Moines Public Schools system. Over two million refugees from Ukraine have traveled to Malinowski's native Poland in the past two months. Governor Reynolds announced earlier this week Iowa is ready to take in refugees from Ukraine. All of the money raised within the two-day fundraiser will go to the United Nations Association of Poland, which will then distribute the proceeds to people from Ukraine who crossed the western border.
Partner WHO-13 reports the details
The schedule of events, which all take place at Hoover High School, is below:
- 3-on-3 basketball tournament between Des Moines Public Schools students, Friday at 4 p.m. ($15 to register teams, $2 admission)
- Game between Hoover’s boys’ and girls’ varsity basketball teams: Friday at 7 p.m.
- Free screening of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’: Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
- Poetry performances: Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ($4 admission)
- Concert featuring Hoover’s Honors Orchestra: Saturday at 4 p.m. ($5 admission)
- Free Q&A panel with Ukrainian students in Iowa: Saturday at 5:30 p.m.