Since Russia invaded Ukraine There are many companies that raise money to help the country. A small Chicago company, Citizen Brickhas made these Zelensky Lego minifigures.
have sold out in a matter of hours and have raised over $145,000, according to Reuters. its owner, Joe Trupiatells the news agency that what started as a simple fundraising idea quickly turned into something much bigger.
The owner of the small shop tells Reuters that they started receiving phone calls and messages from Ukraine: “As the first batch sold out right away, but to people we knew, our regular customers, we thought we were done. So we started getting phone calls and we saw it repeated on the Ukrainian Instagram page, which was kind of a shock. Suddenly we got a lot of supporters from Ukraine, people were messaging us, it was overwhelming.”
The Zelenskiy figures sold for $100 each, while a Molotov cocktail figure decorated with the Ukrainian flag sold for $20. Trupia says that the funds from the Citizen Brick sales will go to Direct Relief, a charity that claims to have sent more than 30 tons of medical aid to Ukraine.
“We have had many contacts from people from Ukraine, which is surprising that they had the time and mind to contact us and say thank you. It is very humble, we keep it in mind when we try to do something like this,” says the owner. speaking to Reuters.
However the president of ukraine It has also been the inspiration of a young man, who has reconstructed the leader’s face with Rubik’s cubes. He has needed more than 400 cubes.
Source: Lasexta
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