FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Fargo man is calling on locals to help sponsor Ukrainians trying to leave their war-torn country. Michael Southam says, since 2014, there have been around eight million Ukrainians displaced. Southam says he was inspired by his friend in Pelican Rapids who knew of a family that was evacuating the country in the 2014 invasion….
KYIV, UKRAINE (KVRR) — In the next few weeks, Mark J. Lindquist will be launching a podcast series called “Everything Ukraine”, where he’ll interview locals and international leaders about how they have been dealing with the ongoing war. The Moorhead Air Force veteran is also getting ready to host a TEDx Talk at the University of North Carolina later this…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Air Force veteran Mark J. Lindquist has 10 months work of donations ready to head to Ukraine. It includes $3.3 million in medical supplies given by Hero, Sanford Health and Essentia Health and a couple million dollars worth of winter coats. The issue is getting all the supplies to Minneapolis to be shipped to New Jersey…
NEW YORK (KVRR) — “Operation Sleep Out” has moved from frigid Fargo to the bright lights of New York City. Local veteran and activist Mark J. Lindquist is on a mission to raise awareness and funds for supplies for the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia. After sleeping outside in a tent in the FM metro for the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An Air Force veteran is sleeping outside for sixteen nights to raise funds for Ukrainians in combat. The cold weather is not keeping Mark J. Lindquist from launching his latest campaign to help support Ukrainians fighting for freedom. The campaign started at Broadway Square on Friday afternoon and runs through New Year’s. A few of the…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – An Air Force veteran is sleeping in Downtown Fargo for 17 nights to support Ukrainians fighting for their freedom. “This is what our community is doing for the people of Ukraine 6,000 miles away. There are many opportunities for Americans to serve, so Operation Sleep out is our way of shouting it from the rooftops,” Mark…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Mark J. Lindquist says he and his team of vets were in Ukraine for about six months and people there still need tourniquets, burn bandages and first aid kits. He met one woman around 80-years-old about 10 miles away from the Russian border where a rocket landed across the street, destroying much of her home. It…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Moorhead Air Force veteran Mark J. Lindquist announces charity concerts in Fargo and Ukraine to raise money for war relief efforts. He has scheduled The Mark J. Lindquist Big Band Charity Benefit Concert series for July 8 in Fargo, but hasn’t booked a venue yet. Lindquist is also holding a show in Kharkiv, Ukraine and wants…
Mark J. Lindquist (left) helps load supplies for Ukrainian refugees in PolandWARSAW, POLAND (KVRR) – An Air Force veteran from Moorhead, Minn. who suspended his congressional campaign to do humanitarian work in Ukraine has a message for Americans back home. Mark J. Lindquist has been helping Ukrainian refugees pouring into Poland to escape the war. Lindquist says the Ukrainians, often…
POLAND (KVRR) – A Moorhead, Minn. man says he was one of five people who helped escort a Ukrainian mother and daughter into Poland after the girl had been hospitalized for critical gunshot injuries while they fled Mariupol last month. Mark J. Lindquist said on social media “it was simply chance” that he was able to help Elena Uralova and…
