Scott's on a well-deserved vacation this week. I, Robin, am filling in. I'm sorry I don't have his flair.

A quick note from our president

UFL has been inundated with urgent requests, the majority of which are for powerbanks and generators. Thanks to the continuous russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, electricity supply across the entire country is down to 3 hours per 24 hours in multiple regions. As difficult as that is for Ukrainian civilians, it is even more troubling for the soldiers on the front. Add to that a colder winter than any over the past few years and you have a power grid that is barely functioning.

Does any of the foregoing sound familiar? It's because it's identical to the last triple raffle we did. The need for power still hasn't abated; if anything, it's increased. We're awash in requests for power stations and generators, along with Starlinks. So this week we bring you another triple raffle, in hopes of getting as many to the front as we can!

Updates

You sent $27K in tacmed, OTC cold meds, and lightweight, high-calorie, high-protein, and—importantly!—tasty drone droppable food this week. I don't have a lot of good pictures because I'm nursing a shoulder injury and needed to focus on the packing instead of the photos, but here's my cat winking at you from atop the heap that you sent.

Arcaist here. Its one of THOSE days for Robin, so....its my turn now.

(Thank you, Arcaist!--Robin)

Here´s what we sent last week:

A generator, a LOT of powerstations, starlinks, winter socks, food, tacmed etc. etc.

The 21st Mechanized Brigade received a generator and 2 of the Fossibots of last week's shipment

143rd Mechanized Brigade also received a Fossibot (Mind the tactical crocs!)

This week:

$2 TACO Tuesday

Let's hope that TACO continues again this week...

We begin this week's Extra Extra Large raffle with an envelope honoring the unsung heroes of Ukraine’s energy companies and emergency responders, who work themselves to the point of collapse--sometimes even death--to restore electricity and heating for the civilian population after the russian bombardments.

In addition, there is a patch from our friends in the 43rd Mechanized Brigade, a Ukrainian flag patch, and a pair of earrings shaped like the Tryzub. Finally, there is a crocheted heart in Ukraine’s national colors, as well as a bracelet of the kind often worn by soldiers

$5 Special Purpose Unit "Typhoon"

This week's $5 ticket focuses on the Special Purpose Unit "Typhoon".
For this raffle, we received from them a signed battle flag, their unit's sleeve patch, and a calendar featuring those brave men and women!

$10 17th Special Purpose Center

We´re supporting this SOF Unit for more than a year now, and they currently need several powerstations.

In return for our (your!) support, we received a signed battle flag, a really beautiful challenge coin, a drinking bottle featuring the unit's coat of arms, writing utensils, a motivational patch and...a russian patch they took as a trophy.

In closing:

Well...this is a hard one. Neither Robin, nor me feel up to the task of filling the cap that Scott left here for the moment.
As far as it concerns me, I am too tied up in things right now, to just catch the breath and think of something which just closely resembles Scott's heartfelt words.

So I will keep it simple, but rest assured, it coes from the depth of my grumpy heart: thank you for your support. Your kind donations make a huge difference and have saved more lives already, than we will ever be able to count.

Thank you!

Arcaist

Don't forget:

UFL has amazing art here if you haven't seen it yet!

And please note that although the event description mentions a livestream, there will be none. And while we do deeply appreciate those of you who choose to donate as well as buying raffle tickets, we want to make it clear that donations are not required to enter the raffle.

17 February Triple Raffle

Everybody everywhere needs power all the time