Perrysburg Township resident Alona Matchenko Smith and Toledoan Tetyana Fedorova-McGowan are rallying local residents to send much needed aid to their beloved Ukraine.

Both women were born and raised in the country now under siege by Russia and still have family there.

“Since the war started, it’s been impossible to sit still,” said Mrs. Smith, from Kyiv. “My life is no longer the same.”

“Every day, …