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A Jefferson County family let 5 On Your Side know about its proud Ukrainian heritage and a desire to raise money to support Ukraine during the war. Instead of writing a check, the family has turned to an ancient art. As the Russian assault on Ukraine continues Lynn and Scott Lohse can only look on in terror. “The buildings are just so destroyed I don’t know how they’re ever going to rebuild,” said Lynn Lohse. “I don’t know that it will ever again become what it was, but we need to do what we can.” Tapping into Lynn’s Ukrainian heritage the Lohse's settled on an ancient art. “They’re called pysanky is the word,” said Scott Lohse. “Ukrainian Easter eggs.” These ornate decorations are made from a combination of beeswax and dyes. “I generally can do one at one sitting in three to five hours,” said Scott Lohse. “The sort of tense thing about working on the egg as a canvas is you never know for sure how it’s going to receive the dyes.” The design on each egg is typically different, but in this case, Lohse decided to add a Ukrainian touch. “We decided that all of the eggs for this thank you gift are going to have a sunflower on them because it’s the flower of the Ukraine,” said Scott Lohse. A coat of polyurethane protects them from being brittle. “As I’m doing the eggs, I send prayers to the people who are refugees, but I also think about the person who will receive it,” said Scott Lohse. Though these eggs aren’t for sale, a $10 donation to GoFundMe enters each person in a raffle to win one of 10 eggs. Read the full story: https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-world/ukraine/family-using-pysanky-ukrainian-easter-eggs-support-ukraine/63-3f395a44-c8bd-4f30-9147-dc8e8cef431b