Bethenny Frankel's Humanitarian Efforts For Ukraine Praised By Fans
Bethenny Frankel, former star of The Real Housewives of New York City, is being praised by fans for her humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine. Skinnygirl mogul Bethenny first started providing relief to those affected by natural disasters in Florida and Mexico in 2016. Her efforts became global when she went to Mexico in 2017 after they experienced a deadly earthquake and then soon afterward provided help to victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
What was originally a small group of people helping to bring supplies to the victims of natural disasters became a large-scale organization. Former reality TV star Bethenny founded BStrong in 2016, and through her website bethenny.com, people can donate money that will go towards necessary supplies, gift cards and bank cards to those in need of aid. Bethenny has been praised not just for raising awareness and providing supplies; she is a boots-to-the-ground activist and flies to the countries to physically help victims of disasters.
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In light of the recent breaking news of Russia invading Ukraine, Bethenny informed fans that she would be flying to Kyiv to provide relief. Bethenny tweeted, “BSTRONG UPDATE: Airways closed & 7 hrs. to exit Kiev [sic]. We’ll be in Kiev [sic] Fri to meet Ukraine partners & Poland Mon to set up base camps for refugee supplies. We’re working w green berets & airlifting good-shipping boxes today. This could be the largest humanitarian crisis since WW2.” Bethenny urged fans to donate to BStrong and that 100% of the money will go into the effort. In her most recent tweet, she shared that BStrong’s “initial commitment is to send out 100,000 hygiene and survival kits, and
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