Latest news and projects
August 14, 2018
Kids for kids - Camp Gracanica
Every summer, the Serbian Orthodox Midwest Diocese organizes a children’s summer camp at Nova Gracanica, the Holy Mother of God Monastery in Grays Lake, Illinois near Chicago. This year Serbs for Serbs had the privilege and honor to take part in the summer camp’s humanitarian program where they teach the children about giving back to their community through charitable work.
May 25, 2018
Palacinka Party - Bigger and Better Than Ever!
Sunday, May 13th, Serbs for Serbs Canada hosted its 5th annual Palacinka Party. The Serbian Centre in Mississauga was once again the venue for this fundraiser, where almost 300 people came to sample the 1,400 prepared palacinke. Within an hour and a half, all the palacinke were gone and $8,105.45 were raised for the Lujanov family from Dobrica Village, Alibunar, Serbia.
April 18, 2018
First Trojka Iz Bloka in Las Vegas
As the world wide sensation Trojka iz Bloka sweeps across Europe, it is also taking hold here in the United States. This year, for the first time since Trojka iz Bloka started in the US, our Charity Three Point shooting tournament was held in fabulous Las Vegas! Joining Chicago and New York as host cities, the desert venue in March proved to be a perfect combination for a great turnout.
November 15, 2017
SFS Canada Hosts the Final Trojka iz Bloka of the Season 2017
The University of Toronto Mississauga campus was the place to be on Sunday, November 12th. Over 500 people, including 166 competitors, filled the gymnasium of the Athletics Building. After the great response from the first Trojka iz Bloka fundraiser held in Burlington this past April, word was out that this was an event not to be missed!
November 04, 2017
Folklore Group Soko from Chicago for SfS
The Soko folklore festival is a celebration of these children’s desire to keep Serbian tradition, heritage and customs alive in the US. In hosting this event, the money raised is used for maintenance of their traditional folklore costumes and growth of the folklore group.
October 27, 2017
Serbs from Calgary with big heart
On Saturday, October 21, in Calgary’s St. Simeon church hall, longtime Serbs for Serbs donors - Serbosi Calgary, along with the Tesla Society of Calgary, organized a humanitarian fundraiser for our charity. This event also received great support from the St. Simeon Church School Congregation.
October 25, 2017
Windsor’s Gracanica Community Keeps on Giving!
This is not the first time Serbs for Serbs have thanked their friends from Windsor's Gracanica church community. And knowing how motivated they are to help needy Serbian families in the Balkans, we are sure it will not be the last!
October 08, 2017
Chicago rickshaw drivers
As the summer season in Chicago winds down and cold weather starts to roll in, Chicago’s Serbian rickshaw drivers community decided to reflect on this past season. In doing so, they decided to try and make a change for the better. The group of young Serbian men decided to pool together some of their hard earned wages and make a donation to help Serbian children in Kosovo.
September 21, 2017
SFS at the Serb Fest in Brookfield
For the third year in a row, the Chicago Branch of Serbs for Serbs participated in the Annual Serb Fest festival organized by the St Nikola Serbian Orthodox Church of Brookfield, Illinois.
August 20, 2017
New Chicago charty palacinka party
Last Thursday, August 18th, 2017 newest member of Charity organization Serbs for Serbs USA, Teodora Ljuboja, warmly hosted her first palacinka party in the Chicagoland area. Guests enjoyed palačinke and food, along with relaxing Serbian music, while the young adults were informed in detail about the organization and watched heartbreaking SFS videos.
August 18, 2017
SfS at Annual SerbFest in Chicago
For the second year in a row, the Chicago Branch of Serbs for Serbs participated in the Annual Serb Fest festival organized by the Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church of Chicago which has been hosting this festival since 1991. It is hard to say if it was the good weather, or just magic in the air, but this festival was the best attended in decades. All three days of the festival were packed with jubilant visitors.
July 03, 2017
72nd annual Serbian Day Picnic in Niagara Falls
What has become obvious to us in the last year, is that more and more people have heard about SZS.
June 27, 2017
Diocesan Day in Milton
On Sunday, June 11th, Serbs for Serbs Canada took part in the Diocesan Day celebrations at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Milton, Ontario. Our members arrived in the morning to attend holy liturgy which was fficiated by three bishops and many priests from across southern Ontario. Around 4,000 of Orthodox faithful took part in this day of celebration. Following holy liturgy, SFS Canada set up a booth to help promote the work of our charity. We had the opportunity to meet up with some of our previous donors and to also connect with new donors who generously dropped money into our donation box. Our Trojka iz Bloka and Nema Predaje t-shirts were available for sale.
