Lets visitors see what projects the Kaniv Committee is working on
The Sonoma-Kaniv Sister City Committee is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a Sock Hop/Spaghetti Feed. Tickets are $40/person or $70/couple and can be purchased here:
This event takes place on Saturday/14 February 2026 from 5:30-8:30pm at the Sonoma Valley Women’s Club/574 1st Street East., Sonoma. Enjoy great food and […]
(Editor’s Note: Since 2023, Ukraine now follows the western tradition of celebrating Christmas on December 25th, although some individual churches may still observe the holiday according to the Julian calendar.)
UKRAINIAN HOLIDAY TRADITIONS
In former times, on Christmas Eve the head of a Ukrainian household would go out to the barn to give food to the cattle […]
Kaeti Bailie, chair of the Sonoma-Kaniv Sister City Committee, has shared a letter of thanks from Mayor Renkas. Thanks to community donations, the Committee was able to wire $24,000 to our counterpart in Kaniv for much needed infrastructure repairs of schools and other buildings which have been damaged by Russian missile attacks. In addition to […]
This Giving Tuesday we’re thankful for your generous support of our sister city Kaniv, Ukraine. With your help we were able to ship nineteen large boxes (750 lbs) of warm winter clothing to Kaniv as well as $20,000 in cash to help repair buildings damaged by recent Russian attacks. Thanks to Sonoma Rotary, our volunteers, and […]
Over this past summer, an anonymous donor bestowed a $10,000 donation grant to further the Committee’s work providing medical relief and aid to our sister city Kaniv, in Ukraine. Kaeti Bailie, Committee Chair, received an updated list of needs from Anatoliy Leontyev, the president of the Kaniv/Ukraine Friendship Society, […]
Like Sonoma, our sister city Kaniv held an international film festival from 2016 through 2021. We look forward to the day it returns and perhaps Sonoma and Kaniv can work on a film project together.
For more information about the festival, click here.
For a full list of past winners, click here here.
Earlier this year, Sonoma’s Sister City Kaniv (Ukraine) received a much-needed back-up generator through a grant from USAID worth $1million (US). This outcome was the result of persistent communication and coordination between the Kaniv City Council, Anatoly Leontyev, (President of the Kaniv Friendship Association), and many others, including SSCA Board member Andrew Sorokowski. This project […]
Sonoma artist, athlete, and Sonoma-Kaniv Sister City Committee Chair Kaeti Bailie will be showing a new collection of her photographs and paintings from Thursday, June 5th through Sunday June 8th in Sonoma. You can see her work at the Alley Gallery in La Haye Art Center located at 148 East Napa, just off Sonoma Square. […]
The Sonoma Valley Film Festival will screen the new documentary “Checkpoint Zoo” on Saturday, March 22/10:00am at the Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma.
“In this harrowing and heartrending documentary, a courageous group of zookeepers and animal lovers risk everything to save the animals in a Ukrainian wildlife park from invading Russian troops before it is too late.” […]
