Lets visitors see what projects the Kaniv Committee is working on
Located in central Ukraine, our sister city Kaniv has numerous sites of archeological significance, dating from the Paleolithic period to the Kyivan era.
Here are links to a couple of sites at or near Kaniv:
Kniazha Hora – a site with artifacts dating back to at least 980 A.D.
Mezhyrich – Site of mammoth bones and […]
(Editor’s Note – Kaetie Bailie received the following letter from Anatoly Leontyev, President of the Kaniv Friendship Association, our counterpart in Kaniv, Ukraine.)Dear friends,
today is a wonderful day – International Friendship Day! Friendship is a great power.
I congratulate you and thank you for being you!
Also today the money that Kaeti […]
In addition to the sunflower, which is the national flower of Ukraine, the national bird is the common nightingale, while the national plant is the Kalyna (Viburnum opulus) which is a type of shrub that produces flowers and then berries.
Read more here.
Thank You Sonoma! With your help SSCA has provided the following humanitarian aid to Kaniv during the past four years of war.
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, […]
