Victor Kubik, pastor of the Lafayette and Terre Haute, Indiana, congregations, and a member of the Council of Elders, was featured in the April 2006 issue of Rotarian magazine. Rotarian goes to 1.3 million Rotarians in 33,000 clubs in more than 100 countries.

The article, "Champion for Chernobyl," highlighted Mr. Kubik's work to help the children affected by the fallout from the nuclear reactor explosion 20 years ago in his native Ukraine. This work led Mr. Kubik to found the LifeNets charity a decade ago.

As the article explains, "With no marketing, Kubik and his growing group of volunteers collected, catalogued and shipped more than 70 tons of medical supplies and equipment worth more than $1 million to the Ukrainian clinic [the Revival Center of Medical Social Rehabilitation of Disabled Children]."

Soon after the article came out, Rotarians began contacting Mr. Kubik. "People from all over the world are contacting me about the story about Chernobyl," he said. The article can be found on Rotary's Web page at www.rotary.org/newsroom/features/0604_tr_chernobyl.html.