Mission 823 End of Year Impact Report 2025-2026
End of Year Impact Report · January 2025 to Today
Hope is still growing in Ukraine
What God has done through the Mission 823 family in a time of war, and how one year-end gift can bless you, strengthen our mission and reach Ukraine’s children.
Dear partners,
An impact report usually covers a single year. But in a time of war, the needs, the crises and God’s answers to prayer don’t fit neatly on a calendar. So this report looks back over everything since January 2025.
Every meal, every camp and every cup of clean water you’ll read about here happened because you prayed, gave and went with us. Thank you. At the end, you’ll find a few simple ways to get a head start on your year-end commitment, and an invitation to our live public briefing.
For The King,
Shawn Sullivan
President, Mission 823
At a glance
January 2025 to today
600+
children at 11 healing camps at Camp Willow Park in 2025
1,500
children fed every month in Nikopol, near the front line
60,000
people with clean water from water filtration plants in Oleksandrivka and Dnipro
$80,000
in donated medical supplies carried to a Nikopol hospital and clinic
1,000
family water filters for villages without running water
Hundreds
of children at healing camps in the Carpathian Mountains
Looking back
2025: a year at full capacity
- Camp was full: 11 fully funded camps at Camp Willow Park gave over 600 traumatized children rest, play and the Gospel.
- American teams returned: 3 church teams served as counselors and trauma therapists, the first in three years.
- 2 new shuttle buses tripled our ability to bring children to camp, and Phase 2 renovations were finished.
- Clean water and homes: a water filtration plant built in Oleksandrivka with our partner REUA, 1,000 family water filters, and homes restored for the Yaremchuk family of 17 (5 serving at the front) and the Balabanyk family.
- Front-line care: firefighting gear and medical supplies for first responders, 10 months of support for the Burla family’s 10 adopted children, and new believers baptized at our church plant in Saltivka, Kharkiv.
This year
2026: new doors open
- New teammates: Boni Sordillo, Director of Restorative Development, and Davonte Brunson, Assistant Director, joined Taras and our Ukrainian national team.
- Feeding under fire: 1,500 children a month receive a warm meal in Nikopol, where Pastor Roman and Inna chose to stay for their city.
- August mission: 18 days from Nikopol to the Carpathians, carrying $80,000 in AdventHealth Orlando medical supplies into a war zone.
- Clean water for Dnipro: a second water filtration plant deployed at the Cancer Hospital in the city of Dnipro. Each plant makes 100,000 liters a day for up to 30,000 people.
- Faith House: the Pestrushko family now has 10 children, including four newly adopted teens, one with special needs.
- Camps in the mountains: hundreds of children at Carpathian camps, including 55 with Pastor Ivan Burla and 120 with Skinia Church of Kyiv.
- Building for more: Camp Willow Park upgrades for fire safety, sanitation and handicap access will triple who we can serve.
“The war had wounded their stories. It had not taken away their ability to be children.”
Rick Melero, after the Carpathian camps, August 2026
A girl at camp told us that one day she wants to help foster children in her own community. Pain is beginning to become purpose.
Why this winter matters
The strikes now reach our region too
Attacks are no longer limited to the front line. We are seeing strikes in our own region in western Ukraine as well. That is why we are installing tens of thousands of dollars of solar panels, batteries and inverters, so power stays steady and the work keeps going when the grid goes down.
Winter is the hardest season for the children and families we serve. Year-end gifts arrive exactly when they are needed most.
Your year-end gift
One gift, three ways it matters
For you
Joy that lasts, and real tax benefits
The fulfillment of knowing a child is fed, healed and growing up in a family. New for 2026: even if you don’t itemize, you can deduct up to $1,000 ($2,000 if married) in cash gifts. Gifts of appreciated stock or an IRA distribution (age 70½+) can lower your taxes even more.
For Mission 823
Start 2027 on solid ground
Your gift moves us toward $350,000 in new annual support by December 31, so we can plan 2027 camps, feeding and family care with confidence, and secure our Ukrainian national team for the year ahead.
For Ukraine’s children
Help when it’s needed most
With strikes reaching across Ukraine, your gift helps keep the power on, keeps 1,500 children in Nikopol fed through winter, and helps finish the camp upgrades that will triple who we can serve.
Our 2027 foundation
$350,000
in new annual support by December 31, on top of our faithful base, so we enter 2027 ready to grow.
145+ monthly partners already give steady, reliable support, and some have stood with us for over 20 years. Will you join them?
WHAT YOUR GIFT MAKES POSSIBLE
- A secure team on the ground: our full Ukrainian national team, paid and supported.
- Healing camps: year-round camps for kids, families and widows at Faith House and Camp Willow Park.
- Aid where it’s needed most: feeding centers and humanitarian aid where lives are under threat.
- A mission built to last: steady support that doesn’t depend on news cycles.
Get a head start
Four ways to act before December 31
Choose your year-end commitment
Pick the level God puts on your heart. Every level moves the mission forward.
Give your year-end giftEmail us your commitmentNot ready to give online? The email button opens a short, pre-filled note to Shawn. Just check a box and send.
Pick the smartest way to give
Year-end is when the most strategic gifts happen. Gifts made online or postmarked by December 31 count for 2026.
- Online: mission823.com/donate or PayPal.
- Check: Mission 823 Inc., P.O. Box 120748, Clermont, FL 34712.
- Donor-advised fund: recommend a year-end grant to Mission 823 Inc., EIN 82-5088294.
- IRA gift (age 70½+): ask your IRA custodian to send a qualified charitable distribution to our P.O. Box. It isn’t counted as taxable income and may count toward your required minimum distribution.
- Appreciated stock, real estate or vehicles: stock held over a year may avoid capital gains tax. Call 352-432-8587 or email office@mission823.com first.
Join our live public briefing
See the field, hear from our team and ask your questions. Bring a friend. Date and sign-up details are coming soon at mission823.com.
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Pray for the children and families of Ukraine. Follow us on our website, Facebook and YouTube, and share this report with someone who cares about children in crisis.
Thank you for praying, giving and going with us.
Shawn Sullivan, President, Mission 823
Shawn@mission823.com · Mobile 817-313-3656 · Office 352-432-8587
P.O. Box 120748, Clermont, Florida 34712 · Mission823.com · #iam823
Mission 823 Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 82-5088294. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. The new non-itemizer deduction applies to cash gifts, not donor-advised fund grants. This is general information, not tax or legal advice; please consult your own tax advisor.