 The Common Man hospitality company will match up to $1 million in donations to the United Way for the Common Man Ukraine Relief Fund to support Ukrainian refugee assistance in countries surrounding Ukraine — including Poland, where Common Man founder Alex Ray is identifying needs and service providers and assisting Rotary Club International’s efforts to help. He launched the fund in early May during a benefit he hosted to honor Lech Walesa, the former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Ray left May 15 with other Plymouth Rotary Club members to meet with the club’s Polish and Ukraine representatives in Warsaw and Lviv. Common Man owner Alex Ray and former Polish president Lech Walesa shown at a May 7 gathering held at The Common Man’s Barn on the Pemi event center in Plymouth. The Common Man has been part of a New Hampshirebased effort to bring relief to the region and recently offered its restaurants as collection sites for donations of critical supplies, which netted vans full of medical supplies, diapers, toiletries and more, said Erica Murphy, the company’s communications director. Now the Common Man chain of stores and eateries has partnered with Granite United Way as fiscal agent to provide a convenient way for people to donate to the relief efforts. Contributions to the Common Man Relief Fund can be made online at graniteuw.org or by texting CMAN4UKRAINE to 41444. See also
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