Here are some Capital Region efforts and events helping the people of Ukraine. Send related news to tucitydesk@timesunion.com

The city will hold a candlelight vigil outside City Hall, 97 Mohawk St. at 7 p.m. Monday, March 14, organized by the city and Capital Region Ukrainian groups. All are welcome.

Groups participating include St. Peter & St. Paul’s Ukrainian Catholic Church of Cohoes, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church of Watervliet, St. Nicolas Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Troy, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (Capital Region Chapter) and the Ukrainian American Citizen’s Club of Cohoes.

A medical supplies drive for Ukranians will be held Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Niskayuna Town Hall.

At Town Hall, off Nott Street East, people can donate gauze, ace bandages, bandaids, burn cream and antibiotic cream. T-shirts will also be sold for $20 each, with all of the proceeds going to Ukrainian relief. Monetary donations can be made to 518ukranians.com or by check payable to St. Nicholas Ukranian Church.

The items will be shipped to Poland, where truckers are driving the supplies to Lviv in western Ukraine.

Dance Fire Studio & Fitness raised more than $4,000 in one week and donated an additional $1,000 to help a Romanian non-profit buy supplies for Ukrainian refugees.

The dance studio partnered with Rotary Club of Baia Mare, which is helping refugees who cross into Romania from Ukraine. The club will use the money to pay for transportation, food, housing and medicine. The club is also buying supplies that will be sent into Ukraine, including first aid kits, cans of food, thermal blankets, warm clothing, hemostatic bandages and medicine.

The studio announced Saturday that officials had wired the first $5,000 to the Rotary. Donations can still be made online at the studio's website or in-person at the studio, 2341 Nott St E. Suite 104, Niskayuna.

Kathleen grew up in Glenville and now lives in Schenectady. She has covered the Capital Region for various newspapers since 2000, focusing on the interesting people who breathe life into their towns, villages and cities. She is the Times Union's education reporter. You can reach her at Kathleen.Moore@timesunion.com or 518-918-5497.

Kenneth C. Crowe II covers Rensselaer County for the Times Union. He writes about Troy, US Census, northeastern Albany County and whatever else comes up. Screenwriting is a fascination. You can reach him at kcrowe@timesunion.com.