A local restaurateur is making his fourth trip to Ukraine next week to raise awareness and money through food.

Brandon Chrostowski, founder of the EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute, will spend about a week on a humanitarian cooking mission in the cities of Lviv and Stryi.

"No one can ignore the fact that it's been a little difficult there in Ukraine as of late," Chrostowski said. "So no better time than to go there, be of service, and raise your funds."

Chrostowski rallied private investors and community members over the last three weeks to raise $37,000 to host cooking lessons with orphaned children and help support an ongoing children’s hospital renovation.

"This is like unfinished business," Chrostowski said. "We raised about $20,000 last year to begin this children's hospita

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