EAST BOSTON, Mass. —

A New England group of volunteers with Common Man for Ukraine is headed to the war-torn country for the 14th time to deliver humanitarian aid.

When the group arrived at Logan Airport's Lufthansa counter with 17 bags full of gifts for Ukrainian children, they received a big surprise.

They arrived at the airport ready to check giant bags full of gifts and 6,000 donated knit hats, but when they got to the ticket counter, they didn’t pay a dime.

"That’s $2,800 we saved that we can put toward food and feeding children at the front line," said Susan Mathison, the co-founder of Common Man for Ukraine.

"It’s bittersweet when we see the same kids in the same safe houses and you realize the building blocks of childhood they’ve missed over these four years," Mathison said.

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