Customers line up to show support for Ukrainian-owned bakery in D.C.

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Two sisters have found a way to help their homeland of Ukraine, all the way from Washington, D.C.

Vira Derun and Anastasiia Derun own D Light Cafe & Bakery in the Adams Morgan neighborhood. Their parents and grandmother live near Kyiv, and the sisters are accepting donations at their bakery that directly assist families in Ukraine. Customers have been standing in long lines so they can make purchases and donations, and in the first week, the bakery raised $7,000.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.