UAYCEF NEWS
- UAYCEF (1) awards $1000 grant towards search for the longest cave in the World in Western Ukraine, (2) subsidizes trip to Ukraine for friends and relatives of Priest's Grotto Survivors, (3) UAYCEF awards Luis Espinasa a Scientific Achievement Award for his research,(4)a new book has been released about one of Chris Nicola's Ukraine projects, (5)Start up of a new Caving Meetup.com Group, and (6)starts up a new genocide awareness program with the assistance of those featured in his book. For details,
see the "News"
page.
The Secret of Priest's Grotto is one of the most gripping survival
stories in history. First unearthed by caver Chris Nicola in 2002, this
inspiring tale chronicles the survival of four Jewish families from the
western Ukraine, who escaped death at the hands of the Nazis by taking
refuge in what is now the 9th longest cave in the world. After
discovering the survivors in New York and Canada, Nicola teamed up with
writer and photographer Peter Lane Taylor who together journeyed back to
the Ukraine to explore the Jews' underground refuge first-hand. "The
Secrets of Priest's Grotto", a Change Agent Ventures property, is the
story of their remarkable discoveries.
Order your copy of "The Secret of Priest's Grotto" today. To listen to a National Public Radio podcast Click Here
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In 1993 UAYCEF member Chris
Nicola stumbled on some rock
walls, burnt wood, and other
signs of human habitation while
exploring western Ukraine's
Priest's Grotto cave. In the June
/ July issue of National
Geographic Adventure magazine,
the story behind Chris's
discovery - one of courage and
loyalty through the horrors of
the Holocaust - comes to life. Click Here
to read an excerpt of the story
and an exclusive Q&A with
Chris on their website.
Contact Chris Nicola to schedule a Priest's Grotto
slide show presentation for your club, school, library, synagogue and/or community center.
Contact Chris Nicola to order a copy of "The Hell Above; Salvation Below", his personal account of his decade long search and struggle to bring the Priest Grotto story to the world.
Click here to order limited autographed editions of the above books
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WWW.PRIESTGROTTO.COM For Info on the Project, Book, Movie & Documentary
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In collaboration with the Internet destination, Changents
, Peter Lane
Taylor is bringing Chris Nicola’s extraordinary story to viewers,
readers, and people worldwide. Currently, Changents and its partners
are developing a documentary and motion picture film based on the
landmark discoveries in Priest's Grotto. Learn more about this work
by contacting Deron Triff at deron@changents.com
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Priest's Grotto Pictures
Presentations and Media coverage
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The UAYCEF is a nonprofit incorporated
organization with NSS Project status,
dedicated along with its principle sponsor
Western Urkaine's Ternoplo-Podilskyi Caving
Club (aka Ternopil Speleo Club "Podilya"),
to the exchange of caving related information
between the U.S. and Ukraine through the
mechanism of student exchange programs,
funded through donations
from the Caving Community at large.
Since this page is being updated on a fairly
regular basis, we invite you to come back
often in order to keep up to date with all
developments.
Regards from from the Executive and Advisory
Board of the Ukrainian American Youth Caver
Exchange Foundation:
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All
images ?UAYCEF, unless otherwise
noted. All rights reserved, no form
of reproduction, including copying
or saving of digital files, or the
alteration or manipulation of said
images, is authorized unless
accompanied by a written sales
advice issued by Chris Nicola. For
information regarding commercial,
editorial or personal uses, please
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