Former Town physio Dave Bingham has set up a regular collection of items to be sent to Ukraine.
Bingham worked at Portman Road from 1987 until 1995 and became close to Ukrainian defender Sergei Baltacha after he joined the Blues from Dynamo Kyiv in 1988.
As part of the deal which saw Baltacha join Town, the Blues made a trip to the Soviet Union to play pre-season friendlies in the summer of 1989 a game against a Dynamo XI among the fixtures.
"I had a real affinity with Sergei and his family, he had a few injuries which brought us closer together,” Bingham told the Mark Murphy show on BBC Radio Suffolk (from 1hr, 11mins, 52 secs).
"And when we went over there, we all as a team had a good look around, but Sergei took me and a couple of others to his house where he lived and we had a proper look at the conditions he’d been in previously.
"We just felt like it was a nice place and when I saw some of the shots on TV of those buildings, they looked exactly like the ones that Sergei was living in, so I just thought we need to do something.
"I got a note from some friends saying that they’ve got some space in their vehicle to take some stuff to London if anyone’s got anything.
"I put a little note out on Facebook, and I’m not a big social media user, and I thought I’ve got a bit of space in the back of the Land Rover, I can throw a few bits in there.
"And I’m just staggered by the response, within about five minutes I realised there’s no way the Land Rover’s going to be big enough.
"The return that people have come back with is just phenomenal, so I’ve now got a horse box full of stuff which we’ve got to take to a central distribution place.
"People are saying, ‘I haven’t got enough time to get this, can you do this again?’, so we’re now doing a regular Monday night slot at Otley Village Hall between 5pm and 7pm, just collecting things that people want to donate.”
The items needed in Ukraine include foil survival blankets, nappies, sanitary towels, first aid kits, sleeping bags, metal cups, thermal clothing, shampoo, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, bandages, children’s clothes, small toys and crayons.