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Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 JULY 2005
UAF's 134th Airlift Delivers
$2.3 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 134th airlift arrived in
Yerevan on July 30, delivering $2.3 million of humanitarian assistance.
The UAF itself collected $1 million of medicines and medical supplies
for this flight, most of which were donated by the Catholic Medical
Mission Board ($383,000); AmeriCares ($244,000), Eli Lilly ($243,000)
and MAP International ($217,000) .
Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were:
Fund for Armenian Relief ($395,000); The Armenian Eyecare Project
($153,000); Tigran Sarkisyan of California ($100,000); Michael
DerBedrossian of Massachusetts ($87,000); Dr. Stephen Kashian of
Illinois ($74,000); Harut Chantikian of New Jersey ($62,000); American
University of Armenia ($54,000) and Armenian General Benevolent Union
($34,000).
Also contributing to this airlift were: Armenian American Cultural
Association ($27,000); Armenian Students Association ($25,000); Dr.
Andranik Ovassapian of Illinois ($25,000) and Accuware Consultants
($20,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $412 million of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 134 airlifts and 1,216
sea containers.
The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian Assembly of America,
the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Armenian Missionary
Association of America, the Armenian Relief Society, the Diocese of
the Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic
Church of America and the Lincy Foundation.
For more information, contact the UAF office at 1101 North Pacific
Avenue, Suite 301, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.
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Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30 JULY 2005
UAF's 134th Airlift Delivers
$2.3 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 134th airlift arrived in
Yerevan on July 30, delivering $2.3 million of humanitarian assistance.
The UAF itself collected $1 million of medicines and medical supplies
for this flight, most of which were donated by the Catholic Medical
Mission Board ($383,000); AmeriCares ($244,000), Eli Lilly ($243,000)
and MAP International ($217,000) .
Other organizations which contributed goods for this airlift were:
Fund for Armenian Relief ($395,000); The Armenian Eyecare Project
($153,000); Tigran Sarkisyan of California ($100,000); Michael
DerBedrossian of Massachusetts ($87,000); Dr. Stephen Kashian of
Illinois ($74,000); Harut Chantikian of New Jersey ($62,000); American
University of Armenia ($54,000) and Armenian General Benevolent Union
($34,000).
Also contributing to this airlift were: Armenian American Cultural
Association ($27,000); Armenian Students Association ($25,000); Dr.
Andranik Ovassapian of Illinois ($25,000) and Accuware Consultants
($20,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $412 million of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 134 airlifts and 1,216
sea containers.
The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian Assembly of America,
the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the Armenian Missionary
Association of America, the Armenian Relief Society, the Diocese of
the Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic
Church of America and the Lincy Foundation.
For more information, contact the UAF office at 1101 North Pacific
Avenue, Suite 301, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.
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