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Cafesjian Family Foundation
15 South 5th Street, 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
USA Contact: Mr. John Waters
612-359-8991
[email protected]
Armenia Contact: Ms. Madlene Minassian
[email protected]
Minneapolis, MN
August 8, 2006
Hope For The City Sends Three Large Containers of Medical Aid to Armenia
"Arabkir" United Children's Charity Foundation Is the Recipient of
Hope ForThe City's Aid Shipment
Minneapolis, MN and Yerevan, Armenia - Hope For The City, working in
close collaboration with the United Armenian Fund and the Cafesjian
Family Foundation, delivered three, forty-foot containers of medical
equipment and supplies valued at $468,000 USD to the "Arabkir" United
Children's Charity Foundation in Yerevan, Armenia. The shipment
arrived on August 2, 2006. Transportation expenses were covered by the
United Armenian Fund.
The shipment of medical equipment and supplies, including examination
tables, wheelchairs and rehabilitation equipment, will be distributed
to childrenhospitals in both Yerevan and the regions of Armenia, where
the need for such items is very acute. The founders of Hope For The
City first met with Dr.Ara Babloyan, Executive Director of "Arabkir"
United Children's Charity Foundation in April of 2005. Dr. Babloyan
did a needs assessment and compiled alist of much needed medical
items. Hope For The City then quickly collectedand shipped much of the
needed medical equipment and supplies, thus fulfilling a vital need of
Armenia's major children's hospitals.
"Considering the dire need of our hospitals, this aid will certainly
play abig role in the improvement of provided services in the health
care sector;the received rehabilitation equipment is of vital
importance as well," stated Dr. Babloyan. "We are very grateful to
Hope For The City for this generous donation. We thank the United
Armenian Fund and The Cafesjian Family Foundation for their support."
Dennis and Megan Doyle, founders of Hope For the City and Board
Members of the Cafesjian Family Foundation, first visited Armenia in
April of 2005. Since this initial visit, Hope For The City has shipped
over one million dollars of aid from the United States to
Armenia. Hope For The City, working closely with the Cafesjian Family
Foundation, provides supplies and other medical-technical assistance
to selected organizations in Armenia.
Hope for the City is a privately funded, 501(c) 3 relief organization
that was established by Dennis and Megan Doyle in 2000 to fight
poverty, hunger and disease by utilizing corporate surplus. The
US/Minnesota-based, non-profit organization collects overstock
products from top retailers, medical companies, and food distributors
nationwide and donates the items to people in need locally, across the
country and around the world. Since its inception, Hope for the City
has donated approximately $300 million USD in wholesale value of
goods.
The United Armenian Fund is a collective effort of the Armenian
Assembly ofAmerica, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the
Armenian Relief Society, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of
America, the Prelacy of the ArmenianApostolic Church of America, and
the Lincy Foundation. Since its inception in 1989, the United Armenian
Fund has sent over $421 million USD of humanitarian assistance to
Armenia on board 136 airlifts and 1,255 sea containers.
The Cafesjian Family Foundation, Inc., was established in 1996 by
Gerard L.Cafesjian. The US based, non-profit organization supports a
variety of Armenian causes in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the United
States. A primary focus of the Cafesjian Family Foundation is the
security of independent Armenia and the further development of a free,
democratic society through economicdevelopment and the strengthening
of the US/Armenia relationship.
Cafesjian Family Foundation
15 South 5th Street, 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
USA Contact: Mr. John Waters
612-359-8991
[email protected]
Armenia Contact: Ms. Madlene Minassian
[email protected]
Minneapolis, MN
August 8, 2006
Hope For The City Sends Three Large Containers of Medical Aid to Armenia
"Arabkir" United Children's Charity Foundation Is the Recipient of
Hope ForThe City's Aid Shipment
Minneapolis, MN and Yerevan, Armenia - Hope For The City, working in
close collaboration with the United Armenian Fund and the Cafesjian
Family Foundation, delivered three, forty-foot containers of medical
equipment and supplies valued at $468,000 USD to the "Arabkir" United
Children's Charity Foundation in Yerevan, Armenia. The shipment
arrived on August 2, 2006. Transportation expenses were covered by the
United Armenian Fund.
The shipment of medical equipment and supplies, including examination
tables, wheelchairs and rehabilitation equipment, will be distributed
to childrenhospitals in both Yerevan and the regions of Armenia, where
the need for such items is very acute. The founders of Hope For The
City first met with Dr.Ara Babloyan, Executive Director of "Arabkir"
United Children's Charity Foundation in April of 2005. Dr. Babloyan
did a needs assessment and compiled alist of much needed medical
items. Hope For The City then quickly collectedand shipped much of the
needed medical equipment and supplies, thus fulfilling a vital need of
Armenia's major children's hospitals.
"Considering the dire need of our hospitals, this aid will certainly
play abig role in the improvement of provided services in the health
care sector;the received rehabilitation equipment is of vital
importance as well," stated Dr. Babloyan. "We are very grateful to
Hope For The City for this generous donation. We thank the United
Armenian Fund and The Cafesjian Family Foundation for their support."
Dennis and Megan Doyle, founders of Hope For the City and Board
Members of the Cafesjian Family Foundation, first visited Armenia in
April of 2005. Since this initial visit, Hope For The City has shipped
over one million dollars of aid from the United States to
Armenia. Hope For The City, working closely with the Cafesjian Family
Foundation, provides supplies and other medical-technical assistance
to selected organizations in Armenia.
Hope for the City is a privately funded, 501(c) 3 relief organization
that was established by Dennis and Megan Doyle in 2000 to fight
poverty, hunger and disease by utilizing corporate surplus. The
US/Minnesota-based, non-profit organization collects overstock
products from top retailers, medical companies, and food distributors
nationwide and donates the items to people in need locally, across the
country and around the world. Since its inception, Hope for the City
has donated approximately $300 million USD in wholesale value of
goods.
The United Armenian Fund is a collective effort of the Armenian
Assembly ofAmerica, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the
Armenian Relief Society, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of
America, the Prelacy of the ArmenianApostolic Church of America, and
the Lincy Foundation. Since its inception in 1989, the United Armenian
Fund has sent over $421 million USD of humanitarian assistance to
Armenia on board 136 airlifts and 1,255 sea containers.
The Cafesjian Family Foundation, Inc., was established in 1996 by
Gerard L.Cafesjian. The US based, non-profit organization supports a
variety of Armenian causes in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the United
States. A primary focus of the Cafesjian Family Foundation is the
security of independent Armenia and the further development of a free,
democratic society through economicdevelopment and the strengthening
of the US/Armenia relationship.