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  • ARS joins Thai CDC for Mayor CommUNITY day of Svc in Little Armenia

    PRESS RELEASE

    July 9, 2008

    Thai Community Development Center
    6376 Yucca Street, Suite #B
    Los Angeles, CA 90028

    Contact: Chanchanit Martorell (Thai CDC)
    Tel: 323-468-2555
    Contact: Kristine Keshishian (ARS)
    E-Mail: [email protected]


    Armenian Relief Society joins Thai CDC for Mayor's CommUNITY day of
    service in Little Armenia

    Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) hosts a consumer resource
    and health fair to help East Hollywood residents access critical
    programs and services.

    In partnership with the City of Los Angeles Mayor's Office, Royal Thai
    Consulate and the Office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, Thai CDC will
    hold this Consumer Resource and Health Fair in East Hollywood on
    Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the MTA Portal
    Plaza on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue. The
    Armenian Relief Society Hollywood "Mayr" Chapter will be joining the
    Thai CDC and its Hollywood community partners for the event. The fair
    is free to the general public.

    The "Live, Work & Play in East Hollywood" event aims to improve the
    quality of life for East Hollywood residents in terms of creating
    opportunities for improved health, housing, jobs and recreation.
    Through this event, the Thai CDC and its partners, including the ARS,
    hope to make information pertinent to the needs of East Hollywood
    individuals, families and their children for an improved quality of
    life more accessible.

    Residents will have the benefit of learning more about the services
    and programs for themselves and their families including free health
    screenings, information about health care, housing, legal issues,
    utilities, financial well-being, and more.

    Besides providing social services to the community, as part of the
    Mayor's CommUNITY Day of Service this year, this event also aims to
    recruit more members from the community to volunteer at this social
    service event and come together in a unifying spirit of service.

    The East Hollywood community is very diverse, having many recent
    immigrants from several Latin American countries, Armenia, Russia, and
    Thailand. This fair will help these individuals access information
    that will help them to be wise consumers, enjoying good health and
    recreation.

    The fair was made possible by leadership of the Thai CDC and the
    following sponsors: the City of LA Community Redevelopment Agency, the
    East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, and the Thai Health Network. The
    event is also being co-hosted by the development firm that owns the
    site where the fair is being held, McCormack, Baron and Salazar, the
    Armenian National Committee, the local Ralphs supermarket, and the Los
    Feliz Methodist Church. We anticipate the fair will draw
    approximately 800 people from the East Hollywood area.

    The Armenian Relief Society was founded in 1910 and is an independent,
    non-sectarian, non-governmental organization (NGO) serving the
    humanitarian, social, and educational needs of Armenians and the
    communities in which they live. The ARS has affiliate chapters in
    over 20 countries - including chapters throughout the United States -
    and is an NGO on the roster in consultative status with the Economic
    and Social Council of the United Nations. The ARS is a 501(c)3
    charitable, tax-exempt organization.

    The Thai Community Development Center is a non-profit organization
    engaged in improving the quality of life and standard of living for
    economically disadvantaged Thais and other ethnic immigrants and
    minorities through community economic development strategies.
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