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BELMONT SENIORS MAKE QUILTS FOR ARMENIAN KINDERGARTEN
by Sarah Thomas
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/belmont/2011/05/belmont_seniors_make_quilts_fo.html
May 24, 2011 04:22 PM
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Students play outside at the Mary Boyajian Parechanian Kindergarten
in Hnaberd, a small village in the Ararat valley in the Republic of
Armenia. This summer, the kindergarten will receive a donation of
quilts completed by Belmont senior quilters at the Beech Street Center.
A group of Belmont seniors who gather to make quilts at the Beech
Street Center will donate their works to a needy kindergarten in the
Republic of Armenia, according to a local philanthropist.
"The women have been making quilts for a long time and decided they
wanted to do something for a charitable organization," said Richard
Boyajian, who runs the Nish Boyajian Memorial Foundation. Boyajian
was invited to speak at a recent meeting of the quilting group and
inspired them to donate their quilts to the school.
Boyajian's orgainization has been raising money for the Mary Boyajian
Parechanian Kindergarten in Hnaberd, a small village in the Ararat
valley in the Republic of Armenia. The school is named after Boyajian's
mother. It doubles as a community center and is the first kindergarten
the village has ever had.
"Slowly but surely we are bringing the building up to repair. We've
installed running water," Boyajian said. "The students stay there
all day, eat meals and take naps, so they need cots, and a stove and
refrigerator and cabinets, as well as the quilts to keep warm."
Boyajian said the seniors had completed two or three quilts already
and hoped to make more. Boyajian's organization is supplying quilting
materials and will take the finished quilts with them when they travel
to Hnaberd on July 20.
Boyajian said that he and his group had already raised around $25,000
for the Hnaberd kindergarten over a period of three years.
"This Sunday we will have a bike-a-thon on the Minuteman Trail
from Alewife to Bedford to raise more money for the kindergarten,"
Boyajian said. "At 1 p.m., there will be a traditional Armenian style
barbecue with live music at 87 Appleton Street in Quincy, where the
quilts will be displayed."
Boyajian said he was touched by the selflessness of the Belmont
quilting group.
"They wanted to do an act of kindness," he said.
Sarah Thomas can be reached at [email protected].
by Sarah Thomas
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/belmont/2011/05/belmont_seniors_make_quilts_fo.html
May 24, 2011 04:22 PM
Sending your articleYour article has been sent.
Students play outside at the Mary Boyajian Parechanian Kindergarten
in Hnaberd, a small village in the Ararat valley in the Republic of
Armenia. This summer, the kindergarten will receive a donation of
quilts completed by Belmont senior quilters at the Beech Street Center.
A group of Belmont seniors who gather to make quilts at the Beech
Street Center will donate their works to a needy kindergarten in the
Republic of Armenia, according to a local philanthropist.
"The women have been making quilts for a long time and decided they
wanted to do something for a charitable organization," said Richard
Boyajian, who runs the Nish Boyajian Memorial Foundation. Boyajian
was invited to speak at a recent meeting of the quilting group and
inspired them to donate their quilts to the school.
Boyajian's orgainization has been raising money for the Mary Boyajian
Parechanian Kindergarten in Hnaberd, a small village in the Ararat
valley in the Republic of Armenia. The school is named after Boyajian's
mother. It doubles as a community center and is the first kindergarten
the village has ever had.
"Slowly but surely we are bringing the building up to repair. We've
installed running water," Boyajian said. "The students stay there
all day, eat meals and take naps, so they need cots, and a stove and
refrigerator and cabinets, as well as the quilts to keep warm."
Boyajian said the seniors had completed two or three quilts already
and hoped to make more. Boyajian's organization is supplying quilting
materials and will take the finished quilts with them when they travel
to Hnaberd on July 20.
Boyajian said that he and his group had already raised around $25,000
for the Hnaberd kindergarten over a period of three years.
"This Sunday we will have a bike-a-thon on the Minuteman Trail
from Alewife to Bedford to raise more money for the kindergarten,"
Boyajian said. "At 1 p.m., there will be a traditional Armenian style
barbecue with live music at 87 Appleton Street in Quincy, where the
quilts will be displayed."
Boyajian said he was touched by the selflessness of the Belmont
quilting group.
"They wanted to do an act of kindness," he said.
Sarah Thomas can be reached at [email protected].