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ANCA Endowment Fund
1711 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel (202) 775-0279
Fax (202) 775-5648
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
February 2, 2012
Contact: Armen Carapetian
Tel: (415) 938-6368
ANCA TELETHON 2012 TO SHOWCASE ARMENIAN PRIDE, POWER, AND PROGRESS
-- Volunteers, Supporters, and Media Gather for Kick-off Reception and
Press Conference in Support of National Grassroots Campaign
WASHINGTON, DC=97Representatives from a broad range of Armenian American
organizations and media joined ANCA Endowment Fund supporters on February
2nd to launch a series of community activities leading up to the "ANCA
Telethon 2012" that will be held in May of this year. The ANCA Telethon
2012 effort was kicked-off at a special press conference and reception held
at the Glendale Hilton.
ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian was joined by His Eminence
Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Western Prelacy of the
Armenian Apostolic Church, and telethon committee members Steve Artinian,
Vanna Kitsinian Der Ohanessian, Esq. and Dr. Vicken Hovsepian in presenting
the vision for ANCA Telethon 2012. Speakers discussed details about its
broadcast reach and programming, and insights into innovative new ideas to
engage an unprecedented level of community participation in this
fundraising and community-building drive.
ANCA Telethon 2012 will be aired nationally on May 20, 2012, on a variety
of broadcast, cable and digital channels and showcased online at
www.ancatelethon.org from 5:00pm to 11:00pm EDT (2:00pm to 8:00pm PDT).
"We're very encouraged by the launch today of ANCA Telethon 2012 with an
energetic turnout by so many Armenians =96 from all across our diverse and
vibrant community =96 who share a common commitment to the Armenian Cause,"
said ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian. "In the coming days and weeks,
we look forward to engaging activists and supporters throughout all fifty
states as we expand the grassroots power, respect, and influence of our
community in the nation's capital and in hometowns across our great
country."
The ANCA Endowment Fund supports a broad range of educational, youth, and
civic programs that give voice to the views and values of the Armenian
American community, strengthening our presence in the American civic arena,
and empowering pro-Armenian stakeholders with the information and resources
they need to take on the powerful forces aligned against the Armenian
nation.
The first two ANCA Endowment Fund telethons, held in 2006 and 2009, raised
over $4.5 million for Armenian American educational, youth, and civic
programs. Both programs touched a common emotional chord, speaking directly
to the devotion to the Armenian Cause that rests in the hearts of Armenians
from across the U.S., regardless of organizational or political
affiliations.
Countless organizations, volunteers, churches, community leaders, local
ANCAs, performing artists, Members of Congress, and state legislators from
across the nation participated in the telethons, contributing to their
enormous success. Both telethons featured several documentaries that
highlighted various ANCA programs and numerous results the ANCA Endowment
has achieved over the years, largely through its volunteer and grassroots
network.
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NOTE TO EDITOR: ANCA Telethon 2012 logo attached.
ANCA Endowment Fund
1711 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel (202) 775-0279
Fax (202) 775-5648
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
February 2, 2012
Contact: Armen Carapetian
Tel: (415) 938-6368
ANCA TELETHON 2012 TO SHOWCASE ARMENIAN PRIDE, POWER, AND PROGRESS
-- Volunteers, Supporters, and Media Gather for Kick-off Reception and
Press Conference in Support of National Grassroots Campaign
WASHINGTON, DC=97Representatives from a broad range of Armenian American
organizations and media joined ANCA Endowment Fund supporters on February
2nd to launch a series of community activities leading up to the "ANCA
Telethon 2012" that will be held in May of this year. The ANCA Telethon
2012 effort was kicked-off at a special press conference and reception held
at the Glendale Hilton.
ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian was joined by His Eminence
Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Western Prelacy of the
Armenian Apostolic Church, and telethon committee members Steve Artinian,
Vanna Kitsinian Der Ohanessian, Esq. and Dr. Vicken Hovsepian in presenting
the vision for ANCA Telethon 2012. Speakers discussed details about its
broadcast reach and programming, and insights into innovative new ideas to
engage an unprecedented level of community participation in this
fundraising and community-building drive.
ANCA Telethon 2012 will be aired nationally on May 20, 2012, on a variety
of broadcast, cable and digital channels and showcased online at
www.ancatelethon.org from 5:00pm to 11:00pm EDT (2:00pm to 8:00pm PDT).
"We're very encouraged by the launch today of ANCA Telethon 2012 with an
energetic turnout by so many Armenians =96 from all across our diverse and
vibrant community =96 who share a common commitment to the Armenian Cause,"
said ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian. "In the coming days and weeks,
we look forward to engaging activists and supporters throughout all fifty
states as we expand the grassroots power, respect, and influence of our
community in the nation's capital and in hometowns across our great
country."
The ANCA Endowment Fund supports a broad range of educational, youth, and
civic programs that give voice to the views and values of the Armenian
American community, strengthening our presence in the American civic arena,
and empowering pro-Armenian stakeholders with the information and resources
they need to take on the powerful forces aligned against the Armenian
nation.
The first two ANCA Endowment Fund telethons, held in 2006 and 2009, raised
over $4.5 million for Armenian American educational, youth, and civic
programs. Both programs touched a common emotional chord, speaking directly
to the devotion to the Armenian Cause that rests in the hearts of Armenians
from across the U.S., regardless of organizational or political
affiliations.
Countless organizations, volunteers, churches, community leaders, local
ANCAs, performing artists, Members of Congress, and state legislators from
across the nation participated in the telethons, contributing to their
enormous success. Both telethons featured several documentaries that
highlighted various ANCA programs and numerous results the ANCA Endowment
has achieved over the years, largely through its volunteer and grassroots
network.
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NOTE TO EDITOR: ANCA Telethon 2012 logo attached.