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ARMENIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CELEBRATION NETS TOYS, CASH
By Mark Kellam
Glendale News Press
Jan 13 2012
CA
Half of haul will go to local domestic violence shelter.
The Glendale chapter of the Armenian National Committee collected 152
toys and $140 it will use to buy more toys as part of its Christmas
celebration Wednesday at the Glendale Youth Center.
Half of the toys will be given to the Glendale YWCA's domestic
violence shelter. The other half will be sent to the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in South Dakota, which occupies one of the poorest counties
in the United States, according to local chapter officials.
The chapter's new board and scholarship winners were announced at the
event. Led by chairman Berdj Karapetian, the other board members are
Garrett Atamian, Hilma Balaian, Kevork Talatinian, David Gevorkyan,
Lena Bozoyan, Zareh Movsessian and Pierre Chraghchian. Carla Kekejian
and Yervand Azatian each received $500 scholarships.
The organization doesn't hold its Christmas celebration during the
Armenian holiday because members are too busy with family and friends,
said Elen Asatryan, executive director of the Glendale chapter.
"So we always do it a week later," she said, adding that the local
celebration is held close to the Armenian New Year, which is Jan. 13,
according to the culture's old calendar.
From: Baghdasarian
By Mark Kellam
Glendale News Press
Jan 13 2012
CA
Half of haul will go to local domestic violence shelter.
The Glendale chapter of the Armenian National Committee collected 152
toys and $140 it will use to buy more toys as part of its Christmas
celebration Wednesday at the Glendale Youth Center.
Half of the toys will be given to the Glendale YWCA's domestic
violence shelter. The other half will be sent to the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation in South Dakota, which occupies one of the poorest counties
in the United States, according to local chapter officials.
The chapter's new board and scholarship winners were announced at the
event. Led by chairman Berdj Karapetian, the other board members are
Garrett Atamian, Hilma Balaian, Kevork Talatinian, David Gevorkyan,
Lena Bozoyan, Zareh Movsessian and Pierre Chraghchian. Carla Kekejian
and Yervand Azatian each received $500 scholarships.
The organization doesn't hold its Christmas celebration during the
Armenian holiday because members are too busy with family and friends,
said Elen Asatryan, executive director of the Glendale chapter.
"So we always do it a week later," she said, adding that the local
celebration is held close to the Armenian New Year, which is Jan. 13,
according to the culture's old calendar.
From: Baghdasarian