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ANCA KICKS OFF TELETHON 2014
13:12 04.02.2014
Armenian-American leaders from across America gathered in Southern
California Friday to launch ANCA Telethon 2014 - a community-wide
fundraising campaign to empower Armenian Americans, protect Armenia,
and promote the Armenian Cause, Asbarez reports.
This grassroots campaign, featuring community events and broad-based
social media, will lead up to the June 1st 6-hour nationwide broadcast,
6 p.m. to midnight EDT (3 p.m. to 9 p.m. PDT), in support of the
ANCA Endowment Fund. The telethon will be available on a variety
of broadcast, cable and digital channels and showcased online at
www.ancatelethon.org.
ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian was joined by Telethon 2014
Chairman Steve Artinian, Eastern U.S. Board Member Joshua Tevekelian
and ANCA Western Region Chairwoman Nora Hovsepian, Esq. in presenting
the vision for ANCA Telethon 2014 at the kick-off reception, held at
the Krikor and Mariam Karamanoukian Glendale Youth Center. 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.
"With Ankara ramping up its denials during the approach to 2015
and Baku escalating its attacks on Artsakh and Armenia, it's more
vital than ever for Armenian Americans to stand in solidarity with
the people of our homeland. We are, as I've said before, the second
army of the Armenian nation, and, in many ways, our homeland's first
line of defense against an antagonistic Turkey and an increasingly
aggressive Azerbaijan," said ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian.
"We're encouraged by the energetic turnout for today's ANCA Telethon
2014 launch by so many Armenians, from across our community - united
in a common commitment to our homeland and heritage and devoted to the
strengthening of the ANCA as the voice of our community and cause,"
said Telethon Committee Chairman Steve Artinian. "In the coming days
and weeks, we look forward to engaging activists and supporters
throughout all fifty states as we expand the grassroots power 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 three ANCA Endowment Fund telethons, held in 2006, 2009 and
2012, raised over $6.5 million for Armenian American educational,
youth, and civic programs. Each program 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.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/02/04/24895/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
13:12 04.02.2014
Armenian-American leaders from across America gathered in Southern
California Friday to launch ANCA Telethon 2014 - a community-wide
fundraising campaign to empower Armenian Americans, protect Armenia,
and promote the Armenian Cause, Asbarez reports.
This grassroots campaign, featuring community events and broad-based
social media, will lead up to the June 1st 6-hour nationwide broadcast,
6 p.m. to midnight EDT (3 p.m. to 9 p.m. PDT), in support of the
ANCA Endowment Fund. The telethon will be available on a variety
of broadcast, cable and digital channels and showcased online at
www.ancatelethon.org.
ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian was joined by Telethon 2014
Chairman Steve Artinian, Eastern U.S. Board Member Joshua Tevekelian
and ANCA Western Region Chairwoman Nora Hovsepian, Esq. in presenting
the vision for ANCA Telethon 2014 at the kick-off reception, held at
the Krikor and Mariam Karamanoukian Glendale Youth Center. 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.
"With Ankara ramping up its denials during the approach to 2015
and Baku escalating its attacks on Artsakh and Armenia, it's more
vital than ever for Armenian Americans to stand in solidarity with
the people of our homeland. We are, as I've said before, the second
army of the Armenian nation, and, in many ways, our homeland's first
line of defense against an antagonistic Turkey and an increasingly
aggressive Azerbaijan," said ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian.
"We're encouraged by the energetic turnout for today's ANCA Telethon
2014 launch by so many Armenians, from across our community - united
in a common commitment to our homeland and heritage and devoted to the
strengthening of the ANCA as the voice of our community and cause,"
said Telethon Committee Chairman Steve Artinian. "In the coming days
and weeks, we look forward to engaging activists and supporters
throughout all fifty states as we expand the grassroots power 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 three ANCA Endowment Fund telethons, held in 2006, 2009 and
2012, raised over $6.5 million for Armenian American educational,
youth, and civic programs. Each program 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.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/02/04/24895/
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress