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  • AGBU PRESS OFFICE: Appeals to Members & Friends to Support Hurricane

    AGBU Press Office
    55 East 59th Street
    New York, NY 10022-1112
    Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
    Fax: 212.319.6507
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.agbu.org

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Friday, September 2, 2005

    AGBU APPEALS TO MEMBERS & FRIENDS TO SUPPORT HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS

    Even days after, it is impossible to grasp the human tragedy and
    devastation that New Orleans and the Gulf states of Louisiana,
    Mississippi and Alabama have sustained due to Hurricane Katrina. The
    threat of disease, destruction of roads, contamination of drinking
    water and environmental damage have rendered New Orleans and the
    surrounding area uninhabitable for months. While the region's long-term
    future is uncertain, its immediate needs are clear.

    Thousands from the National Guard, as well as a number of charitable
    organizations are rushing to the region to provide emergency
    relief. The general public is being encouraged to donate their time,
    resources and money to institutions that are driving the relief
    effort. There are dozens of organizations that can bring vital aid
    to the region, such as the American Red Cross (www.redcross.org or
    1-800-HELP-NOW), to provide emergency shelter, food and counseling
    to those affected by the hurricane.

    AGBU encourages its members, friends and the public to donate to
    these charities to ensure that the people and the region will be able
    to recover as quickly as humanly possible from the extensive damage
    inflicted by Hurricane Katrina.

    Established in 1906, AGBU is the world's largest non-profit Armenian
    organization. Headquartered in New York City with an annual budget of
    $26 million, AGBU (www.agbu.org) preserves and promotes the Armenian
    identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian
    programs, annually serving some 400,000 Armenians in 35 countries.
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