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UNITED ARMENIAN FUND
1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 301
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
For Immediate Release
27 September 2004
UAF's 130th Airlift Delivers $3.7 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 130th airlift arrived in
Yerevan on September 25, delivering $3.7 million of humanitarian
assistance.
The UAF itself collected $3.2 million of medicines and medical
supplies for this flight, most of which were donated by AmeriCares
($1.7 million); the Catholic Medical Mission Board ($935,000) and
MAP International ($542,000). Other organizations which contributed
goods for this airlift were: Nork Marash Medical Center ($150,000);
Dr. Stephen Kashian of Illinois ($53,000); Fondation Semra of
Switzerland ($38,000); Armenian Missionary Association of America
($28,000); Harut Chantikian of New Jersey ($27,000); and the Armenian
American Medical Society of California ($24,000).
Also contributing to this airlift were: Gil Harootunian of New York
($21,000); Women's Guild Central Council ($21,000); Armenian Relief
Society ($18,000); Helmer Labs ($15,000); and the Armenian American
Health Association of Greater Washington ($11,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $391 million of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 130 airlifts and 1,103
sea containers. The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian
Assembly of America, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the
Armenian Missionary Association of America, the Armenian Relief
Society, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy
of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America and the Lincy Foundation.
For more information, contact the UAF office at 1101 North Pacific
Avenue, Suite 301, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.
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1101 N. Pacific Avenue # 301
Glendale, CA 91202
Tel: 818.241.8900
Fax: 818.241.6900
For Immediate Release
27 September 2004
UAF's 130th Airlift Delivers $3.7 Million of Aid to Armenia
Glendale, CA - The United Armenian Fund's 130th airlift arrived in
Yerevan on September 25, delivering $3.7 million of humanitarian
assistance.
The UAF itself collected $3.2 million of medicines and medical
supplies for this flight, most of which were donated by AmeriCares
($1.7 million); the Catholic Medical Mission Board ($935,000) and
MAP International ($542,000). Other organizations which contributed
goods for this airlift were: Nork Marash Medical Center ($150,000);
Dr. Stephen Kashian of Illinois ($53,000); Fondation Semra of
Switzerland ($38,000); Armenian Missionary Association of America
($28,000); Harut Chantikian of New Jersey ($27,000); and the Armenian
American Medical Society of California ($24,000).
Also contributing to this airlift were: Gil Harootunian of New York
($21,000); Women's Guild Central Council ($21,000); Armenian Relief
Society ($18,000); Helmer Labs ($15,000); and the Armenian American
Health Association of Greater Washington ($11,000).
Since its inception in 1989, the UAF has sent $391 million of
humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 130 airlifts and 1,103
sea containers. The UAF is the collective effort of the Armenian
Assembly of America, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, the
Armenian Missionary Association of America, the Armenian Relief
Society, the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, the Prelacy
of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America and the Lincy Foundation.
For more information, contact the UAF office at 1101 North Pacific
Avenue, Suite 301, Glendale, CA 91202 or call (818) 241-8900.
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