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    ANC GLENDALE BRINGS CHRISTMAS IN THE SPRING TO OVER 400 CHILDREN

    asbarez
    Thursday, May 26th, 2011

    Randall R. Murphy with Leonard Manoukian

    GLENDALE-The Armenian National Committee of Glendale brought Christmas
    in the Spring by donating toys to more than 400 children at the
    Glendale YWCA - Domestic Violence Center, as well as the Oglala Lakota
    College Head Start Program and the Indian Health Center's Children's
    Ward at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.

    "Four years ago ANC Glendale started a great tradition of kicking off
    the New Year with a Christmas Celebration that requested guests to
    bring donation items, after which community members were encouraged to
    participate in our various drives. In years past, our chapter collected
    hundreds of books that were donated to GUSD, food items that helped
    Salvation Army of Glendale restock after the holiday season and toys
    for low income children," stated Elen Asatryan, Executive Director of
    ANC Glendale. "Given the devastating realities in which the children
    of Pine Ridge Reservation live in, we chose to split our donation
    this year between our very own Glendale YWCA and the reservation;
    hoping to spread smiles beyond Glendale," added Asatryan.

    Elen Asatryan with YWCA's Annette Kosker

    The toys for the Pine Ridge Reservation were accepted by Deputy
    Attorney General with the California Department of Justice, Randall R.

    Murphy who serves as the Director of Ironwood Hilltop Sundance
    Committee.

    Upon receipt of the donation from the ANC Glendale Murphy stated,
    "These toys and stuffed animals are vitally important to the Native
    American children on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Without the generosity
    of the ANC, the Head Start children would have no new toys to play
    with. Neither would the children in the children's ward have the
    stuffed animals and other soft toys. It is heartwarming to receive
    support from a community, many of whose members are recent immigrants
    to this country, who recognize that physical and cultural genocide,
    such as that visited upon the Native Americans and the Armenians
    themselves, has long lasting effects on a people."

    The Pine Ridge Reservation occupies the second poorest county in
    the United States where unemployment rate is at 85 percent, teenage
    suicide rate is 150 percent higher than the U.S. national average,
    and the infant mortality rate is the highest on the continent at about
    300 percent higher than the U.S. national average. Head Start and
    Early Head Start are comprehensive child development programs which
    provide a full range of services to meet the needs of Lakota children
    from 0-5 and their families addressing cognitive, emotional, physical,
    nutritional, mental health, and culture development of children and
    the development needs of families.

    "On behalf of the Glendale YWCA Board of Directors and the women
    and children in our care, thank you to the ANC Glendale Chapter
    for the generous donation. It is due to collaboration with generous
    organizations like yours that we can continue to operate our core
    programs, EncorePlus - a free breast and cervical cancer screening
    opportunity for low income women, and our Domestic Violence Service
    Center -empowering women who are victims of domestic violence to
    move forward and start their lives anew. Your support is crucial
    to our ability to provide life saving support to these women and
    children in need," stated Annette Kosker, Volunteer Coordinator at
    the Glendale YWCA.

    Since 1926, the YWCA of Glendale has worked on empowering women and
    children in our community to achieve independence, self-sufficiency
    and a life free from violence. More specifically, the YWCA of Glendale
    Domestic Violence Center provides outreach, counseling, education
    and training services, legal and administrative assistance as well
    as a confidential, emergency shelter at Sunrise Village.

    The Armenian National Committee - Glendale Chapter advocates for the
    social, economic, cultural, and political rights of the city's Armenian
    American community and promotes increased civic participation at the
    grassroots and public policy levels.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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