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    PRESS OFFICE
    Department of Communications
    Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
    630 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10016
    Contact: Jake Goshert, Media Relations Specialist
    Tel: (212) 686-0710 Ext. 160; Fax: (212) 779-3558
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Website: www.armenianchurch.net

    July 19, 2007
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    THE LUCIA GROUP DONATES SPACE SAVING SHELVES TO DIOCESE

    Crews from The Lucia Group, a Brooklyn-based firm specializing in storage
    systems, are currently working in the Diocesan Zohrab Information Center
    installing a set of modern library shelves that will add valuable storage
    space to the Center.

    The four, double-sided shelves will increase the Center's work area. The
    shelving system is on tracks and the shelves be compressed when not in use.
    This sort of shelving unit can fit double the amount of shelf space on any
    given footprint simply because it is movable.

    "This will open up the front of our center to accommodate more visitors and
    have space for them to read and examine the resources of the Center," said
    Zohrab Center Director Rachel Goshgarian. "This generous donation by Mr.
    Lucia will help us realize our goal of making the Zohrab Center even more
    user friendly."

    The Lucia Group is donating the $10,000 shelving units, with the Diocese
    paying only for the labor to install the system. The system was originally
    used by a business in New Jersey, that remodeled and asked The Lucia Group
    to remove the shelves.

    "You're a Church and a non-profit and I know you don't have enough money and
    I just had these sitting there and knew you could use them," said The Lucia
    Group founder and owner Craig Lucia. "They're very important, because
    you're not just housing knowledge, you're housing artifacts. You need space
    to keep everything organized and available. You have history here and that
    needs to be preserved as best you can."

    This shelving system is just part of Goshgarian's goal of revitalizing the
    Zohrab Center and making it more accessible to the general public. By using
    the shelving units to open up space in the small center, visitors will have
    more room to read, work, and study.

    -- 7/19/07

    E-mail photos available on request. Photos also viewable in the News and
    Events section of the Eastern Diocese's website, www.armenianchurch.net.

    PHOTO CAPTION (1): Crews from The Lucia Group install new movable shelves
    in the Diocesan Zohrab Center.

    PHOTO CAPTION (2): Zohrab Center Director Rachel Goshgarian with Craig
    Lucia and an installation crew from The Lucia Group, a company specializing
    in storage solutions that has donated $10,000 worth of movable shelves to
    the Center.
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