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Cafesjian Family Foundation
15 South 5th Street, 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
USA Contact: Mr. John Waters
612-359-8991
[email protected]
Armenia Contact: Ms. Madlene Minassian
[email protected]
Minneapolis, MN
March 27, 2007
Hope For The City Sends Valuable Airlift of Medical Aid to Armenia
'Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation Is the Recipient of Hope
For The City's Aid
Minneapolis, MN and Yerevan, Armenia - Hope For The City, working in close
collaboration with the United Armenian Fund and the Cafesjian Family
Foundation, delivered essential medical equipment, valued at around
$50,000 USD to the `Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation in
Yerevan, Armenia. The airlift arrived on March 17, 2007. Transportation
expenses were covered by the United Armenian Fund.
The airlift of medical equipment, including inhalers, is the second aid
sent to the `Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation by Hope For The
City. The first shipment consisting of medical equipment and supplies
arrived in August of 2006 and has been used for newly addressing both
medical and diagnostic needs.
`The received equipment is very essential for our patients. The inhalers
we used before were quite simple, however now we will be able to provide
better treatment to our patients,' stated Spartak Ghazaryan, Board Member
of the `Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation and Director of the
"Arabkir" Joint Medical Centre & Institute of Child and Adolescent Health.
`We are very grateful to Hope For The City for this vital donation. We
thank the United Armenian Fund and The Cafesjian Family Foundation for
their support.'
Dennis and Megan Doyle, founders of Hope For the City and Board Members of
the Cafesjian Family Foundation, first visited Armenia in April of 2005.
Since this initial visit, Hope For The City has shipped over one million
dollars of aid from the United States to Armenia. Hope For The City,
working closely with the Cafesjian Family Foundation provides supplies and
other medical-technical assistance to selected organizations in Armenia.
Hope for the City is a privately funded, 501(c) 3 relief organization that
was established by Dennis and Megan Doyle in 2000 to fight poverty, hunger
and disease by utilizing corporate surplus. The US/Minnesota-based,
non-profit organization collects overstock products from top retailers,
medical companies, and food distributors nationwide and donates the items
to people in need locally, across the country and around the world. Since
its inception, Hope for the City has donated approximately $300 million
USD in wholesale value of goods.
The United Armenian Fund is a collective effort of the Armenian Assembly
of America, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, 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. Since its
inception in 1989, the United Armenian Fund has sent over $421 million USD
of humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 136 airlifts and 1,255 sea
containers.
The Cafesjian Family Foundation, Inc., was established in 1996 by Gerard
L. Cafesjian. The US based, non-profit organization supports a variety of
Armenian causes in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the United States. A
primary focus of the Cafesjian Family Foundation is the security of
independent Armenia and the further development of a free, democratic
society through economic development and the strengthening of the
US/Armenia relationship.
Cafesjian Family Foundation
15 South 5th Street, 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
USA Contact: Mr. John Waters
612-359-8991
[email protected]
Armenia Contact: Ms. Madlene Minassian
[email protected]
Minneapolis, MN
March 27, 2007
Hope For The City Sends Valuable Airlift of Medical Aid to Armenia
'Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation Is the Recipient of Hope
For The City's Aid
Minneapolis, MN and Yerevan, Armenia - Hope For The City, working in close
collaboration with the United Armenian Fund and the Cafesjian Family
Foundation, delivered essential medical equipment, valued at around
$50,000 USD to the `Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation in
Yerevan, Armenia. The airlift arrived on March 17, 2007. Transportation
expenses were covered by the United Armenian Fund.
The airlift of medical equipment, including inhalers, is the second aid
sent to the `Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation by Hope For The
City. The first shipment consisting of medical equipment and supplies
arrived in August of 2006 and has been used for newly addressing both
medical and diagnostic needs.
`The received equipment is very essential for our patients. The inhalers
we used before were quite simple, however now we will be able to provide
better treatment to our patients,' stated Spartak Ghazaryan, Board Member
of the `Arabkir' United Children's Charity Foundation and Director of the
"Arabkir" Joint Medical Centre & Institute of Child and Adolescent Health.
`We are very grateful to Hope For The City for this vital donation. We
thank the United Armenian Fund and The Cafesjian Family Foundation for
their support.'
Dennis and Megan Doyle, founders of Hope For the City and Board Members of
the Cafesjian Family Foundation, first visited Armenia in April of 2005.
Since this initial visit, Hope For The City has shipped over one million
dollars of aid from the United States to Armenia. Hope For The City,
working closely with the Cafesjian Family Foundation provides supplies and
other medical-technical assistance to selected organizations in Armenia.
Hope for the City is a privately funded, 501(c) 3 relief organization that
was established by Dennis and Megan Doyle in 2000 to fight poverty, hunger
and disease by utilizing corporate surplus. The US/Minnesota-based,
non-profit organization collects overstock products from top retailers,
medical companies, and food distributors nationwide and donates the items
to people in need locally, across the country and around the world. Since
its inception, Hope for the City has donated approximately $300 million
USD in wholesale value of goods.
The United Armenian Fund is a collective effort of the Armenian Assembly
of America, the Armenian General Benevolent Union, 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. Since its
inception in 1989, the United Armenian Fund has sent over $421 million USD
of humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 136 airlifts and 1,255 sea
containers.
The Cafesjian Family Foundation, Inc., was established in 1996 by Gerard
L. Cafesjian. The US based, non-profit organization supports a variety of
Armenian causes in Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh and the United States. A
primary focus of the Cafesjian Family Foundation is the security of
independent Armenia and the further development of a free, democratic
society through economic development and the strengthening of the
US/Armenia relationship.