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$100,000 RAISED BY ARS, INC. FOR SYRIAN ARMENIAN SCHOOLS
Armenian Weekly
August 29, 2012
The Central Executive Board of the Armenian Relief Society, Inc.
announced that $100,000 in pledged donations have been received from
its entities around the world to benefit its "Fund for Assistance to
Syrian-Armenian Schools". The first installment of these donations
will be transferred to the Armenian Relief Cross of Syria in the next
few days with the balance to follow later.
The ARS has raised $100,000 for Armenian schools in Syria.
ARS, Inc. Chairperson Vicky Marashlian stated, "The ARS, Inc. was
the first organization to launch a pan-Armenian fundraising effort
to support the Syrian-Armenian community and we established the "Fund
for Assistance to Syrian-Armenian Schools". It was announced that all
proceeds will be allocated to cover the tuitions of students. Despite
the international financial crisis and its effects on numerous
countries with Armenian communities, ARS members spared no effort
and raised sizeable donations for this fund. On this occasion and
on behald of the ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board, I would like to
thank all ARS members, executives and ARS supporters, who headed the
ARS call and participated in this fundraiser."
The disbursement of donations collected through this pan-Armenian
effort will be supervised by the Armenian Relief Cross of Syria in
consultation with ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board and in cooperation
with the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Evangelical churches.
"Questions were raised on more than one occasion on why a fund for
assistance to schools, when their re-opening is in doubt and when
the Armenian community in Syria is in dire need of socio-economic
assistance. The ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board is aware that
preparations are underway to re-open the schools, albeit with
some delays and arrangements are being discussed to conform to the
realities on the ground. On the other hand, by funding the schools,
the ARS, Inc. is serving two goals, to alleviate the financial burden
to be faced by parents and, at the same time, to support the schools
because without that financial support schools will have difficulty in
securing their normal operation," said ARS, Inc. CEB Vice-chairperson
Nairy Shahinian.
Considering that a pan-Armenian effort to assist the Syrian-Armenian
community was recently launched, bringing together many Armenian
religious and secular organizations and institutions, the ARS will
continue its effort to assist the Syrian-Armenian community through
that effort.
Armenian Weekly
August 29, 2012
The Central Executive Board of the Armenian Relief Society, Inc.
announced that $100,000 in pledged donations have been received from
its entities around the world to benefit its "Fund for Assistance to
Syrian-Armenian Schools". The first installment of these donations
will be transferred to the Armenian Relief Cross of Syria in the next
few days with the balance to follow later.
The ARS has raised $100,000 for Armenian schools in Syria.
ARS, Inc. Chairperson Vicky Marashlian stated, "The ARS, Inc. was
the first organization to launch a pan-Armenian fundraising effort
to support the Syrian-Armenian community and we established the "Fund
for Assistance to Syrian-Armenian Schools". It was announced that all
proceeds will be allocated to cover the tuitions of students. Despite
the international financial crisis and its effects on numerous
countries with Armenian communities, ARS members spared no effort
and raised sizeable donations for this fund. On this occasion and
on behald of the ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board, I would like to
thank all ARS members, executives and ARS supporters, who headed the
ARS call and participated in this fundraiser."
The disbursement of donations collected through this pan-Armenian
effort will be supervised by the Armenian Relief Cross of Syria in
consultation with ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board and in cooperation
with the Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, and Evangelical churches.
"Questions were raised on more than one occasion on why a fund for
assistance to schools, when their re-opening is in doubt and when
the Armenian community in Syria is in dire need of socio-economic
assistance. The ARS, Inc. Central Executive Board is aware that
preparations are underway to re-open the schools, albeit with
some delays and arrangements are being discussed to conform to the
realities on the ground. On the other hand, by funding the schools,
the ARS, Inc. is serving two goals, to alleviate the financial burden
to be faced by parents and, at the same time, to support the schools
because without that financial support schools will have difficulty in
securing their normal operation," said ARS, Inc. CEB Vice-chairperson
Nairy Shahinian.
Considering that a pan-Armenian effort to assist the Syrian-Armenian
community was recently launched, bringing together many Armenian
religious and secular organizations and institutions, the ARS will
continue its effort to assist the Syrian-Armenian community through
that effort.