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    ANCA-ER BANQUET TO HONOR BARONESS COX WITH FREEDOM AWARD

    Armenian Weekly
    August 30, 2012

    The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern Region
    will be honoring Baroness Caroline Cox with its highest honor, the
    prestigious Freedom Award, at the 6th Annual ANCA Eastern Region
    Banquet on Sat., Dec. 1, at the Sheraton Crossroads in Mahwah, N.J.

    Baroness Caroline Cox "We are proud to be honoring Baroness Caroline
    Cox for her decades-long support of the people of Nagorno-Karabagh and
    Armenia," said ANCA Eastern Region Board chairperson George Aghjayan.

    The Freedom Award is presented to an individual who has made
    outstanding contributions toward the recognition of the Armenian
    Genocide and who has pursued other issues of importance to the
    Armenian-American community.

    Baroness Cox has visited Armenia and Karabagh 75 times-many of
    those times during the bitter war with Azerbaijan in the early
    1990's. Cox now works with the Stepanakert-based not-for-profit
    organization HART (Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust) to support a
    program that provides rehabilitation for people of all ages. HART is
    internationally recognized as a "Center of Excellence," disseminating
    its wide-ranging therapeutic repertoire far beyond Karabagh to other
    countries throughout the South Caucasus.

    "The spirit of Armenia, which not only survives but creates beauty
    from the ashes of destruction, is spreading hope and healing for
    people with special needs not only in Karabagh and Armenia but far
    beyond these lands," stated Cox.

    Baroness Cox of Queensbury was a deputy speaker of the House of
    Lords from 1985 to 2005. She was founder chancellor of Bournemouth
    University from 1991 to 2001, and is currently chancellor of Liverpool
    Hope University and vice-president of the Royal College of Nursing.

    She was also a founder trustee of MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief
    International).

    She has been honored with the Commander Cross of the Order of Merit
    of the Republic of Poland; the Wilberforce Award; the International
    Mother Teresa Award from the All India Christian Council; the Mkhitar
    Gosh Medal conferred by the president of the Republic of Armenia; and
    the anniversary medal presented by Lech Walesa, the former president
    of Poland. She has also been awarded an honorary fellowship of the
    Royal College of Surgeons of England and honorary doctorates by
    universities in the United Kingdom, the United States, the Russian
    Federation, and Armenia.

    Baroness Cox's humanitarian aid work has taken her on many missions
    to conflict zones, including Karabagh, Sudan, Nigeria, Uganda, Burma,
    and Indonesia. She has also been instrumental in helping to change
    the former Soviet Union's policies regarding orphaned and abandoned
    children, from institutional to foster family care.

    Banquet co-chairs Karine Shnorhokian and Nicole Alashaian, both active
    members of the New Jersey Armenian-American community and members of
    the ANC of New Jersey, are working diligently to ensure the success of
    this annual fundraising event. "This is a fantastic event that truly
    showcases the activities and support throughout the Eastern Region. We
    are looking forward to a spectacular turnout to honor Baroness Cox for
    her many contributions to the people of Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia,"
    Shnorhokian said.

    Since 2007, the ANCA Freedom Award has been presented to former U.S.

    Ambassador to Armenia John M. Evans, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dr.

    Samantha Power, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the late U.S. Senator
    Edward M. Kennedy, former U.S. Senator Robert Dole, and former U.S.

    Senator Elizabeth Dole.

    The ANCA Banquet will begin with an elegant cocktail reception and
    silent auction at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner and an awards ceremony
    at 8 p.m. For more information, visit www.anca.org/erbanquet or call
    Karine Shnorhokian at (201) 788-5425.

    The ANCA Eastern Region Endowment Fund is a 501(c)(3) charitable and
    educational organization that supports the Armenian National Committee
    of America Eastern Region in outreach to Armenian-American communities.

    In the coming weeks, additional information will be posted at
    www.erbanquet.org. For more information, please contact Karine
    Shnorhokian at (201) 788-5425. Hotel accommodations are available by
    calling (201) 529-1660 (mention ANCA for a rate of $99).

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