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    ANCA KICKS OFF TELETHON 2014

    13:12 04.02.2014

    Armenian-American leaders from across America gathered in Southern
    California Friday to launch ANCA Telethon 2014 - a community-wide
    fundraising campaign to empower Armenian Americans, protect Armenia,
    and promote the Armenian Cause, Asbarez reports.

    This grassroots campaign, featuring community events and broad-based
    social media, will lead up to the June 1st 6-hour nationwide broadcast,
    6 p.m. to midnight EDT (3 p.m. to 9 p.m. PDT), in support of the
    ANCA Endowment Fund. The telethon will be available on a variety
    of broadcast, cable and digital channels and showcased online at
    www.ancatelethon.org.

    ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian was joined by Telethon 2014
    Chairman Steve Artinian, Eastern U.S. Board Member Joshua Tevekelian
    and ANCA Western Region Chairwoman Nora Hovsepian, Esq. in presenting
    the vision for ANCA Telethon 2014 at the kick-off reception, held at
    the Krikor and Mariam Karamanoukian Glendale Youth Center. Speakers
    discussed details about its broadcast reach and programming, and
    insights into innovative new ideas to engage an unprecedented level
    of community participation in this fundraising and community-building
    drive.

    "With Ankara ramping up its denials during the approach to 2015
    and Baku escalating its attacks on Artsakh and Armenia, it's more
    vital than ever for Armenian Americans to stand in solidarity with
    the people of our homeland. We are, as I've said before, the second
    army of the Armenian nation, and, in many ways, our homeland's first
    line of defense against an antagonistic Turkey and an increasingly
    aggressive Azerbaijan," said ANCA Endowment President Ken Hachikian.

    "We're encouraged by the energetic turnout for today's ANCA Telethon
    2014 launch by so many Armenians, from across our community - united
    in a common commitment to our homeland and heritage and devoted to the
    strengthening of the ANCA as the voice of our community and cause,"
    said Telethon Committee Chairman Steve Artinian. "In the coming days
    and weeks, we look forward to engaging activists and supporters
    throughout all fifty states as we expand the grassroots power of
    our community in the nation's capital and in hometowns across our
    great country."

    The ANCA Endowment Fund supports a broad range of educational,
    youth, and civic programs that give voice to the views and values
    of the Armenian American community, strengthening our presence in
    the American civic arena, and empowering pro-Armenian stakeholders
    with the information and resources they need to take on the powerful
    forces aligned against the Armenian nation.

    The first three ANCA Endowment Fund telethons, held in 2006, 2009 and
    2012, raised over $6.5 million for Armenian American educational,
    youth, and civic programs. Each program touched a common emotional
    chord, speaking directly to the devotion to the Armenian Cause that
    rests in the hearts of Armenians from across the U.S., regardless of
    organizational or political affiliations.

    Countless organizations, volunteers, churches, community leaders,
    local ANCAs, performing artists, Members of Congress, and state
    legislators from across the nation participated in the telethons,
    contributing to their enormous success. Both telethons featured
    several documentaries that highlighted various ANCA programs and
    numerous results the ANCA Endowment has achieved over the years,
    largely through its volunteer and grassroots network.

    http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/02/04/24895/



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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