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  • Flora Family Foundation Donates $15,000 to Armenia Fund, Inc.

    Armenia Fund Inc.
    111 North Jackson St. Ste. 205
    Glendale, CA 91206
    ph: 818-243-6222
    fx: 818-243-7222
    [email protected]

    For Immediate Release ~ September 1, 2005
    Contact: Sarkis Kotanjian

    Flora Family Foundation Donates $15,000 to AFI
    Funds to benefit the Armenian Archeological Institute

    Glendale, CA - Armenia Fund Western US Region is proud to announce
    the donation of $15,000 by the Flora Family Foundation to benefit
    the Armenian Archeological Institution's publications program in the
    Republic of Armenia.

    Upon the recommendation of Dr. Herant Katchadourian of Palo Alto,
    California the Flora Family Foundation entrusted AFI with the
    implementation of its project in Armenia.

    "We are grateful to the Flora Family Foundation for its commitment
    to preserve the work of the Armenian Archeological Institute through
    the development of an efficient publications program, which will
    educate our public for many years to come," said Maria Mehranian,
    chairperson of Armenia Fund Inc. in Western US Region.

    The Armenian Archeological Institute is dedicated to creating public
    understanding about Armenia's rich culture past while supporting
    research and study. The publications program will allow the Institute
    the opportunity to publish significant finds, inform the world of
    Armenia's vast traditions and legacies as well as promote archeological
    interest in the region.

    Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Flora Lamson Hewlett
    (1914-1977) received her bachelor's degree in biochemistry from the
    University of California in 1935 and married William R. Hewlett,
    founder of Hewlett-Packard in 1939, with whom she had five children
    and twelve grandchildren.

    Ms. Hewlett devoted much of her time and energies to public
    service. Her main philanthropic activities centered on the William
    and Flora Hewlett Foundation. She was also a member of the Board
    of Trustees of Stanford University; a Trustee of the San Francisco
    Theological Seminary; the founder of the Flora Lamson Hewlett
    Library at the Graduate Theological Union; and, an elder of the
    First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto. Ms. Hewlett served on
    the Executive Committee of the World Affairs Council of Northern
    California and as a director of California Tomorrow, a statewide
    environmental organization.

    The family of William and Flora Lamson Hewlett, for whom the
    Foundation is named, established the Flora Family Foundation,
    which is incorporated as a private foundation in 1998 in the State
    of California. All of the Foundation's grant making is done on a
    strictly invitational basis.

    For more information on the Flora Family Foundation, visit
    www.florafamily.org. For more information on Armenia Fund - US Western
    Region, visit www.armeniafund.org or call 818.243.6222.

    Armenia Fund - US Western Region is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
    corporation and an affiliate of the "Hayastan" All-Armenia Fund
    (HAAF). Established in 1994 to facilitate humanitarian assistance
    to Armenia and Karabakh, HAAF has administered over $120 million in
    humanitarian, rehabilitation and construction aid in the Republic of
    Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh through the united efforts of Armenian
    communities internationally.
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