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    Glendale News Press
    LATimes.com
    June 1 2004

    Local Red Cross chapter honors Armenian group

    Chapter to give award to United Armenian Fund and to celebrate its
    87th year in community.

    By Darleene Barrientos, News-Press


    NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- When the local Armenian-American community
    rallied to collect medical and school supplies for Armenia, it gave
    the local Red Cross chapter a valuable learning experience.

    Now, the Glendale-Crescenta Valley Chapter of the Red Cross wants to
    pay back the favor by giving the United Armenian Fund its annual Good
    Neighbor award.

    The award will be presented at the chapter's annual meeting Wednesday
    at the Hilton Glendale, 100 W. Glenoaks Blvd.

    The organization helped pay for the two shipments the Red Cross
    gathered last year, helped the Red Cross figure out what would
    benefit Armenia and assisted the chapter's fundraising efforts, said
    Ron Farina, the chapter's executive director. Their assistance was
    invaluable because it was the first time the chapter had undertaken
    such a project, he added.

    "They gave us guidance on what we should look for and how we should
    conduct fundraising in the Armenian community," Farina said.

    The chapter collected nearly $5,000 from local Armenian Americans in
    Glendale. The United Armenian Fund helped pay to ship 20 pallets of
    surgical prep trays and 35 chests of school supplies.

    "They provided great insight and expertise in what we haven't been in
    before," assistant chapter manager Irena Efremian said. "They guided
    us from A through Z -- they were very diligent in explaining what we
    could do and not do."

    The meeting will be a celebration of the chapter's 87th year in the
    community. Donald A. Huffsmith Jr. will also be installed as the
    chapter's incoming chairman.

    The chapter will also announce which member of the Red Cross board
    will receive the Albert G. Cornwell Award for outstanding service.
    The meeting is open to the public, and tickets are still available.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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