ARMENIAN RELIEF SOCIETY, INC.
Central Office
80 Bigelow Avenue
Watertown, MA 02472
Contact Person: Hamesd Beugekian
Tel: 617-926-5892
Fax: 617-926-4855
E-Mail: [email protected]
ARS Releases New Issue of Hai Sird;
Features ARS/Armenia’s 15th Anniversary
ARS/Armenia’s 15th anniversary is the featured cover story
of the ARS, Inc.’s latest edition of Hai Sird. Hai Sird is the official
publication of the ARS’s international body.
This 159th issue of Hai Sird also features articles on the
upcoming 100th anniversary of the ARS, the opening of the 12th ARS
Sosseh Kindergarten in Artsakh, the ARS Sponsor-A-Child Program; ARS
Central Executive Board Chairwoman Hasmig Derderian’s message to the
Third Armenia-Diaspora Conference in Armenia; and other articles,
observations, literary submissions, and reports from the ARS’s entities
worldwide.
"We are quite pleased with the breadth and scope of this
issue of Hai Sird," said Hai Sird Editor Tatul Sonentz-Papazian. "It
really is a keepsake issue for all generations to read and learn about
the wonderful and important work of the ARS."
Featured contributors are Chake Der Melkonian-Minassian,
Georgi-Ann Oshagan, Knarik O. Meneshian, Tatul Sonentz (his own poetry
and his translations of poetry by Artem Harutiunian and Vahe Oshagan),
Armand Artinian, Anna Astvatzatrian Turcott, Anahid Ughurlayan, Anna
Petrosova, Saro Dedeyan, and Nyree Derderian. The ARS Inc.’s 2005 and
2006 audited financial statements are also published in this issue.
The ARS Inc. distributes Hai Sird to important institutions
and libraries around the world. Hai Sird’s complete archive is housed
at the Hairenik Building, Watertown, MA, home of the ARS, Inc.’s
headquarters.
Copies of the latest edition of Hai Sird are available from
local ARS entities or may be obtained directly from the ARS, Inc., 80
Bigelow Ave., Watertown, MA 02472; [email protected]; (617)
926-5892.
The ARS, Inc. is the oldest Armenian women’s organization,
established in 1910 in New York City. Since its founding, the ARS, Inc.
has provided educational and humanitarian assistance to Armenians
everywhere. Today, the ARS, Inc. has entities in 24 countries where
members of the Society contribute to their communities and the larger
world for the betterment of all humankind. For more information about
the ARS, Inc.’s many and diverse programs, visit