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Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
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July 19, 2007
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THE LUCIA GROUP DONATES SPACE SAVING SHELVES TO DIOCESE

Crews from The Lucia Group, a Brooklyn-based firm specializing in storage
systems, are currently working in the Diocesan Zohrab Information Center
installing a set of modern library shelves that will add valuable storage
space to the Center.

The four, double-sided shelves will increase the Center’s work area. The
shelving system is on tracks and the shelves be compressed when not in use.
This sort of shelving unit can fit double the amount of shelf space on any
given footprint simply because it is movable.

"This will open up the front of our center to accommodate more visitors and
have space for them to read and examine the resources of the Center," said
Zohrab Center Director Rachel Goshgarian. "This generous donation by Mr.
Lucia will help us realize our goal of making the Zohrab Center even more
user friendly."

The Lucia Group is donating the $10,000 shelving units, with the Diocese
paying only for the labor to install the system. The system was originally
used by a business in New Jersey, that remodeled and asked The Lucia Group
to remove the shelves.

"You’re a Church and a non-profit and I know you don’t have enough money and
I just had these sitting there and knew you could use them," said The Lucia
Group founder and owner Craig Lucia. "They’re very important, because
you’re not just housing knowledge, you’re housing artifacts. You need space
to keep everything organized and available. You have history here and that
needs to be preserved as best you can."

This shelving system is just part of Goshgarian’s goal of revitalizing the
Zohrab Center and making it more accessible to the general public. By using
the shelving units to open up space in the small center, visitors will have
more room to read, work, and study.

— 7/19/07

E-mail photos available on request. Photos also viewable in the News and
Events section of the Eastern Diocese’s website,

PHOTO CAPTION (1): Crews from The Lucia Group install new movable shelves
in the Diocesan Zohrab Center.

PHOTO CAPTION (2): Zohrab Center Director Rachel Goshgarian with Craig
Lucia and an installation crew from The Lucia Group, a company specializing
in storage solutions that has donated $10,000 worth of movable shelves to
the Center.