PRESS RELEASE
July 9, 2008
Thai Community Development Center
6376 Yucca Street, Suite #B
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Contact: Chanchanit Martorell (Thai CDC)
Tel: 323-468-2555
Contact: Kristine Keshishian (ARS)
E-Mail: okeshishian@yahoo.com
Armenian Relief Society joins Thai CDC for Mayor’s CommUNITY day of
service in Little Armenia
Thai Community Development Center (Thai CDC) hosts a consumer resource
and health fair to help East Hollywood residents access critical
programs and services.
In partnership with the City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, Royal Thai
Consulate and the Office of Councilman Eric Garcetti, Thai CDC will
hold this Consumer Resource and Health Fair in East Hollywood on
Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the MTA Portal
Plaza on the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue. The
Armenian Relief Society Hollywood "Mayr" Chapter will be joining the
Thai CDC and its Hollywood community partners for the event. The fair
is free to the general public.
The "Live, Work & Play in East Hollywood" event aims to improve the
quality of life for East Hollywood residents in terms of creating
opportunities for improved health, housing, jobs and recreation.
Through this event, the Thai CDC and its partners, including the ARS,
hope to make information pertinent to the needs of East Hollywood
individuals, families and their children for an improved quality of
life more accessible.
Residents will have the benefit of learning more about the services
and programs for themselves and their families including free health
screenings, information about health care, housing, legal issues,
utilities, financial well-being, and more.
Besides providing social services to the community, as part of the
Mayor’s CommUNITY Day of Service this year, this event also aims to
recruit more members from the community to volunteer at this social
service event and come together in a unifying spirit of service.
The East Hollywood community is very diverse, having many recent
immigrants from several Latin American countries, Armenia, Russia, and
Thailand. This fair will help these individuals access information
that will help them to be wise consumers, enjoying good health and
recreation.
The fair was made possible by leadership of the Thai CDC and the
following sponsors: the City of LA Community Redevelopment Agency, the
East Hollywood Neighborhood Council, and the Thai Health Network. The
event is also being co-hosted by the development firm that owns the
site where the fair is being held, McCormack, Baron and Salazar, the
Armenian National Committee, the local Ralphs supermarket, and the Los
Feliz Methodist Church. We anticipate the fair will draw
approximately 800 people from the East Hollywood area.
The Armenian Relief Society was founded in 1910 and is an independent,
non-sectarian, non-governmental organization (NGO) serving the
humanitarian, social, and educational needs of Armenians and the
communities in which they live. The ARS has affiliate chapters in
over 20 countries – including chapters throughout the United States –
and is an NGO on the roster in consultative status with the Economic
and Social Council of the United Nations. The ARS is a 501(c)3
charitable, tax-exempt organization.
The Thai Community Development Center is a non-profit organization
engaged in improving the quality of life and standard of living for
economically disadvantaged Thais and other ethnic immigrants and
minorities through community economic development strategies.