CHILDREN OF ARMENIA FUND TO HOST THE FIFTH ANNUAL SAVE A GENERATION GALA
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October 14, 2008 Tuesday 5:39 PM GMT
Two-Time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas D. Kristof to Deliver Keynote
Address ; Emmy® and Tony® award winner Andrea Martin returns as Master
of Ceremonies;
Special Guest Performances by Cirque du Soleil and Bill Irwin Clown
Prince; COAF expects to raise $1.5 million
NEW YORK
The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) is pleased to announce that
Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times and a two-time
Pulitzer Prize winner, will deliver the keynote address at this year’s
Save A Generation awards dinner, to be held Friday, October 24, 2008,
at Cipriani 42ndStreet in New York.
COAF is also pleased to announce that Emmy and Tony award winner
Andrea Martin, whose feature films and theatre credits include My
Big Fat Greek Wedding, Cannibal Girls, My Favorite Year and Young
Frankenstein, will return as Master of Ceremonies.
"The fifth annual Save A Generation gala is an important milestone for
COAF generating over $8 million since its inaugural launch in 2004,"
said Dr. Garo H. Armen, Chairman and Founder of COAF. "Through these
valuable donations, COAF has dramatically transformed the lives of over
5,000 children by expanding our innovative rural outreach programs that
target the whole village including healthcare, education, economic and
social development. This has led to an unprecedented level of results
and has drawn praise from international development agencies and
experts in the areas of healthcare, education and community renewal."
Mr. Kristof joined The New York Times in 1984 and became a columnist
for the paper in 2001. Mr. Kristof has regularly focused attention
on global poverty, health and gender issues, as well as climate
change. Since 2004, he has written dozens of columns about Darfur
and has visited the region around Darfur ten times.
In 1990 Mr. Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, won a Pulitzer
Prize for their coverage of China’s Tiananmen Square democracy
movement. They were the first married couple to win a Pulitzer for
journalism. Mr. Kristof won a second Pulitzer in 2006, for what the
judges called "his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal
risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to
the voiceless in other parts of the world."
COAF will also honor the Feinberg family for their continued support
on key educational and healthcare initiatives.
About COAF
Founded in 2000, the Children of Armenia Fund is an independent,
nonprofit, nongovernmental (501)(c)(3) organization. COAF seeks to
reverse the impoverished conditions affecting significant numbers of
Armenia’s children by revitalizing Armenia’s villages and implementing
projects that provide immediate and sustainable benefits to children
and youth.
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