$ 30 MILLION PLEDGE AT A DINNER EVENT

Lragir.am
10:56:15 – 04/11/2008

On November 1 a charity dinner was organized in Yerevan, which was
dedicated to Telethon 2008 of Armenia Foundation. During this event
30 million dollars was pledged. For the first time in 16 years of
history of the Foundation the telethon was marked by the display
of will and potential of about 120 Armenian businessmen of Armenia
and Russia. The donated sums will be spent on the rural development
program in Armenia and Artsakh, Armenia Foundation reports.

Of the members of the board of trustees the presidents of Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh, the Catholicos, the prime minister and speaker of
Armenia, the president of the Central bank, ministers, the president
of the Union of Producers and Businessmen, as well as the minister
of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan participated.

Larger donations were pledged by Samvel Karapetyan, Sergey
Hambardzumyan, Gagik Tsarukyan, Seiran Karapetyan, Genady Stepanyan,
Ashot Khachaturyan, Mikhail Baghdasarov, Samvel Alexanyan, Barsegh
Beglaryan, Tigran Arzakansyan, the Copper and Molybdenum Factory of
Zangezour, Michael Vardanyan Foundation, Eduardo Eurnekian Group,
ARG, Karabakh Telecom. The sums and names of benefactors will be
announced on the day of the telethon and will be published in the
press, Armenia Foundation reports.