COAF NEXTGEN TO HOST ‘GATSBY AT THE BOWERY’
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August 18, 2009
NEW YORK-The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) NextGen, a new group
formed to educate and involve the next generation of philanthropists
in COAF’s work in rural Armenia, recently announced its premier
fundraising event, "Gatsby at the Bowery."
The Bowery Hotel Terrace will be host to the event on Sept. 10
from 8-11 p.m. and will benefit the children of COAF’s cluster of
villages. There will be an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, a raffle,
1920’s themed entertainment, and more. Tickets are $75 each or $100
with a signed limited edition photograph taken in one of COAF’s
villages by acclaimed photographer Hrair Hawk Khatcherian. Ticket
prices will increase after Aug. 28.
To purchase tickets for the event, visit , call (212)
994-8234, or mail a check to COAF at 162 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900,
New York, NY 10010.
One-hundred percent of the net proceeds from the event will benefit
the children and youth in rural Armenia.
Founded in 2000, the COAF 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. Since its
founding, the COAF’s activities have focused on revitalizing rural
Armenia, with a comprehensive approach to addressing the critical
needs of children together with economic development activities,
which enable people to acquire the necessary tools to help themselves.