CANADA AND U.S. JOIN CHARITY TELETHON
Aysor
Nov 4 2009
Armenia
Montreal held a dinner to raise money for a charity within annual
Telethon-2009 Campaign of All-Armenian Fund "Hayastan". The fund
raising dinner was attended by Vice President of the Board of
Trustees of the All-Armenian Fund "Hayastan", former President of
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large Mr. Arkady
Ghukasyan.
According to press-office report of All-Armenian Fund "Hayastan",
among the guests at the fund raising dinner were: head of the
Canada’s Office of All-Armenian Fund "Hayastan", Andranik Shirinyan,
Armenia’s Ambassador to Canada, Armen Hakobyan, and about two hundred
representatives of Armenian Community in Canada.
Philanthropists Vrezh Nikoghosyan and Imastuni Nikoghosyan donated
about $100 thousand to repair of hospital in Abovyan of Armenia’s
Kotayk region.
During his visit to Canada, Arkady Ghukasyan held meeting with
representatives of Armenian Communities and attended Armenian
organizations. Before the visit to Montreal, Mr. Ghukasyan has met
with philanthropists in New York. And currently, he is paying a visit
to Los Angeles where the telethon will soon be launched.