FUNDRAISER FOR JAVAKHK ORGANIZED IN CALIFORNIA

NOYAN TAPAN
December 25, 2009
Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, DECEMBER 25, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Members from
AYF chapters in Burbank and Glendale on December 18 volunteered with
the Armenian Relief Society to prepare for a much-anticipated holiday
fundraiser dedicated to helping the children of Javakhk. Asbarez
reports that the fundraiser known as the "Javakhk Piggy Bank Drive"
is organized every Christmas season by the ARS Javakhk Fund. The
campaign mobilizes schoolchildren from local Armenian schools to raise
money for the organization’s various humanitarian and youth-oriented
projects in Javakhk.

"We are always happy to help the Armenian Relief Society since their
humanitarian effort helps Armenians most in need, be that in Armenia
or the Diaspora," said Nanor Aghamalian, a member of the Glendale AYF
"Roupen" chapter.

In the words of Chairperson of the ARS Javakhk Fund Committee Haigoush
Kohler, "the Piggy Bank Project’s aims are two-fold. Other than the
aim to raise money to provide humanitarian assistance in the region,
the project also seeks to help educate our youth, those attending
Armenian day and Saturday schools, about the needs of the children
living in Javakhk".