Armenia School Foundation - News/Press Releases

August, 2010 ASF News

ASF Board vice chair Moneh Der Grigorian is in Armenia. She will be meeting with ASF Armenia Staff to discuss status of current and future projects. She and Ara Karapetian ( ASF supporter) are planning to visit several village schools.

Pasadena Rotary and Armenian Educational Foundation (AEF) have contributed a total of $12,000 to ASF to refurnish the Anoushaven School in region of Shirak, Armenia. The school has 254 students and is in dire need of new student desks and chairs. Many thanks to both organizations for their contributions.
ASF and Glendale - Ghapan Sister City Association have joined forces to refurnish Aram Manoukian School in the Village of Davit Beg in Ghapan. The school has 110 students.

July 18, 2010 - ASF 2010 Raffle Drawing
The ASF 2010 Raffle ticket drawing took place on Sunday, July 18, 2010. Congratulations to winners: Panos Haitayan of Santorini Restaurant and Claudette Khachatourian. ASF was able to raise over $10K. This wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for the help, support and hard work of our friends and supporters.

July 13, 2010 - Prelate Welcomes Armenia School Foundation Board Members
On Tuesday July 13th, ASF Board members met H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church and His staff at the Prelacy in La Crescenta, Ca. Board members attending the meeting were Armen Abrahamian, Moneh Der Grigorian, Ida Moghoyan, Maral Anjargholian and Varooj Kureghian. ASF Chairman, Armen Abrahamian after introducing the ASF Board members, presented the history and accomplishments of ASF since its inception in 2003 and talked about the challenges the organization has managed to overcome to re-furnish close to 200 remote schools in Armenia to-date. After the presentation, the attendees discussed various ideas for funding and leveraging resources for future school refurnishing projects in Armenia. This very productive and memorable meeting ended with a tour of the prelacy facilities and taking group photos at the Archbishop's reception hall.