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September 29, 2016

Kharpert Home for Special Children Excursion 3

Description

The Kharpert Home for Special Children is an orphanage located in the village of Nor Kharpert serving more than 250 children with varying degrees of developmental disabilities. The orphanage is a state run facility that receives governmental support to provide these vulnerable children with their basic care and education.

Excursions for these children to amusement parks and/or other appropriate venues provide these children with both valuable community experience and needed recreation. Children with disabilities in Armenia are generally kept sheltered from society. These children do not attend school, but rather attend classes at the orphanage. It is important for both these children and society for these children to experience community life.

For each donation of $250, approximately 20 children and an appropriate number of care provides will be able to go on an excursion to Yerevan at Victory Park, or another appropriate venue for a morning or afternoon of activities including transportation, admission and snacks. Please consider supporting multiple excursions for these children.

Region

Yerevan

City / Village

Nor Kharpert

Start Date

July 2012

End Date

July 2012

Kharpert Home for Special Children Excursion 3

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

The Need

Approximately 1,200 children live in Armenia’s 15 orphanages. While these facilities provide basic care for these children, their limited funding does not permit these children regular visits and participate in various social and cultural activities. A child with a disability has very few opportunities to visit the city and experience life outside of the grounds of the Kharpert

Short Term Impact

The short-term impact of this project will be the employment of a bus driver, money being spent in Armenia’s local economy and most important the education and social benefits for 20 children with developmental disabilities.

Long Term Impact

This project has considerable long-term benefits for both the children and for society. Society’s attitudes towards people with disabilities will slowly begin to change as witness these children regularly and realize that society can indeed accommodate them as part of their community.

Sponsors Benefits

Your donation to the Kharpert Home for Special Children will be recognized at the Center and your name listed as a sponsor on the Paros Foundation website and in appropriate press related to this important project. The Paros Foundation stands ready to help you arrange a visit to the Kharpert Home for Special Children when you are in Armenia.

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July 4, 2012

Paros staff and volunteers spent an exciting day at the Yerevan Zoo with 20 children from the Kharpert Home for Special Children.

By vespartech

September 29, 2016

Talin Music School

Talin Music School Project

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Description

The town of Talin, with a population of about 5,400 people, is located in the Aragatsotn Region of Armenia and is considered one of the oldest residential areas of the region. Currently, Talin houses a music school in a building in poor condition without any proper practice or performance spaces for its 120 students and 15 teachers. The building lacks access to proper health and safety standards, and severely limits the school’s dedicated staff from doing their jobs. These horrible conditions also prevent the students’ ability to learn. The town of Talin is in need of a modernized school, offering a safe, comfortable and appropriate environment to study and teach classical and folk instruments and music.

The reconstruction will be a complete remodel of the existing building consisting of new individual practice and classrooms for students, western toilets and construction of a concert hall with ample seating. With these renovations the Talin Music School can properly assume its leadership capacity in the community. Furthermore, the professional environment of a newly renovated facility will encourage students to reach higher standards of excellence in their musical ambitions including: education, performance, and creative service. A positive and more creatively stimulating environment will also help instill confidence in performers, teachers, and the Talin community. Furthermore, the town of Talin has committed to support this project to the extent that they are able.

The school will be completed in three phases: The construction of the new concert hall, the renovation of the third floor and finally, the renovation of the second floor.

Region

Aragatsotn

City / Village

Talin

Start Date

June 2016

Talin Music School

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

Gallery Images

A student and her teacher practice Kanon at the Talin Music School.

A modern concert hall will be added to the reconstructed school.

Despite the poor conditions, students excel at music at the Talin Music School.

The Need

Armenia’s smaller towns suffer from the lack of proper educational facilities. Currently, the Talin Music School, is working to promote music education, culture and the arts for the children in Talin, Armenia in an substandard structure. In addition, the building’s present-day condition undervalues the pride the staff, students, and community members feel when educating their talented youth.

Short Term Impact

The 120 students currently enrolled at the Talin Music School and 15 teachers would have access to a newly renovated, safe, and comfortable building, with individual practice rooms, modern bathrooms and a concert hall. The local economy will benefit from construction jobs that will become available throughout the reconstruction process.

Long Term Impact

In the long term, a proper facility will have the potential to attract more students in order to give them the same opportunity as current students to renew their connections to Armenia’s rich musical culture. The newly renovated school will also be able to support a more diverse faculty and instrument offerings. Having modern facilities can have the potential to attract other talent and touring Armenia. Additionally, the reconstruction of the Talin Music School can have the potential to attract master instructors to teach master classes.

Sponsors Benefits

Your donation to sponsor the Talin Music School will be recognized in their printed materials and a sponsor plaque will be placed in the entrance of the school. Additionally, your name will be listed as a sponsor on the Paros Foundation website and in appropriate press related to this important project. The Paros Foundation will happily arrange a visit to the Talin Music School when you are in Armenia.

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June 8, 2016

Thanks to the generous support of Vasken Ekmekjian and his family, funding is now available to begin the construction of the concert hall at the Talin Music School. After interviewing several contractors in Armenia, we chose our firm, and today they broke ground!

October 3, 2016

Exterior work on the concert hall is complete. The job comprised of raising the entire roof and ceiling for acoustics, combining several small rooms to create a larger concert hall, installing new windows, doors and a new fire escape.

November 15, 2016

Work on the interior of the concert hall has begun. A stage will be constructed along with beautiful tiled flooring, appropriate lighting, paint and new chairs will complete the hall.

January 17, 2017

A foggy and snowy visit to the Talin Music School today showed what terrific progress the crew is making on the interior. The walls are being completed now and the painting work will begin soon.

August 15, 2017

Vasken Ekmekjian and his family visited the Talin Music School to see the newly constructed concert hall in honor of his parents.

June 29, 2019

With funding secured to complete the renovation of several classrooms and one set of bathrooms, SERVICE Armenia spent several days at the Talin Music School working along side the Paros crew to renovate the second story of the school.

September 3, 2019

Students began this school year with an entirely renovated second floor. In 2020, the hope is to have enough funding to complete the entire first floor of the school.

July 3, 2023

Work at the Talin School has been continuing for that past three years with the help of SERVICE Armenia 2021, 2022 & 2023 and SERVICE Armenia Young Professionals 2022. More classrooms and offices have been updates through these efforts.

August 23, 2023

Two more classrooms are fully renovated! The crew continues to work on the remainder of of classrooms.

July 3, 2024

Renovations at the Talin Music School are officially complete! SERVICE Armenia 2024 participants helped finish the final renovations.

By vespartech

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September 29, 2016

Nor Hachen Museum

Nor Hachen Museum Project

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Description

The town of Nor Hachen is located in the Kotayk region of Armenia and has a population of about 10,000 people. The town was named Nor Hachen in memory of the historic Armenian town of Hachen in Cilicia.

In 1973, a memorial to the Hachen resistance was erected in the town. The memorial is home to the museum of “History of the Armenians of Cilicia.” Every year, on the 2nd Sunday of October, Armenians from all over the world, mainly descendants of the historical town of Hachen, gather to commemorate the 1920 Hachen Resistance. The museum houses many important historical artifacts, including relics from the Armenian Genocide.

The museum, established in the 1970’s, would greatly benefit from additional funds for basic upkeep, preservation of artifacts, renovations to the physical space and operational costs. Sponsorship of this project will help care for these needs and improve the museums condition bringing more and more visitors to Nor Hachen to learn about the rich history of the Armenian people.

One such example if the story go Aguile Tatoulian. During the Armenian Genocide, she shaved off her hair and dressed herself up in men’s fatigues in order to protect herself and defend her city of 35,000, which was being raped and pillaged by the Turks. She was shot in her left rib and lived with that bullet for 67 years. She was 1 of 9 women who survived the massacres of Hachen in 1918. A couple of months after she survived, she wrote and staged a play to raise relief funds for survivors. Before she died in 1985, she requested she not be buried with a Turkish bullet -it sits in the Nor Hachen museum.

Region

Kotayk

City / Village

Nor Hachn

Start Date

2015

End Date

October 2023

Nor Hachen Museum

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

Gallery Images

Nor Hachen Museum

Backyard - and future park - at the Nor Hachen Museum

The space behind the museum is not being used by the staff nor residents of Nor Hachen despite having excellent views.

Proper pruning and planting of new trees will create a lovely park space.

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Descendants of Hachen visiting the museum in Nor Hachen.

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Aguline Tatoulian

The Need

The Nor Hachen museum which houses many important historical artifacts, including relics from the Armenian Genocide is in need of additional funds for basic upkeep, preservation of artifacts, renovations to the physical space and operational costs.

Short Term Impact

The short term impact will be to immediately preserve artifacts and complete any needed renovations to the building as well as provide an

Long Term Impact

In the long term this project will contribute to the knowledge of the Armenian struggle of Cilicia and provide the financial support needed for the museum to operate comfortably well into the future.

Sponsors Benefits

Your donation to sponsor the Nor Hachen museum will be recognized on a plaque at the museum, on the Paros Foundation website and in appropriate press related to this important project. The Paros Foundation will happily arrange a visit to Nor Hachen when you are in Armenia.

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July 8, 2019

SERVICE Armenia 2019 worked at the Nor Hachen Museum, as one of their work sites for their service work. They spent several days, clearing out the backyard space, pruning trees, removing rocks and debris and spreading top spoil along with the Nor Hachen residents in order to prepare the area for the future park and leisure area.

October 27, 2023

The park is officially completed! Locals and museum patrons can now comfortably enjoy the beautiful Nor Hachen views from the park.

By vespartech

September 28, 2016

Adopt A Classroom 5 – Hatsik

Adopt A Classroom 5 - Hatsik

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Description

Representatives of The Paros Foundation have visited more than 100 schools throughout Armenia. While some schools have either been renovated thanks to the Armenian government or as a result of the generosity of international donors, many remain in deplorable conditions and have little hope of being renovated in the near future. These conditions affect both the ability for students to learn, as well as the health of students and teachers. How is a student supposed to learn if there are not proper desks, chairs or windows in the classroom?

The Paros Foundation will directly oversee the renovation of this classroom including addressing such elements as windows, doors, flooring, lighting, paint, chalk or white board and desks and chairs. Whenever possible, the school, students and their parents will be incorporated into the classroom remodel project to help build a sense of community and personal investment. This classroom is one of five classrooms, two bathrooms and the hallway comprising the elementary school classes at Hatsik.

Hatsik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. This village of 2,558 people currently houses one school with 285 students in attendance.

Region

Armavir

City / Village

Hatsik

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

August 2013

Adopt A Classroom 5 – Hatsik

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

Gallery Images

The entrance of the Hatsik village school.

Classrooms are in need of new floors and windows.

Hatsik school classroom doors in need of replacement.

The building has damaged ceilings from water leakage that need to be fixed.

Renovations will include new desks and classroom furniture.

The Need

Many classrooms throughout Armenia’s schools remain in deplorable conditions. Children should not have to try and learn in these conditions. Because of substandard doors and windows, many classrooms become unusable in the winter months because of the cold. In addition, even schools with proper heating are affected negatively with insufficient warmth in the classrooms that have broken doors and windows. While the Armenian Government and others regularly engage in a campaign to remodel schools, they simply cannot meet the huge need.

Short Term Impact

The short-term impact will be the employment of at least two people to renovate the classroom for one month and the benefit to the local economy through the order for needed supplies and classroom furniture.

Long Term Impact

The long-term impact will benefit at least 10 years of students that will be able to take classes using the updated and modern classroom. This will have a huge psychological impact on both the students and teacher. In addition, the school will benefit from energy savings in the winter months.

Sponsors Benefits

Your donation to sponsor the renovation of this classroom will be recognized on a plaque at the school, on The Paros Foundation website and in appropriate press related to this important project. The Paros Foundation will happily arrange a visit to the Hatsik Village School when you are in Armenia.

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July 15, 2020

A video shows the protests in Baku calling on a resumption of war with Armenia.

July 16, 2020

The kindergarten in the village of Aygepar was hit by Azeri artillery this morning. We had finished the complete renovation of this kindergarten in 2018 and will assess the damage and rebuild again as soon as possible! We build, they destroy!

July 21, 2020

Members of The Paros Foundation team joined Tavush Governor Hayk Chobanyan, Berd Consolidated Communities head Harutyun Manucharyan, representatives of the Prime Minister's office, and local village representatives to visit the Nerkin Karmir Aghbyur, Aygepar and Chinari communities to assess the damage and to strategize and coordinate the next steps forward.

By vespartech

September 28, 2016

Adopt A Classroom 4 – Hatsik

Adopt A Classroom 4 - Hatsik

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Description

Hatsik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. This village of 2,558 people currently houses one school with 285 students in attendance.

Region

Armavir

City / Village

Hatsik

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

August 2013

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The entrance of the Hatsik village school.

Classrooms are in need of new floors and windows.

Hatsik school classroom doors in need of replacement.

The building has damaged ceilings from water leakage that need to be fixed.

Renovations will include new desks and classroom furniture.

The Need

Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

Be the first to become a sponsor by donating to this project

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July 15, 2020

A video shows the protests in Baku calling on a resumption of war with Armenia.

July 16, 2020

July 21, 2020

By vespartech

September 28, 2016

Adopt A Classroom 3 – Hatsik

Adopt A Classroom 3 - Hatsik

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Description

Hatsik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. This village of 2,558 people currently houses one school with 285 students in attendance.

Region

Armavir

City / Village

Hatsik

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

August 2013

Adopt A Classroom 3 – Hatsik

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

Gallery Images

The entrance of the Hatsik village school.

Classrooms are in need of new floors and windows.

Hatsik school classroom doors in need of replacement.

The building has damaged ceilings from water leakage that need to be fixed.

Renovations will include new desks and classroom furniture.

The Need

Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

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July 15, 2020

A video shows the protests in Baku calling on a resumption of war with Armenia.

July 16, 2020

July 21, 2020

By vespartech

September 28, 2016

Adopt A Classroom 2 – Hatsik

Adopt A Classroom 2 - Hatsik

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Description

Hatsik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. This village of 2,558 people currently houses one school with 285 students in attendance.

Region

Armavir

City / Village

Hatsik

Start Date

June 2013

End Date

August 2013

$3,000 of $4,000 raised

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Gallery Images

The entrance of the Hatsik village school.

Classrooms are in need of new floors and windows.

Hatsik school classroom doors in need of replacement.

The building has damaged ceilings from water leakage that need to be fixed.

Renovations will include new desks and classroom furniture.

The Need

Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

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July 15, 2020

A video shows the protests in Baku calling on a resumption of war with Armenia.

July 16, 2020

July 21, 2020

By vespartech

September 28, 2016

Purchase a Home 6

Purchase a Home 6 - Mkrtchyan Family

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Description

Following the 1988 Spitak Earthquake, tens of thousands of people were left homeless in the City of Gyumri. Many of these families took refuge in the overseas shipping containers (domiks) that were shipped into Armenia loaded with humanitarian relief supplies, or in condemned buildings. An entire generation of children has grown up in deplorable conditions, often times with no running water and little or no heat. The Armenian government has provided most of the families that lost their homes in the Earthquake with new housing units.

As people moved out of those makeshift housing units, others moved in. The 2,500 or so families that remain are Gyumri’s desolate families, who are not in line to receive a government provided apartment. Many of these families are comprised of single mothers, multiple children and/or the disabled.

This project will identify suitable needy families who can be moved into a new apartment and can demonstrate that they can afford their monthly expenses. Agreements will be signed passing ownership of the apartment to the chosen family, with the stipulation that until their youngest child reaches 18 years of age, the family cannot sell, rent or move. This is a sustainable model in that families that have been moved into permanent housing in the past have had a high degree of success maintaining their families and their new homes.

Once the move is complete, the make shift housing unit will be destroyed to prevent its future occupancy.

Region

Shirak

City / Village

Gyumri

Start Date

September 2016

End Date

December 2016

Purchase a Home 6

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

The Need

2,500 families live in the city of Gyumri in temporary, make shift housing. These units are neither safe nor sanitary. These families and their children need a normal apartment in which to live.

Short Term Impact

A family will be identified and an appropriate apartment will be purchased for them as soon as possible. The make shift housing unit which they currently occupy will be destroyed.

Long Term Impact

The city of Gyumri will recover parcels of land currently occupied by these make-shift housing units. In addition, the family’s mental state will improve as a direct result their new and normal home.

Sponsors Benefits

All sponsors will be recognized on all relevant press regarding this project and on The Paros Foundation website.

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November 9, 2016

Today the Mkrtchyan family was informed that we are in the process of purchasing them an apartment!

December 19, 2016

The Mkrtchyan family are officially homeowners and were moved today into their new apartment!

December 25, 2016

Shirak Center NGO work crew began tearing down the Mkrtchyan family's old domik today. Wood from the demolition will be given to other families in need.

By vespartech

September 28, 2016

Adopt A Classroom 9 – Hatsik

Adopt A Classroom 9 - Hatsik

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Description

The Paros Foundation will directly oversee the renovation of a classroom including addressing such elements as windows, doors, flooring, lighting, paint, chalk or white board and desks and chairs. Whenever possible, the school, students and their parents will be incorporated into the classroom remodel project to help build a sense of community and personal investment.

Hatsik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. This village of 2,558 people currently houses one school with 285 students in attendance. Renovations at the Hatsik Village School began with the Paros Foundation’s SERVICE Armenia 2013 group.

Region

Armavir

City / Village

Hatsik

Start Date

June 2014

End Date

August 2014

$0 of $4,000 raised

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Gallery Images

The entrance of the Hatsik village school.

Classrooms are in need of new floors and windows.

Hatsik school classroom doors in need of replacement.

The building has damaged ceilings from water leakage that need to be fixed.

Renovations will include new desks and classroom furniture.

The Need

Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

Be the first to become a sponsor by donating to this project

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June 18, 2014

A local construction crew has begun work at the Hatsik Village School. They have started with the demolition of five classrooms.

June 22, 2014

The local crew has started installing new doors and windows and will continue to work on the electrical components as well as plastering the walls and ceiling.

July 2, 2014

The SERVICE Armenia 2014 group has arrived and will be working on these five classrooms for several of their service work days.

July 20, 2014

The SERVICE Armenia 2014 group helped sand and paint the walls, refurbished student desks and chairs, and installed the laminate flooring. The remaining final touch ups will be completed by the local construction crew.

August 21, 2014

Work on the second set of five classrooms is done and the classrooms are ready for students in September.

By vespartech

September 28, 2016

Adopt A Classroom 8 – Hatsik

Adopt A Classroom 8 - Hatsik

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Description

Region

Armavir

City / Village

Hatsik

Start Date

June 2014

End Date

August 2014

Adopt A Classroom 8 – Hatsik

Thank you to all our donors, we have met our fundraising goal.

Gallery Images

The entrance of the Hatsik village school.

Classrooms are in need of new floors and windows.

Hatsik school classroom doors in need of replacement.

The building has damaged ceilings from water leakage that need to be fixed.

Renovations will include new desks and classroom furniture.

The Need

Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

Updates: Images & Information

June 18, 2014

A local construction crew has begun work at the Hatsik Village School. They have started with the demolition of five classrooms.

June 22, 2014

The local crew has started installing new doors and windows and will continue to work on the electrical components as well as plastering the walls and ceiling.

July 2, 2014

The SERVICE Armenia 2014 group has arrived and will be working on these five classrooms for several of their service work days.

July 20, 2014

August 21, 2014

Work on the second set of five classrooms is done and the classrooms are ready for students in September.

By vespartech

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Kharpert Home for Special Children Excursion 3

Kharpert Home for Special Children Excursion 3

Description

Region

City / Village

Start Date

End Date

The Need

Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

Ms. Gwen Essegian

Ms. Gwen Essegian

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Talin Music School

Talin Music School Project

Description

Region

City / Village

Start Date

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The Need

Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

Mr. Eric Papazian

Mr. Marc Papazian

Ms. Lori Khemichian

Mr. Myles Svec

Ms. Zia Karakachian

Ms. Gena Corbett

Mr. Haig Dakessian

Mr. Haik Bayramyan

Ms. Sophia Kevorkian

Ms. Nyrie Horoupian

Mr. Henry Melconian

Ms. Alysa Bezdjian

Mr. Eric Papazian

Mr. Marc Papazian

Ms. Lori Khemichian

Mr. Myles Svec

Ms. Zia Karakachian

Ms. Gena Corbett

Mr. Haig Dakessian

Mr. Haik Bayramyan

Ms. Sophia Kevorkian

Ms. Nyrie Horoupian

Mr. Henry Melconian

Ms. Alysa Bezdjian

Ms. Arda Watenpaugh

Mr. Aram Watenpaugh

Mr. Joel Francis

Mr. Andre Altoon

Mr. Daron Jil-Agopian

Ms. Vana Ekmekjian

Mr. Anthony Gabrielian

Mr. & Mrs. George & Angineh Boktor

Ms Scarlet Mosesi

Ms. Tara Arouchian

Ms. Meghri Hamparian

Mr. Alec Meyer, Ms. Lia Meyer

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Nor Hachen Museum

Nor Hachen Museum Project

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Region

City / Village

Start Date

End Date

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Short Term Impact

Long Term Impact

Sponsors Benefits

Kizirian Family

Mr. & Mrs. Assadour & Lena Kizirian

Mr. & Mrs. Asbed & Lori Tatoulian

Mr. Richard Nigosian