$12.3 MILLION RAISED DURING TELETHON 2011
armradio.am
25.11.2011 11:04
About $12.3 million was raised for Armenia Fund in the Thanksgiving
Day telethon aired throughout major Armenian American communities
and organizes hoped to double that amount following a fundraising
gala in Moscow on December 21.
The 14th annual telethon aired on November 25 from Hollywood focused
on continuing water supply development projects in Artsakh and Tavush
Of the total amount, $1.7 million was raised in Europe, primarily in
France, through a phonathon held between November 17 and 20.
A fund-rising dinner featuring Russian Armenian businessmen will take
place in Moscow in mid-December.
The final results of the telethon will be summed up in a press
conference in the second half of December.