MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HELP SYRIAN ARMENIANS
Thursday, July 11th, 2013
The University of Michigan ASCA at their annual Hye Hop Charity Gala.
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-University of Michigan Armenian Students’ Cultural
Association (ASCA) students based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, contributed
$3,000 to the Syrian Armenian Relief Fund (SARF). The sum was part
of a $150,000 transfer earlier this month to the special account for
the Syrian Armenian Committee for Relief and Rehabilitation.
The students raised the funds by doing a bake sale in frigid weather,
but the bulk of the funds were raised during their annual ASCA Hye Hop
Charity Gala, with a raffle of items donated by local businesses and
individuals. The purpose for the ASCA is to bring Armenian students
on campus together in both social and cultural settings.
ASCA students enduring the fridgid Michigan weather to raise funds.
“Each year we choose an Armenian charity to direct proceeds to, and
this year we decided SARF was a particularly timely and important
cause to support!” wrote Emily Hogikyan, President of the University
of Michigan ASCA. She added, “Many of the attendees were from the
Southeastern Michigan area, but we had some who flew in from as far
as California!”
Zaven Khanjian, Chairperson of the SARF Executive Committee welcomed
and praised the university students for their collective efforts
to help the Armenian community in Syria, who are struggling to live
through the war in very dire conditions. Khanjian challenged everyone
to follow the example of the Michigan students to do their share to
help the Syrian Armenians too.
The following churches, charities and organizations came together to
form the Syrian Armenian Relief Fund in August 2012:
Armenian Catholic Eparchy in North America; Armenian Evangelical
Union of North America; Western Diocese of the Armenian Church;
Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America; Armenian
General Benevolent Union; Armenian Missionary Association of America;
Armenian Relief Society of Western U.S.A.; Armenian Democratic Liberal
Party; Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Western U.S.A.; and Social
Democrat Hunchakian Party – Western U.S.A.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
