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On Sunday, June 7, at the Armenian Community Centre, Mr. Ara Vardanyan, the Executive Director of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, the key-note speaker at the annual banquet of Armenia Fund Toronto, kicked off the fundraising for the completion of another school project in Artsakh.
Amongst some thirty projects realized, the Toronto chapter of the Fund has already built four schools in Artsakh. The 5th school is for the Spitakashen village, in the Martuni Region of Artsakh. With the help of previous fund-raising campaigns, the construction is well underway.
The MC of the evening was Tenny Nigoghossian, who gave a high level overview of the Fund and emphasized its humanitarian purpose of helping our compatriots who needed basic infrastructure. Before blessing the tables, Rev. Father Meghrig Parikian, of St. Mary's Church, spoke about the virtues of "giving".
After the cultural program, the status of the construction and the financial status of the project were presented. Through video, the principle of the Spitakashen school, Mr. Hayrabetyan made a direct appeal and offered his thanks to the Toronto community for building a modern school for the village.
Mr. Vardanyan, who was recently elected to the Director's position in May, gave an eloquent speech about the recent activities of the Armenia Fund's office in Yerevan. He also presented the great number of innovative fund raising ideas vastly expanding the base of the internal donors throughout Armenia and Artsakh. Mr. Vardanyan also presented an overall strategy of the Fund worldwide for the coming years.
"We are very excited about building our fifth school in Artsakh because we are convinced that in 2040, the president of the Republic of Armenia or NKR will be from one of the graduates of our schools. If not the position for the president, we believe that our schools will graduate students who would become renowned scientists, diplomats, artists, doctors and other professionals." said Migirdic Migirdicyan, the chairman of the Toronto Chapter.
Mrs. Calabrina Boyajian, who in 2008, had organized and led a joint Toronto-USA West Coast Armenia Fund Bike-a-thon, announced the new ride for 2009, which will take place in September, from Monterey to Los Angeles, again for the construction of the Spitakashen school.
Mr. Vazken Terzian emphasized the importance of "National Giving". After that, Messrs. Kourken Sarkissian and Sarkis Yacoubian, long time benefactors of the Toronto Chapter, offered a challenge to the audience, of "matching funds for every new dollar raised" during this function. The offer electrified the donors bringing the grand total of the drive from this evening to $200,000. Another high point of the evening was the presentation of a $5,000 cheque to Mr. Vardanyan, by two student representatives, Victoria and Ari. This amount was collected under the motto "From the students of Toronto Armenian schools to the students of Artsakh".
Amongst some thirty projects realized, the Toronto chapter of the Fund has already built four schools in Artsakh. The 5th school is for the Spitakashen village, in the Martuni Region of Artsakh. With the help of previous fund-raising campaigns, the construction is well underway.
The MC of the evening was Tenny Nigoghossian, who gave a high level overview of the Fund and emphasized its humanitarian purpose of helping our compatriots who needed basic infrastructure. Before blessing the tables, Rev. Father Meghrig Parikian, of St. Mary's Church, spoke about the virtues of "giving".
After the cultural program, the status of the construction and the financial status of the project were presented. Through video, the principle of the Spitakashen school, Mr. Hayrabetyan made a direct appeal and offered his thanks to the Toronto community for building a modern school for the village.
Mr. Vardanyan, who was recently elected to the Director's position in May, gave an eloquent speech about the recent activities of the Armenia Fund's office in Yerevan. He also presented the great number of innovative fund raising ideas vastly expanding the base of the internal donors throughout Armenia and Artsakh. Mr. Vardanyan also presented an overall strategy of the Fund worldwide for the coming years.
"We are very excited about building our fifth school in Artsakh because we are convinced that in 2040, the president of the Republic of Armenia or NKR will be from one of the graduates of our schools. If not the position for the president, we believe that our schools will graduate students who would become renowned scientists, diplomats, artists, doctors and other professionals." said Migirdic Migirdicyan, the chairman of the Toronto Chapter.
Mrs. Calabrina Boyajian, who in 2008, had organized and led a joint Toronto-USA West Coast Armenia Fund Bike-a-thon, announced the new ride for 2009, which will take place in September, from Monterey to Los Angeles, again for the construction of the Spitakashen school.
Mr. Vazken Terzian emphasized the importance of "National Giving". After that, Messrs. Kourken Sarkissian and Sarkis Yacoubian, long time benefactors of the Toronto Chapter, offered a challenge to the audience, of "matching funds for every new dollar raised" during this function. The offer electrified the donors bringing the grand total of the drive from this evening to $200,000. Another high point of the evening was the presentation of a $5,000 cheque to Mr. Vardanyan, by two student representatives, Victoria and Ari. This amount was collected under the motto "From the students of Toronto Armenian schools to the students of Artsakh".
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