LOS ANGELES–A telethon organized by the Armenia Fund–Inc. raised $2.6 million Thursday–Thanksgiving day–for the benefit of the Nagorno-Karabakh population.
The telethon which began at 8:30 a.m. ended its televised run at 8 p.m. collecting the multi-million dollar sum–$1 million of which was donated by Kirk Krikorian’s Lincy Foundation.
The program was telecast on the Los Angeles KSCI International Cable Channel–with a simulcast in various locales of the United States and Canada.