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Michigan University Students Help Syrian Armenians

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July 11, 2013
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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.

Visit the web site at SyrianArmenianReliefFund.org.

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  1. Emi Lou says:
    9 years ago

    Wow students of Michigan University, that is quite a job well done. Having a bake sale in the cold weather says that you were determined to get the job done. This sounds like a wonderful charity to be a part of, and I am sure that SARF was very thankful for it.

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