Our Lady of Armenia Summer Camp in Tsaghgadzor funding by SOAR New York.
DISTRIBUTIONS 2022
JUNE
June 1st celebration for the Artsakh families in the Families of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund.
Food for Prkutyun funded by SOAR Fresno!
MAY
Diapers for Yerevan Children’s Home funded by SOAR Phoenix!
Work on the garden at the SOAR Transitional Center, Gyumri.
New garden furniture funded by the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenia Orphan Fund.
33 residents at Dzorak Care Center received new eyeglasses! Funded by the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenian Orphan Fund.
APRIL
Diapers for Dzorak, funded by SOAR Fresno and a thank you letter (translation below).
05.04.2022
“DZORAK care center” SNCO on behalf of the acting director M. Tosunyan expresses his deep gratitude to SOAR Fresno chapter for provision of 20 boxes (600units) of diapers to the facility beneficiaries.
Thank you
MARCH
Renovations of bedrooms at Yerevan Children’s Home funded by SOAR New Jersey and SOAR New York.
A Snoezelen Room at Yerevan Children’s Home funded by SOAR New Jersey.
Learn more about Snoezelen Rooms HERE.
Renovations of the kitchen at Our Lady of Armenia Center, Gyumri, funded by the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenian Orphan Fund.
New clothing for the children at Children’s Home Gyumri.
FEBRUARY
Tools and equipment provided for families through the Artsakh Family Restoration Fund.
The items were provided by the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenian Orphan Fund.
The grand opening for the new Martuni Center for Social-Psychological Support of the Ministry of Social Development and Migration of the Republic of Artsakh took place. SOAR provided office furniture, computers and other office accessories for the center. These items were funded by the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenian Orphan Fund.
Diapers for Dzorak Care Center.
Dzorak Care Center in Yerevan served as an orphanage for 400 children during the 1940s. In 1959, it became a boarding school for children from underprivileged families. Today, Dzorak serves as an orphanage and nursing home adults with severe physical and psychological disabilities who have outgrown the traditional orphanage.
Three new A/C units for AC units for Nakashian Children’s Support Center funded by SOAR Rocky Mountain
Diapers for Kharberd Orphanage funded by the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenian Orphan Fund.
Kharberd Orphanage in Yerevan houses children and young adults with severe disabilities.
Sponsorship funds were used to support university tuition for all of the residents at Our Lady of Armenia Annie Bezikian Center in Kanaker..
Equipment and supplies purchased for the families that are part of the Artsakh Family Restoration Fund
Diapers for Children’s Home Gyumri and Yerevan Children’s Home funded by SOAR Phoenix, with special thanks to Ani, daughter of Phoenix board member, Margaret Ehramjian, and the sales from her 2nd Annual Cocoa Bomb fundraiser.
New printer and laptops for Nakashian Children’s Support Center (House of Hope-Mer Hooys) funded by SOAR San Francisco Bay Area
JANUARY
Hokehankisd dinner for the children of Our Lady of Armenia, Gyumri. The dinner was funded by Betty Rechelian, Armand Rechelian, and Suzy and Suren Danielyan in remembrance of the 20-year anniversary of the death of their husband and father.
The children performed BADARAG for him, prayed for him, and had dinner after.
Renovations of the 1st floor bathroom at Yerevan Ajapnyak Community Children’s Social Care Center, funded by SOAR London and the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenian Orphan Fund.
The plaque was placed at the Grand Opening and developmental games purchased by SOAR were in use.
Edgar and Arina from Sister’s of Charity Orphanage were both able to have their needed surgeries with the shunts supplied by SOAR and the Harold and Josephine Gulamerian Armenian Orphan Fund.